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Opheliac is the third full-length album by Emilie Autumn, released in September 2006 by Trisol Music Group GmbH. Opheliac was recorded at Mad Villain Studios, Chicago, USA. It is the first album by the artist to receive widespread distribution around the world. All of Autumn's previous albums were only available through her own independent record label, Traitor Records.

The album Opheliac was preceded by the Opheliac EP, released in Spring 2006. This was a preview of the full-length album, and featured the first six tracks plus 'Marry Me' and 'Thank God I'm Pretty', the latter as a hidden track following the former.

In addition to the musical and spoken-word tracks, Opheliac features live concert footage, clips from her performance of 'Misery Loves Company' on the WGN Morning Show on January 12, 2006, and three short video clips entitled "Inside The Asylum: Lessons In Being A Wayward Victorian Girl".

Opheliac was originally released as a limited edition Digipak in Europe on September 1, 2006. Then it was released Worldwide on September 22, 2006, Emilie Autumn's birthday. When this limited edition sold out, it was released in a standard jewelcase edition on February 5, 2007. There is no difference in musical content between the two versions, however the Digipak edition includes an additional "Opheliac" poster.

At some point, a Russian printed version of Opheliac became available. It only features disk one of the "double disk" album, thus, the Russian album normally sells for a lower price (on eBay, prices have been as low as £3 but as high as a normal edition of Opheliac).

As of August 6, 2008 Emilie announced that she will be releasing Opheliac Nationwide in music stores across the US on October 7, 2008. The US release features exclusive tracks, such as "The Art of Suicide - Acoustic" and out-takes from the Opheliac recording sessions.

A third issuing of Opheliac, entitled The Deluxe Edition, will be released by The End Records in October 2009 to coincide with her first American tour.

Singles

Emilie Autumn released an EP with two of the Opheliac album tracks, inedit tracks and some remixes that is called Liar/Dead Is The New Alive.

Track listing

All songs written, performed and produced by Emilie Autumn, and mixed by Inkydust.

Disc one

1. "Opheliac" - 5:33
2. "Swallow" - 6:15
3. "Liar" - 6:01
4. "The Art of Suicide" - 5:32
5. "I Want My Innocence Back" - 3:48
6. "Misery Loves Company" - 4:28
7. "God Help Me" - 5:58
8. "Shalott" - 4:04
9. "Gothic Lolita" - 6:03
10. "Dead Is the New Alive" - 5:04
11. "I Know Where You Sleep" - 3:15
12. "Let the Record Show" - 3:52

Disc two

1. "Dominant" - 3:47
2. "306" - 5:36
3. "Thank God I'm Pretty" - 4:01
4. "Marry Me" - 4:50
5. "Largo for Violin" (Bach) - 4:06
6. "Poem: How to Break a Heart" - 1:01
7. "Poem: Ghost" - 2:38
8. "Poem: At What Point Does a Shakespeare Say" - 0:36

Deluxe edition

Disc one

1. "Opheliac" - 5:33
2. "Swallow" - 6:15
3. "Liar" - 6:01
4. "The Art of Suicide" - 5:32
5. "I Want My Innocence Back" - 3:48
6. "Misery Loves Company" - 4:28
7. "God Help Me" - 5:58
8. "Shalott" - 4:04
9. "Gothic Lolita" - 6:03
10. "Dead Is the New Alive" - 5:04
11. "I Know Where You Sleep" - 3:15
12. "Let the Record Show" - 3:52
13. ""Opheliac" Recording Out-Takes" - 4:11

Disc two

1. "Thank God I'm Pretty" - 4:01
2. "Dominant" - 3:47
3. "306" - 5:36
4. "Gloomy Sunday" (Seress/Jávor) - 3:22
5. "Asleep" (Morrissey/Marr) - 2:26
6. "Mad Girl (Acoustic Version)" - 3:50
7. "The Art of Suicide (Acoustic Version)" - 5:45
8. "Thank God I'm Pretty (Shoegaze Version)" - 4:29
9. "Largo for Violin" (Bach) - 4:06
10. "Marry Me" - 4:50
11. "Excerpt From "The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls"" - 1:40
12. "Interview with EA" - 4:46
13. "Poem: How to Break a Heart" - 1:01
14. "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" - 2:20

References