Artist: TYPE O NEGATIVE
Album: LIFE IS KILLING ME (CD)

Release date: 2003
Media type: CD

Life is Killing Me is the sixth album of original material by Brooklyn band Type O Negative. The title was originally going to be The Dream Is Dead, but was supposedly changed because it suggested that the band may finally be ending their union.

There are no "soundscape" tracks on Life is Killing Me, but there is a brief instrumental track titled "Drunk in Paris." There are two tracks featured on the album about Steele's parents. "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" is named after the ship yard his father worked in, while "Nettie" is named after his mother. The band covers the song "Angry Inch" from the off Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The album also contains a cover of the interstitial music from television's The Munsters. Track 11 of the album is titled "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)." The acronym IYDKMIGTHTKY is believed to stand for "If You Don't Kill Me I'm Going To Have To Kill You," since it is the most repeated phrase in the song, other than "Gimme That."

The album leaked onto the internet before release, upsetting keyboardist Josh Silver to the point where he released a message online complaining that the leak essentially takes revenue from the band which was received by many as a discredit to the band's fans.

The inside spine under the CD tray has the message "Type O Negative is a non-prophet organization".

TRACKLIST:

"Thir13teen" – 1:07
"I Don't Wanna Be Me" – 5:08
"Less Than Zero (<0)" – 5:25
"Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" – 4:10
"I Like Goils" – 2:35
"...A Dish Best Served Coldly" – 7:13
"How Could She?" – 7:35
"Life is Killing Me" – 6:35
"Nettie" – 4:46
"(We Were) Electrocute" – 6:38
"IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)" – 6:20
"Angry Inch" – 3:39
"Anesthesia" – 6:41
"Drunk in Paris" – 1:27
"The Dream is Dead" – 5:07

LINE-UP:

Peter Steele – Lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, and keyboards
Josh Silver – Keyboards and backing vocals
Kenny Hickey – Guitars and backing vocals
Johnny Kelly – Drums and backing vocals