Transplants (album)

Transplants
Studio album by Transplants
Released	October 22, 2002
Recorded	January 2000–June 2002 at Tim's Basement
Genre	Rapcore, hip hop
Length	45:21
Label	Hellcat
Producer	Tim Armstrong, Dave Carlock
Transplants chronology
Transplants (2002) Haunted Cities (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	A[1]

Transplants is debut eponymous album by Transplants' released on October 22, 2002 through Hellcat Records.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tim Armstrong and Rob Aston, all music composed by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker, except where noted..

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Romper Stomper"	3:18
2.	"Tall Cans in the Air"	3:43
3.	"D.J. D.J."	4:01
4.	"Diamonds and Guns"	4:01
5.	"Quick Death"	3:36
6.	"Sad But True"	4:26
7.	"Weigh on My Mind""	3:22
8.	"One Seventeen"	2:01
9.	"California Babylon"	4:05
10.	"We Trusted You"	4:35
11.	"D.R.E.A.M."	4:42
12.	"Down in Oakland" (Armstrong)	3:22
Total length:		48:55

Personnel

Transplants Tim Armstrong - Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion, loops, producer, engineer Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals, scratching Travis Barker - Drums Additional musicians Dave Carlock - Backup vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers) - piano, Hammond organ Matt Freeman - bass Eric Ozenne (The Nerve Agents) - guest vocals on track 1 Son Doobie (Funkdoobiest) - guest vocals on track 4 Davey Havok (AFI) - guest vocals on track 5 Brody Dalle (The Distillers) - guest vocals on track 7 Lars Frederiksen (Rancid, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards) - guest vocals on track 10 Danny Diablo - guest vocals on track 11

Production Dave Carlock - Producer, engineer Gene Grimaldi - Mastering Artwork Estavan Oriol - Photography, artwork & design Mister Cartoon - artwork & design Eklipsone - artwork & design

Trivia

• The song "California Babylon" is in the playlist on Tony Hawk's Underground.^[2]
• The song Diamonds and Guns is the theme music for most Garnier Fructis TV commercials.

References

1. Christgau, Robert. "Transplants". Robert Christgau.
2. "The Sounds of Tony Hawk's Underground - GameSpot.com". Au.gamespot.com. 2003-10-24. Retrieved 2012-07-07.