Beat the Devil's Tattoo explained

Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Type:studio
Artist:Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Cover:Beat the Devil's Tattoo.jpg
Recorded:March – November 2009
Studio:The Basement (Philadelphia, PA)
Length:65:08
Prev Title:The Effects of 333
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Specter at the Feast
Next Year:2013

Beat the Devil's Tattoo is the sixth studio album by American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, released on March 8, 2010, in Europe and on March 9, 2010, in North America. It is the second full-length on the band's own Abstract Dragon label, in partnership with Vagrant Records and Cooperative Music Group.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 58
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[3] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] 4
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[5] 14

In popular culture

Conscience Killer appears in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The title track was featured prominently in the fourth season episode Chuck Versus the Cubic Z of the TV show Chuck and in . Also in the TV show Human Target episode "A Problem Like Maria", and the 2018 video game Far Cry 5. The song was also featured in the original trailer for the TV show Longmire.

Mama Taught Me Better was used in the soundtrack for the video game and NHL 11.

The title track was used by writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait in his 2011 dark comedy film God Bless America. It has also been used in the 2012 film End of Watch and in Where the Trail Ends and "River Styx" was used in the UK TV Series Peaky Blinders (Series Two, Episode Six and Series Four, Episode Four).

"River Styx" was included on the 2014 basketball game, NBA 2K15.

The title track was also used in the "Pathfinders" trailer for the 2017 strategy video game Endless Space 2.

The title track was used in the fourth episode of the third season of the American TV Show Preacher which is aired on AMC.

The title track was used by director Neil Marshall in his 2019 reboot film Hellboy.

The title track was used in the War in the Pacific Official Trailer for the video game Battlefield V.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com/news/album-release-and-tour-dates-announced/ Album Release and Tour Dates Announced
  2. Web site: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Billboard 200). Billboard. November 21, 2021.
  3. Web site: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Alternative Albums). Billboard. November 21, 2021.
  4. Web site: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Independent Albums). Billboard. November 21, 2021.
  5. Web site: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Rock Albums). Billboard. November 21, 2021.