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| Released = [[August 22]], [[2000]]
| Released = [[August 22]], [[2000]]
| Recorded = Warehouse Studio, [[Vancouver]]
| Recorded = Warehouse Studio, [[Vancouver]]
| Genre = [[Alternative Metal]] <br> [[Nu Metal]] <br> [[Rapcore]] (As heard only on "Under My Skin")
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Length = 1:08:16
| Length = 1:08:16
| Label = [[Epic Records]]<br />No-Name Recordings
| Label = [[Epic Records]]<br />No-Name Recordings
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| Next album = ''[[The Beginning of All Things to End]]''<br />(2002)
| Next album = ''[[The Beginning of All Things to End]]''<br />(2002)
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'''''L.D. 50''''' is the debut studio album by the [[Alternative Metal]] band [[Mudvayne]], released in [[2000]] through [[Epic Records]] and [[Record producer|produced]] by GGGarth, who has produced albums for such bands as [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[Melvins]]. [[Shawn Crahan]] from [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] is also credited as being a producer on the album. The title refers to the [[LD50|LD<sub>50</sub>]] or median lethal dose, a [[toxicology]] term meaning the dose amount of a [[Poison|toxic substance]] required to kill 50% of a tested population. L.D. 50 is widely considered a concept album dealing with the pushing of boundaries and subsequent [[evolution]].
'''''L.D. 50''''' is the debut studio album by the band [[Mudvayne]], released in [[2000]] through [[Epic Records]] and [[Record producer|produced]] by GGGarth, who has produced albums for such bands as [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[Melvins]]. [[Shawn Crahan]] from [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] is also credited as being a producer on the album. The title refers to the [[LD50|LD<sub>50</sub>]] or median lethal dose, a [[toxicology]] term meaning the dose amount of a [[Poison|toxic substance]] required to kill 50% of a tested population. L.D. 50 is widely considered a concept album dealing with the pushing of boundaries and subsequent [[evolution]].


The first [[Single (music)|single]] released from the album, "Dig", won the [[MTV Video Music Award - MTV2 Award|MTV2 Award]] in [[2001]].
The first [[Single (music)|single]] released from the album, "Dig", won the [[MTV Video Music Award - MTV2 Award|MTV2 Award]] in [[2001]].

Revision as of 01:16, 20 January 2008

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L.D. 50 is the debut studio album by the band Mudvayne, released in 2000 through Epic Records and produced by GGGarth, who has produced albums for such bands as Rage Against the Machine and Melvins. Shawn Crahan from Slipknot is also credited as being a producer on the album. The title refers to the LD50 or median lethal dose, a toxicology term meaning the dose amount of a toxic substance required to kill 50% of a tested population. L.D. 50 is widely considered a concept album dealing with the pushing of boundaries and subsequent evolution.

The first single released from the album, "Dig", won the MTV2 Award in 2001.

Track listing

  • All songs written by Mudvayne
  1. "Monolith" – 1:52
  2. "Dig" – 2:43
  3. "Internal Primates Forever" – 4:25
  4. "-1" – 3:58
  5. "Death Blooms" – 4:52
  6. "Golden Ratio" – 0:54
  7. "Cradle" – 5:14
  8. "Nothing to Gein" – 5:29
  9. "Mutatis Mutandis" – 1:43
  10. "Everything and Nothing" – 3:14
  11. "Severed" – 6:33
  12. "Recombinant Resurgence" – 2:00
  13. "Prod" – 6:03
  14. "Pharmaecopia" - 5:34
  15. "Under My Skin" – 3:47
  16. "(k)Now F(orever)" – 7:06
  17. "Lethal Dosage" – 2:59

Cover Art

The album art features the Sephirot (Kabbalah) of Hermetic mysticism as well as photographs of a naked baby and chemistry models. The chemical models are representations of the major active ingredients found in the psychedelic drugs LSD and DMT. Also, the numbers 12:97:24:99 are printed within the cover art as 1:29:7:24:99 , later revealed as track 11 on The End of All Things to Come.

Personnel

  • Chad Gray - Vocals
  • Greg Tribbett - Guitar
  • Ryan Martinie - Bass
  • Matthew McDonough - Drums
  • GGGarth - Production, Engineering, Electro-organic audio manipulation
  • Andy Wallace - Mixing
  • Steve Richards - Executive producer
  • Shawn Crahan - producer
  • Andre Wahl - Engineering, Electro-organic audio manipulation
  • Chris Vaughan-Jones - Engineering
  • Ben Kaplan - Engineering
  • Dean Maher - Engineering
  • Scott Ternan - Assistant engineer
  • Alex Aligizakis - Assistant engineer
  • Paul Forgues - Assistant engineer
  • Zak Blackstone - Assistant engineer
  • Steve Sisco - Assistant mix engineer
  • Howie Weinberg - Mastering
  • Richard Leighton - Guitar technician
  • Chris Crippin - Drum technician
  • Chris Potter - Technical support
  • Ron Vermuelen - Technical support

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
2001 Top Heatseekers 1
2001 The Billboard 200 85

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Dig" Mainstream Rock Tracks 33
2001 "Death Blooms" Mainstream Rock Tracks 32
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