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Give Me Your Soul...Please | 
 enlarge | Artist: King Diamond
Label: Metal Blade
Category: Music
Buy New: $23.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 960245
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 402846610540
EAN: 0402846610540
ASIN: B000QUUDFG
Release Date: June 26, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | The Dead - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | Never Ending Hill - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | Is Anybody Here? - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | Black of Night - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | Mirror Mirror - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | The Cellar - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | Pictures in Red - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | Give Me Your Soul - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | The Floating Head - King Diamond, LaRocque | | • | Cold as Ice - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | Shapes of Black - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | The Girl in the Bloody Dress - King Diamond, Diamond | | • | Moving On - King Diamond, Diamond |
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Album Description
Limited edition digipak pressing of the 2007 album from the Metal giant. King Diamond is well known for his fable for metaphysics and demonic stories, as well as his drive towards atmospheric horror scenarios and changing masks. He is one of the most outstanding personalities of today's Metal scene. After a break of three years King Diamond and his long-time partner Andy La Rocque once again recorded a masterpiece, which press already now describes as one of his best albums so far and which consequently follows the tremendous album The Puppetmaster. Horror metal at its very best. Long live the King! Massacre.
Album Details
Produced by King Diamond and Andy La Rocque.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Great Cd!!! November 3, 2008
My favorite King Diamond albums have always been Abigail, Them and Conspiracy, and I think Give me you Soul, Please is right up there with those, great cd!!!
 Forgettable...unfortunately. September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, what a shame. Coming off the creative high of Puppet Master, I expected something equally varied and creative. Its hard to believe this is Mike Weed and the rest of the crew. I waited a while to review so that I could maybe begin to give a crap about this release, but no such luck.
The music and vocals are just...well, boring. Yeah, there's a lot of technical guitar wizardry, but so what? Its rather aimless and meandering. King is up to the same old routine as well. Puppet Master was fresh, varied, musically interesting, and well balanced. This is just...its just forgettable...and I really wish that were not the case. But so be it.
 Decent, but one of my least favorite KD albums August 26, 2008
As a devoted KD fan who has been listening to him for 17 years and has loved almost everything he and his band have ever done, it pains me to have to give this latest album only three stars. Nevertheless, along with The Spider's Lullabye, I think it's KD's weakest album. That doesn't mean it's BAD by any means, but I've been spoiled over the years by KD consistently delivering BRILLIANT albums, and this one just doesn't rise to that level. Now, the singing and musicianship are great as always, and the guitar solos are among the most amazing I've ever heard from La Rocque and Wead, which is saying a lot. But the overall songwriting just doesn't grab me the way it does on KD's older stuff. That's a matter of taste, of course, but I prefer the more complex, dissonant, and "progressive" material that can be found on nearly all of King's earlier albums: I consider every one of Fatal Portrait, Abigail, Abigail II, Them, Conspiracy, The Eye, and House Of God to be ESSENTIAL. Listen to GMYSP and (say) Conspiracy back-to-back, and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about: the older album sounds much fresher, more sophisticated, and more interesting. If you already own those earlier albums, then you should go ahead and get GMYSP. It's certainly worth having, especially for the godly guitar solos. But if you're just getting into King Diamond, I'd start with one of those "essentials" first.
 Not A Classic, But VERY Good August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In terms of quality, I rate this album with the most recent Dio ("Master of the Moon"). Like "Master of the Moon", "Give Me Your Soul..." showcases some often very good songs that almost entirely lack the fat, edgy production of the classic 1980's releases. It probably comes down to money, of course. Given a real analog-y, '80's production (hell, give it Tom Allom), this album would be so much better.
This album isn't an "Abigail", "Them", or "Fatal Portrait" (all of which I consider to be absolutely magnificent Classics). But it just might be the best album, overall, that King Diamond has been involved with since, say, In the Shadows. There are songs here that show some shockingly lackluster effort in the riff department (figure out which ones yourself). But tracks like Shapes of Black, Never Ending Hill, and a few others (again, it's more fun finding them yourself) make this very much worth the under $15 price tag.
I should mention that I am a fan of Andy LaRocque (and I like Mike W. as well), but I was a bit disappointed with many of the rythms on this disc, and not entirely happy with many of the leads. That doesn't mean there are some excellent leads from both men (there are) but I guess Andy LaRocque in particular is someone I have admired for quite awhile, and I just wasn't happy with some of his output here.
The story itself is very typical King Diamond, which means that it's owes a big debt to early '70's Alice Cooper in that aspect. But that doesn't diqualify it from interest. Diamond's stories hold up best when examined WITH the music, a always.
So, I wouldn't reccomend this to newer fans of King Diamond, but for long timers it's very, very good. SATISFYING may be the best compliment I can give it.
The best yet! July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hands down the best KD yet. If you lean to the darker catchier King with choruses and such, this is the one for you. By far my fav King Diamond CD.
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