Untouchables (album)
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| Untouchables | ||
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| Studio album by Korn | ||
| Released | June 11, 2002 | |
| Recorded | April–November 2001 at various locations | |
| Genre | Nu metal Alternative metal |
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| Length | 60:47 | |
| Label | Immortal Epic |
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| Producer(s) | Korn Michael Beinhorn |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Korn chronology | ||
| Issues (1999) |
Untouchables (2002) |
Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) |
Untouchables is the fifth album by Korn. It was officially released on June 11, 2002.
The album was leaked onto the Internet several months before its official release date. After the leak, there was much speculation about the authenticity of the album's material, and whether or not songs would be added, removed, or modified on the official release. Upon the album's official release, however, the only differences between what was available on the Internet and the official album were the songs' titles (with the exception of "Here to Stay") and the chronological order of tracks. Not available via the Internet before the album's release, however, was a remixed version of "Here to Stay," which was included on the initial pressing of the album for the United States[citation needed], dubbed as the "limited edition."
Untouchables sold 434,126 copies its first week, but was unable to surpass sales of The Eminem Show, released two weeks earlier on May 28, 2002, and debuted at #2. The album has only gone platinum as opposed to multiplatinum like all their previous albums. The band have blamed Internet piracy, but others blame what they see as a decline in the band's songwriting since Follow the Leader for the drop in sales. Despite the initial cold reception by fans especially in the U.S., it has earned numerous very positive reviews by most respected music magazines[1] (some of them regarded it as Korn's best),[citation needed] and made success overseas. Brian "Head" Welch claims on the Deuce (Asylum) DVD that he didn't like playing the songs live.
The album marks their second to use alternative metal in place of the hip-hop influenced nu metal of their first album, although there are some nu metal songs such as "Bottled Up Inside". New techniques were used on this album as well: Untouchables featured elements like undistorted guitars and electronics on some songs, giving the album an overall mellow but spookey feel, with one critic calling it a "purgatorial symphany". Songs of this variety include "Hollow Life" and many others. However, Korn didn't completely abandon their original nu metal sound, featuring songs as aggresive as any they'd ever recorded, like "Here to Stay" or "Wake Up Hate".
Untouchables was also released in a "clean" version which used a unique form of backmasking that didn't fully scramble the words, but rather masked them somewhat with the beat making it sound almost like Jonathan was crying out in agony as opposed to saying a cuss word.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Here to Stay" – 4:32
- "Make Believe" – 4:37
- "Blame" – 3:51
- "Hollow Life" – 4:09
- "Bottled Up Inside" – 4:00
- "Thoughtless" – 4:33
- "Hating" – 5:10
- "One More Time" – 4:40
- "Alone I Break" – 4:17
- "Embrace" – 4:27
- "Beat It Upright" – 4:15
- "Wake Up Hate" – 3:13
- "I'm Hiding" – 3:57
- "No One's There" – 5:06
- "Here to Stay (T Ray's Mix)" (only on the limited edition version of the album)
[edit] Bonus DVD
The bonus DVD was only available with the digipak.
- Here to Stay (live at The Hammerstein, NYC)
- Here to Stay (music video)
- Thoughtless (music video)
- Got The Life (live at The Hammerstein, NYC)
[edit] Charts
All charts listed below are part of the Billboard Music Charts, North America.
[edit] Album
| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | Untouchables | The Billboard 200 | 2 |
| 2002 | Untouchables | Top Internet Albums | 2 |
| 2002 | Untouchables | Top Canadian Albums | 3 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | Here to Stay | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 2002 | Here to Stay | Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 2002 | Here to Stay | Hot 100 Singles | 72 |
| 2002 | Thoughtless | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 2002 | Thoughtless | Modern Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 2002 | Alone I Break | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
| 2002 | Alone I Break | Modern Rock Tracks | 34 |
