''Hollywood'' is the thirty-second album by Finnish

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band

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. Arguably their most overtly heavy metal album, it features vocals and guitar from Bruce Duff from the band Jesters of Destiny. The band's relationship with Duff began when

Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1972) is a Finnish bassist. In 1991, he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock. He also runs a record label, Ektro Records, releas ...

re-released Jesters' album Fun at the Funeral on his Ektro Records label. Following on from Duff's first collaboration with the band,

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in 2006 (two tracks from that release, ''Connection'' and ''Earthworm'', re-appear here), the American performer takes centre stage on ''Hollywood'', which is named after his hometown.''Hollywood'' at www.circlefinland.com
/ref> Final track ''Suddenly'', part of a three-song suite called ''Requiem in D Minor'', re-uses the music from the track ''Murheenkryyni'' which appears on the band's last two albums, '' Rakennus'' and ''

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Track listing

# Connection (3:43) # Mercy And Tuesday (7:53) # Earthworm (5:12) # Sacrifice (4:03) # Spam Folder (8:12) #Requiem in D Minor: #* Hard to Realize (4:20) #* Madman (15:19) #* Suddenly (11:33)

Personnel

*Bruce Duff *Janne Westerlund *Jussi Lehtisalo *Tomi Leppänen *

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References

{{Authority control Circle (band) albums 2008 albums