| The House That Dirt Built | ||||
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| Released | 5 October 2009 | |||
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| Length | 38:06 | |||
| Label | Counter | |||
| Producer | Jim Abbiss | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Contact Music |   [3] |
| PopMatters | [4] |
The House That Dirt Built is the second studio album by English rock band The Heavy. It was released on 5 October 2009. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built. Vocalist Kelvin Swaby explained in an interview with Songfacts that the song "Sixteen" was inspired by a time when he was working a lot as a DJ and he would see 16-year-old kids sneaking into clubs.[5]
The album's songs were used for several video games and films; "Short Change Hero" was featured in the promo for the first season of Haven, the 2010 movie Faster, the trailer for the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City, later opened the 2012 video game Borderlands 2, and the promo for Season 2 of Longmire.[6][7][8] It is also the opening theme of the Sky1 television series Strike Back and was included in the 2011 racing video game Driver: San Francisco (along with two other songs from the band) as well as the Season 2 finale of Suits.[9][10][11] The song "How You Like Me Now?" was featured at the beginning and end of the 2010 film The Fighter, in the Season 3 finale of Suits, in the trailer for the 2012 film Ted, during the closing credits for Horrible Bosses, the closing credits for Borderlands 2, and then again in a TV spot for the 2013 animated film, Turbo.[12][13][14]
- ^ The House That Dirt Built (album liner notes). The Heavy. Counter Records. 2009.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "The Heavy - The House That Dirt Built Album Review". 29 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "The Heavy: The House That Dirt Built". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Sixteen". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Longmire Season 2 trailer on YouTube
- ^ TutuIdiotaI (11 October 2011). "Short Change Hero - The Heavy - Strike Back Theme - Lyrics/Tradução". Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "The Heavy". IMDb. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Music from Suits S2E16". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Official: All Mark Wahlberg trailers to feature 'How You Like Me Now' - Movie Trailer - TheShiznit.co.uk". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "Just Isn't Music – 03/07/13 The Heavy 'How You Like Me Now?' in Turbo trailer". Retrieved 25 February 2017.