Nikki Sixx has turned Sixx: AM into audio accompaniment for his various book projects, first bringing them together to promote his 2006 memoir The Heroin Diaries and now reviving the group for his 2011 photo essay This Is Gonna Hurt.
Sixx dips into autobiography on This Is Gonna Hurt, but the book is anchored in spooky black & white photos he’s taken and the music on Sixx: AM’s accompanying album of the same name intends to provide a twisted aural journey inspired by Sixx’s photographs.
Thing is, the 11 songs on This Is Gonna Hurt contain very little pain.
There are some stylized excursions into streamlined L.A.
goth, but for the most part this is anthemic arena rock that would feel right at home in the mouth of American Idol runner-up Chris Daughtry.
It’s a record that attempts to have it both ways: it flirts with pain but it’s gussied up for the widest audience possible, which is odd because there’s absolutely nothing about this project, from its theme to its sound, that would appeal to somebody who wasn’t already a Nikki Sixx diehard.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is Gonna HurtDJ Ashba, James Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Are You with MeDJ Ashba, James Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Sure Feels RightDJ Ashba, James Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | SmileJames Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Help Is on the WayDJ Ashba, James Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Oh My GodDJ Ashba, James Michael, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | SkinBlair Daly, Nikki Sixx | Sixx: A.M. | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 30 mins | 70 MB | |||||
| 30 mins | 204 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DJ Ashba | Composer, Group Member, Guitar |
| 2 | P.R. Brown | Design, Photography |
| 3 | Blair Daly | Composer |
| 4 | Dave Donnelly | Mastering |
| 5 | Kevin Llewellyn | Cover Painting |
| 6 | John William Lowrey | Composer |
| 7 | James Michael | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Group Member, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Strings, Vocals |
| 8 | Shahnaz | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Sixx: A.M. | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Nikki Sixx | Bass, Composer, Group Member, Photography, Quotation Author |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |