| The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a concept album written by Nikki Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba and recorded by their band Sixx:A.M.,which serves as the companion soundtrack to Nikki Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star. "Life is Beautiful", the first single off the album, was originally posted on Sixx's MySpace page; it "picked up momentum" and entered the radio charts, debuting at #26 on the Billboard rock singles chart. It peaked at #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was released on August 21, 2007. There are 13 tracks on the album, with one taken from each chapter of the book. It has sold more than 210,000 copies to date in the U.S. as of May 2008.
A deluxe edition of The Heroin Diaries was released on November 25, 2008, exclusively on sale through Best Buy. The deluxe edition features the original album and a bonus EP, entitled Live Is Beautiful. This EP was recorded from several performances over this past summer's Crüe Fest. The EP is also sold separately, for those who already have the original album.
This album goes through the parts of Nikki Sixx's life when he was severely addicted to heroin. It goes through several stages of his life, including the start of his diary, his first temporary quitting of heroin, and his relapse. Because a story is told, it is recommended that this album is listened to in the correct order of the tracks to understand the meaning of it. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. |
