Wish Upon a Blackstar
album by Celldweller
Wish Upon a Blackstar is the second vocal studio album (third overall) from the American electronic rock project Celldweller. While it had been a work in progress since 2004, finalized songs were not issued until mid-2009. The full album was released on June 12, 2012. Grant Mohrman, producer of the debut Celldweller album, returned to co-produce the album with Klayton.
Production
Klayton began to work on the album in 2004, and it was originally slated for release in 2006, though it was ultimately delayed numerous times. In a late 2008 interview, he stated that:
"I would love to just tell everyone 'The album will be done by this date', but I've learned my lesson on that one. It's hard to predict when it will actually wrap up. I can tell you that I am thinking about alternative methods of releasing this album altogether, but I won't say anything until I'm ready to commit... that always gets me in trouble".
On March 9, 2009, Klayton announced that the album would be titled Wish Upon a Blackstar, and he revealed the track listing on April 20, 2009.
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