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Razorblade Romance is the second album by HIM, released on January 24 2000. It was produced by John Fryer and distributed by the local BMG company. All songs and lyrics on the album are composed by Ville Valo.

This is the album that made HIM huge in Europe when their single Join Me in Death was featured in the sci-fi movie The Thirteenth Floor. It reached #1 on German sales charts, going platinum, and is the biggest-selling single in Finnish music history.

Razorblade Romance was released shortly after in the U.S. under the moniker HER. Appearently, there was a jazz band in Chicago named HiM and they did not want to give up the rights to their name. Eventually, HIM bought the rights to use their name in the United States and now can release their albums under it. The American albums were released under Jimmy Franks Recording Company, run by Jimmy Pop, singer of the Pennsylvania band Bloodhound Gang. They released the HER 'Razorblade Romance' around the Boston area, and once HIM regained the rights to their name, they rereleased 'Razorblade Romance' nationwide under Universal Records.

Multiple versions of this album exist, including the Finnish and German version with tracks one to eleven below; a German limited Digipak edition with two bonus tracks; a vinyl version in a run of 1,200 copies, released in March 2000; and a new British version in 2000 with new versions of "Your Sweet Six Six Six" and "Wicked Game"; two different U.S. versions with the British tracklisting, plus "Sigillum Diaboli" and "One Last Time"(one had a Parental Advisory label and one did not); another U.S. edition released under the name "HER" with "The 9th Circle" added; a special U.S. vinyl released in 2005 featuring the same track listing of the U.S. CD; and a few others.

Track listing

Original Finnish/German Versions
  1. "I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)"
  2. "Poison Girl"
  3. "Join Me in Death"
  4. "Right Here in My Arms"
  5. "Gone With The Sin"
  6. "Razorblade Kiss"
  7. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
  8. "Heaven Tonight"
  9. "Death Is In Love With Us"
  10. "Resurrection"
  11. "One Last Time"
  12. "Sigillum Diaboli" (Limited edition)
  13. "The 9th Circle" (Limited edition)
British Version
  1. "Your Sweet 666 (2000 re-recording)"
  2. "Poison Girl"
  3. "Join Me in Death"
  4. "Right Here in My Arms"
  5. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
  6. "Wicked Game (2000 re-recording)"
  7. "I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)"
  8. "Gone With The Sin"
  9. "Razorblade Kiss"
  10. "Resurrection"
  11. "Death Is In Love With Us"
  12. "Heaven Tonight"
U.S. Version
  1. "Your Sweet 666 (2000 re-recording)"
  2. "Poison Girl"
  3. "Join Me in Death"
  4. "Right Here in My Arms"
  5. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
  6. "Wicked Game (2000 re-recording)"
  7. "I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)"
  8. "Gone With The Sin"
  9. "Razorblade Kiss"
  10. "Resurrection"
  11. "Death Is In Love With Us"
  12. "Heaven Tonight"
  13. "Sigillum Diaboli"
  14. "One Last Time"
  15. "The 9th Circle" (HER version)

 

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