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Danzig 4p
Studio album by Danzig
Released	4 October 1994
Recorded	1993 - 1994
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	61:00
Label	American Recordings
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin Glenn Danzig
Professional reviews
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Danzig chronology
Thrall: Demonsweatlive (1993)	Danzig 4 (1994)	Blackacidevil (1996)

Danzig 4p is the fourth studio album by Danzig. It was released in 1994 on American Recordings following 1993's highly successful Thrall: Demonsweatlive EP and singer Glenn Danzig's 1992 instrumental solo effort, Black Aria. Though it is properly titled Danzig 4p, most fans, and the band members themselves, usually refer to it simply as Danzig 4.

It is notable as the band's final album on American Recordings, and as the last to feature the original lineup of John Christ (guitar), Eerie Von (bass), and Chuck Biscuits (drums). Shortly after the album had been recorded, Biscuits left the band, returned, and was finally fired. Just prior to the album's release he was replaced by Joey Castillo, who also appeared in Biscuits' place for one of the album's videosingles, "Cantspeak". Von and Christ left the band on 5 July the following year, following the tour in support of Danzig 4.

The CD release contains an unlisted or "hidden" thirteenth song that is not included on the cassette and vinyl versions of the album. According to Glenn Danzig, "Invocation" is its title. After track 12 there are several "blank" tracks, each 4 seconds long, after "Let It Be Captured", so that "Invocation" is actually track 66. CD Players that display the "current track number" and "total disc time elapsed" in minutes thus read 66  61:38 on the display as the final track starts. This is perhaps an uncanny coincidence or an intentional reference to The Number of the Beast and the Misfits' song We Are 138.

Since its original release on CD, its distinctive cardboard packaging has been replaced with the common jewel-case.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 Charts 4 Miscellanea

All songs by Danzig.

1. "Brand New God" – 4:29
2. "Little Whip" – 5:10
3. "Cantspeak" – 4:06
4. "Going Down to Die" – 4:59
5. "Until You Call on the Dark" – 4:24
6. "Dominion" – 4:13
7. "Bringer of Death" – 4:40
8. "Sadistikal" – 5:07
9. "Son of the Morning Star" – 5:04
10. "I Don't Mind the Pain" – 4:45
11. "Stalker Song" – 5:48
12. "Let It Be Captured" – 5:16
13. "Invocation" (unlisted track) – 2:59

• Rick Rubin - Producer
• Glenn Danzig - Artwork, Cover Art, Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Piano, Cover Design
• John Christ - Guitar
• Eerie Von - Bass
• Chuck Biscuits - Drums
• Jim Scott - Engineer
• Ken Lomas - Engineer
• Dirk Walter - Photography
• Michael William Kaluta - interior yin-yang "Angel/Skull" Illustration
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	29

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1994	"Cantspeak"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	39

• According to Glenn Danzig, the CD's first pressing was the most-stolen release in history. Its unique cardboard packaging apparently allowed thieves the slip the CD out of many stores' plastic anti-theft containers.

• The instrumental tracks for "Cantspeak" are really those of "Let It Be Captured" played in reverse, or "backmasked". The instrumental tracks of "Invocation" are likewise backmasked, as is Glenn Danzig's spoken introduction to the song: "All right, let's here it back". Danzig had used the same effect on the song "Possession", the seventh track from their debut album.

Danzig
Glenn Danzig
Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein | Kenny Hickey | Steve Zing | Johnny Kelly
Former members: John Christ | Tom Orio-Nist | Dave Kushner | Tommy Victor | Jeff Chambers | Joe Fraulob | Todd Youth | Eerie Von | Josh Lazie | Rob Nicholson | Howie Pyro | Jerry Montano | Chuck Biscuits | Mark Chaussee | Joey Castillo | Charlee Johnson | Bevan Davies
Official discography
Studio albums: Danzig (1988) | Lucifuge (1990) | How the Gods Kill (1992) | 4 (1994) | Blackacidevil (1996) | Satan's Child (1999) | I Luciferi (2002) | Circle of Snakes (2004)
Glenn's solo albums: Black Aria (1992) | Black Aria II (2006)
EPs: Thrall: Demonsweatlive (1993) | Sacrifice (1996)
Live albums: Live on the Black Hand Side (2001)
Box sets: The Lost Tracks of Danzig (2007)
Related articles
The Misfits | Samhain
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