''Coral Fang'' is the third studio album by the

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band

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. It was released in 2003 through

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. The album marked the band's

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debut, and is their most recent album to date. It peaked at number 97 in the US and 46 in the UK.

Accolades

*''Coral Fang'' was rated the 7th best album of 2003 by ''

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'' *''Coral Fang'' was ranked number 27 on ''Blender'' magazine's 50 Greatest CDs of 2003 list. *''Coral Fang'' was ranked number 20 on ''Q'' magazine's Recordings of the Year list in 2003. *"Drain the Blood" was a nominee for the

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in 2004.

Track listing

Personnel

The Distillers *

Brody Dalle Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson; 1 January 1979) is an Australia, Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music at the age of 13 and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock ban ...

– lead vocals,

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*Tony Bradley – lead guitar, backing vocals * Ryan Sinn – bass guitar, backing vocals * Andy Granelli – drums Production *Producer – Gil Norton *Executive producer – Tom Whalley *Engineers – Bradley Cook, John Dunne *Mixing – Andy Wallace *Mastering – Howie Weinberg *Technicians – Dan Druff, Mike Fazano *Arranger – The Distillers *Design – Richard Scane Goodheart *Photo – James R. Minchin III *Original artwork and layout – Tim Presley

Use in media

*"Drain the Blood" was featured in ''

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'' and is a downloadable song for ''

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''. *"Beat Your Heart Out" was featured in video games ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. *The name of the band and album is also graffitied on a wall in the console version of ''Spider-Man 2''. *"Dismantle Me" was featured in '' MTX Mototrax''. *"Die on a Rope" was featured in Marvel's '' Daredevil'' in the episode "Kinbaku".

Charts

Weekly charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control The Distillers albums 2003 albums Albums produced by Gil Norton Sire Records albums Hellcat Records albums