Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)
| Chamber Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 7, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | Long View Farms (North Brookfield, Massachusetts) | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, gothic metal[1] | |||
| Length | 55:14 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
| Coal Chamber chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[3] |
| Spin | 5/10[4] |
Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999. The album has industrial elements, most notably on their cover of "Shock the Monkey". The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several keyboardists, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of Orgy, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit and production assistance from Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. It is their second-most successful record and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.
Content[edit]
With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album.[5] Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey", featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey", and the song received notable radio airplay for a time; the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US.[6]
The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Scream 3.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mist" (instrumental) | 0:43 |
| 2. | "Tragedy" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "El Cu Cuy" | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Untrue" | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Tyler's Song" | 2:49 |
| 6. | "What's in Your Mind?" | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Not Living" | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover feat. Ozzy Osbourne) | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Burgundy" | 2:11 |
| 10. | "Entwined" | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Feed My Dreams" | 2:55 |
| 12. | "My Mercy" | 4:04 |
| 13. | "No Home" | 5:09 |
| 14. | "Shari Vegas" | 3:16 |
| 15. | "Notion" | 3:27 |
| 16. | "Anything But You" | 4:42 |
| Total length: | 55:14 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Wishes" | 3:06 |
| 18. | "Apparition" | 2:27 |
Personnel[edit]
Coal Chamber[edit]
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Production[edit]
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Guest musicians[edit]
- Brian Levine – strings arrangement
- Troy Van Leeuwen – keyboards
- Brian Virtue – programming
- Josh Abraham – keyboards and programming
- Ozzy Osbourne – guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey")
- E. Blue – keyboards and guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey" and "My Mercy")
- Anthony "Fu" Valic – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
- Phil Western – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
- Aimee Echo – guest vocals (on "Burgundy" and "My Mercy")
- Jay Gordon – keyboards (on "Burgundy")
- Amir Derakh – percussion synth (on "No Home"), keyboards (on "Notion"), micromoog (on "Anything But You")
- Georgie the Pug – panting (on "Shari Vegas")
- Jay Baumgardner – keyboards (on "Notion")
- DJ Lethal – freaky fractures (on "Notion")
Chart positions[edit]
Album[edit]
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 29 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 49 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 18 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 70 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 70 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] | 22 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] | 34 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 21 |
References[edit]
- ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022.
- ^ "Chamber Music - Coal Chamber". AllMusic.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ LaPage, Mark (October 1999). "Reviews". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 10. pp. 152–153.
- ^ Chris Gramlich (October 1, 1999). "Chamber Music review". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ "METALLICA NUMMER 3 DER SOUNDSCAN-ERA - Metallica Fanpage - metallicamp.de". January 8, 2003.
- ^ a b "Australiancharts.com – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Coal Chamber: Chamber Music" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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