It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World

It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World
Studio album by Blood on the Dance Floor
Publication (s)	September 12, 2008
Label (s)	Dark Fantasy Records (2013)
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Electro-Pop , Eurodance , Synth-Pop
Title (number)	11/15/17/23
running time	35:16 / 42:52 / 56:37 / 75:51
occupation	Dahvie Vanity : vocals Garrett Ecstasy : backing vocals Christopher Mongillo : Production
production	Rusty Wilmot , Christopher Mongillo , DJ Pickee
chronology Let's start a riot! It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World Epic
Single releases 4th July 2008 Superstar (Save the Rave) August 5, 2008 Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)

It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World is the second studio album by the US band Blood on the Dance Floor . It was released on September 12, 2008.

backgrounds

It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World was released five months after Let's Start a Riot! , Blood on the Dance Floor's debut album. After Rebecca Fugate's death, the line-up of the band initially consisted of Dahvie Vanity , who appeared as the lead singer, and Christopher Mongillo , who was the group's producer. The latter left the music project before the album was completed, whereupon Vanity became its only official member. However , this hired Garrett Ecstasy as an accompanist and screamer to support him with the recording of the work. It was only after the publication of the Standard Edition that it was discontinued as a full-fledged part of Blood on the Dance Floor; on the first Deluxe Edition, published in 2009, he graces the album cover in addition to Dahvie Vanity and is recognized as an equal member.

Christopher Mongillo and Rusty Wilmot produced all of the tracks on the standard edition of the album, which were single-handedly written by Dahvie Vanity. The only exception in both cases is the song Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix) . In this song, Mongillo and Vanity acted together as songwriters , while DJ Pickee was the only producer . It is a remix version of the track of the same name from the previous album.

It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World was released in four different versions. The digitally published Standard Edition contains a total of eleven titles. There is also a CD edition, which was published a month and a half later, signed by Vanity and limited to 300 copies. The tracklist on the cover is identical to that of the digital edition, but it contains two unlisted additional songs as well as two instrumental interludes , each less than half a minute long . In 2009, on a tour of the band, another physical version was available, which was titled as a Deluxe Edition. In addition to the content of the Standard Edition, this contains four songs from the I Scream I Scream - EP , as well as the same two hidden tracks from the first CD version, but no interludes. The last edition of the album for the time being was released in 2013 and is called the Platinum Edition (although the album received neither a platinum nor a gold award worldwide). This contains the complete Standard Edition, two instrumental versions, as well as several titles that were to be found on various EPs and deluxe editions of other albums. This version was released in the form of a CD limited to 1000 copies.

Two singles were released from the standard version of the album: Save the Rave (which was still titled Superstar on the single ) and Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix) . All singles for bonus tracks of the various limited editions of the album previously appeared on other works by the band and are attributable to their promo phases .

Music and lyrics

The music of It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World can generally be classified under the broader genre of electronic pop music . The first half of the work corresponds with its clear techno influences (especially the static, pounding kick drums ) the Eurodance style, which the group also used on the follow-up albums Epic and All the Rage !! largely retained. Towards the end of the Standard Edition, however, the direction of the music changes, and that already on Let's Start a Riot! Extensively used synth pop is used more and more on the last four songs. In these, the drums are no longer the main instrument , but a dominant synthesizer . On the album, Dahvie Vanity can mainly be heard rapping or speaking rhythmically. The proportion of Screamo is also greater than on the predecessor. The texts of the work are predominantly sexual in nature or deal with a boisterous party mood , often in connection with drug consumption , whereby there is also a self-portrayal borrowed from the hip-hop genre .

Cover design

The cover of It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World is minimalist - especially in comparison to all of the band's other albums, whose motifs mostly contain a multitude of details . Dahvie Vanity stands on it in front of a uniformly white background and wears clothes that correspond to the raver scene . To his right, in the upper half of the image are in rivet look the initials of the band and including in black cursive writing the album title. This motif was used for the digital Standard Edition and the first CD edition.

