working title for, although the words appear as a lyric in "Cemetery and Sundown". Release Thornography was released on 17 October 2006. It debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling nearly 13,000 copies. It reached number 46 in the UK Albums Chart. Harder, Darker, Faster: Thornography Deluxe Harder, Darker, Faster: Thornography Deluxe was released on 4 February 2008. This version is a CD-DVD package, with the original album in standard stereo format on CD and DVD and the following additional bonus tracks on the DVD only: "Murder in the Thirst", "The Snake-Eyed and the Venomous", "Halloween II" (a cover of the song by Samhain which had previously appeared on the soundtrack to the film Underworld: Evolution), "Courting Baphomet", "Stay" (a cover of the song by Shakespears Sister) and "Devil to the Metal". Original plans to include "Mater Lachrymarum", a song from the soundtrack to the 2007 Dario Argento film The Mother of Tears that Dani contributed to, were scrapped due to rights issues. Critical reception Critical response to Thornography has been generally favourable. Metal Hammer called it "undoubtedly their heaviest and most guitar-dominated record in many years", though commenting that the band's cover of Heaven 17's "Temptation" is "ridiculous" and "best avoided". Terrorizer called the album "sharp, slick, elegant, focused, catchy, accessible heavy gothic metal, with the dark romantic schtick still present, but reined in and more explicitly parodic". AllMusic commented on the album's comparatively more mainstream style: "...by the sound of Thornography, CoF are aiming at playing an arena near you sometime in the near future." PopMatters wrote: "Thornography, all things taken into consideration, is one of most solid additions in Cradle of Filth's history". Kerrang!, on the other hand, commented: "The black magic for which they're usually so dependable is in short supply... If there was a word to sum Thornography up, it would be 'incomplete'..." Track listing Personnel Cradle of Filth Dani Filth – vocals Paul Allender – lead guitar Charles Hedger – rhythm guitar Dave Pybus – bass, backing vocals on "Halloween II" Adrian Erlandsson – drums Sarah Jezebel Deva – backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Stay" Session/guest musicians Doug Bradley – narration on tracks 3 and 10 Ville Valo – vocals on "The Byronic Man" Dirty Harry – vocals on "Temptation" Martin Walkyier – backing vocals on "The Snake-Eyed and the Venomous" Mark Newby-Robson – keyboards on original edition, "Courting Baphomet"