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. It was released on September 23, 2008 via his own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing. This album sees Everlast moving away from hip hop in favor of alternative rock and

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. The album peaked at number 15 on the

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, number 61 in Germany, number 78 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, and number 132 in France. The record included singles and videos for "Letter Home from the Garden of Stone", which was available for free download via martyr-inc.com in December 2007, a DJ Muggs-produced cover track of

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's " Folsom Prison Blues", which was released to download on August 19, and the final "Stone in My Hand", which debuted on the martyr-inc.com website on October 28, 2008 and later made its appearance in 2011 film '' Drive Angry''. All the tracks from the album were written and produced by Keefus Ciancia and Everlast himself, except for "Naked" produced by DJ Lethal, and "Folsom Prison Blues".

Track listing

Notes * Tracks 18 and 19 are from the European releases only. *"Folsom Prison Blues" is a cover song of " Folsom Prison Blues" as written and performed by

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Personnel

* Erik Francis Schrody – vocals, guitar, piano, turntables, programming, producer *

Keith Ciancia Keith Ciancia, better known as Keefus Green or Keefus Ciancia is an American musician, composer and music producer. He has won an Ivor Novello Award and been nominated for an Emmy. Along with his long time creative collaborator, T Bone Burnett, ...

– bass, drums, keyboards, piano, programming, engineer, producer * Leor DiMant – producer (track 8) * Lawrence Muggerud – producer (track 2) * Brian Gardner – mastering *Shawn Everett – mixing * Daniel O'Connor – artwork *Geoff Gallegos – conductor

Charts

References

External links

* 2008 albums Albums produced by DJ Lethal Albums produced by DJ Muggs Alternative rock albums by American artists Blues albums by American artists Everlast (musician) albums {{2000s-album-stub