The cover has been modified for the Deluxe Edition. Garrett Ecstasy is now to the right of Vanity, wearing a blue-green T-shirt and jeans . The album title is now above the heads of the musicians, with the addition "Deluxe Edition". Under this lettering, three songs from the album are advertised in small, red letters, but the initials of the band are missing on this variant.

The Platinum Edition has a completely different motif. On this one can see Dahvie Vanity, whose hair , clothes and makeup are all in shades of purple . Only his contact lenses stand out bright red. He is enclosed in a blue diamond that begins to break where his hands are . The background also has a crystal structure and is kept bluish. At the top left of the cover is the band name in rivet optics, but unlike the Standard Edition, it is written out. In the lower center is the album title in white, blue-framed script.

Track list

Standard Edition
No.	title	length
1.	Slash Gash Terror Crew Anthem!	1:28
2.	Save the rave	3:08
3.	S My D	2:52
4th	Ima monster	3:20
5.	It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World	3:05
6th	Keys to the Bakery	3:42
7th	Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)	3:29
8th.	Mosh & Roll!	4:17
9.	Do you want to be a superstar?	3:39
10.	Wet Dream War Machine	2:32
11.	Mad Rad Hair	3:44

1. CD edition
No.	title	length
1.	Slash Gash Terror Crew Anthem!	1:28
2.	Save the rave	3:08
3.	S My D	2:52
4th	[untitled] (Hidden Track)	0:13
5.	[untitled] (Hidden Track)	0:27
6th	Ima monster	3:20
7th	It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World	3:05
8th.	Keys to the Bakery	3:42
9.	Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)	3:29
10.	Mosh & Roll!	4:17
11.	Do you want to be a superstar?	3:39
12.	Wet Dream War Machine	2:32
13.	Mad Rad Hair	3:44
14th	Lawlz (Hidden Track)	3:46
15th	Epic (Hidden Track)	3:11

Deluxe Edition
No.	title	length
1.	Slash Gash Terror Crew Anthem!	1:28
2.	Save the rave	3:08
3.	S My D	2:52
4th	Ima monster	3:20
5.	It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World	3:05
6th	Keys to the Bakery	3:42
7th	Suicide club	3:45
8th.	Miss Bipolar (feat. Lolli Dolli )	3:05
9.	Siq With a Q	3:25
10.	Up all night	4:01
11.	Mosh & Roll	4:18
12.	Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)	3:31
13.	Do you want to be a superstar?	3:39
14th	Wet Dream War Machine	2:32
15th	Mad Rad Hair	3:44
16.	Epic (Hidden Track)	3:12
17th	Lawlz (Hidden Track)	3:46

Platinum Edition
No.	title	length
1.	Slash Gash Terror Crew Anthem!	1:28
2.	Save the rave	3:08
3.	S My D	2:52
4th	Ima monster	3:20
5.	It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World	3:05
6th	Keys to the Bakery	3:42
7th	Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)	3:29
8th.	Mosh & Roll!	4:17
9.	Do you want to be a superstar?	3:39
10.	Wet Dream War Machine	2:32
11.	Mad Rad Hair	3:44
12.	S My D (instrumental)	2:56
13.	Ima Monster (Instrumental)	3:21
14th	Sexting (feat. Jeffree Star )	3:44
15th	Designed to Kill (Original Mix)	3:49
16.	Crunk Man (Original Mix)	3:20
17th	It's happening!	3:18
18th	Siq With a Q	3:25
19th	Looking Hot, Dangerous! (Original mix)	2:35
20th	Miss Bipolar (feat. Lolli Dolli)	3:05
21st	DUI (feat. Jeffree Star)	3:15
22nd	Suicide club	3:45
23.	Horrifically Delicious (Original Mix)	3:41

success

Like its predecessor, the album had no chart successes worldwide.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Album credits. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Biography of the band during the early years. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Album credits. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Overview of editions. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ "Superstar" single. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
6. ^ "Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)" - single. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
7. ^ "S My D" lyrics. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
8. ↑ "Ima Monster" -Songtext. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
9. ^ "Wet Dream War Machine" lyrics. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
10. ^ "Blood on the Dance Floor (DJ Pickee Remix)" - single. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Standard Edition album art. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Deluxe Edition album art. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Platinum Edition album cover. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .