

" Still Counting" would reappear on Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. The album was recorded in Hansen Studios of Jacob Hansen, who also produced the two previous records.

Seven of the songs share a common lyrical theme which will be continued on future records, the artwork is also based on this storyline. Volbeat's cover was based on the version by Social Distortion.). Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood features 14 new tracks, including a Jimmy Work cover as a bonus track on all editions (the song, "Making Believe", was also recorded by Social Distortion on their Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell album but was originally written and performed by Jimmy Work. The song "We" was also released as a single and a music video was also produced for it, but the song failed to chart. A music video was also produced for the song, which chronicles the aforementioned story from the beginning. Mary Ann's Place would prove to be the final entry in the story until the song "You Will Know" on Volbeat's 6th studio album, Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie, released nearly 8 years later. The song is notable for continuing the story line of the Ness family, which began on the band's debut album with the songs "Danny & Lucy (11 PM)", and "Fire Song", and was continued on the band's previous album with the song "Mr. The album's second single, Mary Ann's Place, also charted in Denmark though it was not as successful as the previous single, only reaching #35 on the Danish charts and staying for 3 weeks. A music video was also produced for the song.

Maybellene I Hofteholder proved to be very successful in Volbeat's home country of Denmark, remaining on the Danish charts for 12 weeks and eventually reaching #5. Several songs were released as singles from the album: "Maybellene I Hofteholder", "Mary Ann's Place", and "We".
