See You on the Other Side (Korn album)

For other uses, see See You on the Other Side (Korn album) (disambiguation).

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See You on the Other Side is the seventh studio album by Korn. It was released on December 6, 2005, by Virgin Records. It is their first album without long-time guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and the last album with long time drummer David Silveria. The working title was Souvenir of Sadness. The album was first certified gold on January 12, 2006 and subsequent platinum record certification was awarded on March 16, 2006.

With regards to the album's musical direction, Jonathan Davis quoted,

It's funky, it's heavy, it's dark and sometimes, industrial-tinged. Working with so many different people and everything, it's made it out to be a really well-rounded album of a lot of different things. It's definitely Korn, it's definitely groove-oriented. But it's our most experimental album to date. We're very excited. We're all sitting around, when we listen to it, looking at each other going, 'I can't believe that's us.' I think people are really going to dig it.

The album was recorded in Jonathan Davis' home studio which was used for the Take a Look in the Mirror album and Queen of the Damned soundtrack and score.

The first single, "Twisted Transistor", was premiered on 102.1 The Edge, and was released on November 212005. Brent Decker e-mailed the disc jockey of the night, Ayo, with a request to play the rumored single.

The album was ranked 2nd in Ultimate Guitar Archive Top 10 albums of 2005 poll (user-based). It is very notable achievement considering the date of its release.

As of January 1, 2006 the album has sold 530,807 copies in US alone in its month of debut.

The album was "officially" leaked onto the Internet one week before it was officially released by MTV.com (for streaming only).

As of January 1 2007, it has sold approximately 1,800,000 total copies worldwide (626,000 copies in US alone) during year 2006 (excluding sales from December, 2005 - the month of its premiere). . And went on to sell 1,103,476 copies by the end of 2006. Total sales in excess of 2,300,000 copies.

The cover of the album, and entire album art is made by Jonathan Davis' friend , New York surrealist, David Stoupakis, and based on the lyrics from the song "Seen It All".

I'm just a child with a tears in its eyes, I'm holding this gift that is broken

What do I have left now?

Critical reception

On average, See You on the Other Side generally received much warmer critical reception than the previous studio album, Take a Look in the Mirror, scoring a Metacritic average of 64. Reviewers appreciated the band's desire to experiment and noted that the album combined well their signature sound with the freshness that producers The Matrix and Atticus Ross added to the band's sound. Commercially, the album was successful, proving that Korn can still remain on the top of the charts, staying in Billboard Top 100 pop albums chart for 34 straight weeks.

Track listing

• The album contains 14 to 16 tracks depending on the version purchased, and a special edition of the album contains 20 to 22 tracks plus 2 live performance videos.

1. "Twisted Transistor" – 4:12
2. "Politics" – 3:17
3. "Hypocrites" – 3:50
4. "Souvenir" – 3:50
5. "10 Or A 2-Way" – 4:41
6. "Throw Me Away" – 4:41
7. "Love Song" – 4:19
8. "Open Up" – 6:15
9. "Coming Undone" – 3:20
10. "Getting Off" – 3:25
11. "Liar" – 4:14
12. "For No One" – 3:37
13. "Seen It All" – 6:20
14. "Tearjerker" - 5:05

It should be noted that the discography on band's official site lists different names for some of the tracks. On the page, "Politics" is spelled "Politix", "Souvenir" is called "Souvenir of Sadness", "10 Or A 2-Way" is just called "2-Way", and "Seen It All" is written as "Interlude #3/I've Seen It All". It is unknown whether or not these were meant to be the actual titles of the songs, since the list above is the same as the list on the released album.

Along with that, later prints of the album had the song "Twisted Transistor" at a length of 3:08, the 1:04 that was removed was in the pregap.

Bonus disc

1. "It's Me Again" – 3:35
2. "Eaten Up Inside" – 3:18
3. "Last Legal Drug (Le Petit Mort)" – 5:15
4. "Twisted Transistor" (Dante Ross Mix) – 3:29
5. "Twisted Transistor" (Dummies Club Mix) – 7:53
   • Multimedia tracks: "Twisted Transistor" and "Hypocrites" (live, recorded in Luzhniki Arena in Moscow, Russia on September 22, 2005)

B-sides

Three more bonus tracks, that are not featured on the regular release of the album, "Too Late I'm Dead", "Eaten Up Inside" and "Appears" are available on some international releases of the album, or on the CD singles. Another b-side, "Inside Out" is a bonus track available on iTunes when purchasing the entire album. The song "Threat" was also recorded, but was never released, along with a version of "Liar" containing a very lengthy solo by Munky.

Personnel

• Jonathan Davis - vocals, bagpipes, songwriter
• James "Munky" Shaffer - guitar
• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - bass
• David Silveria - drums
• Atticus Ross - producer, songwriter, keyboards, strings
• The Matrix - producer, songwriters

Miscellaneaous

• The band wrote most of this album and employed the songwriting team known as "The Matrix" to help refine the sound of the album, giving them a more radio friendly sound in the process.
• The band actually went through many producers during pre-production before deciding on The Matrix and Atticus Ross. Dallas Austin, Linda Perry, Glen Ballard, and Mark Hudson also tried out.
• Two of the songs (Coming Undone and Hypocrites) were used in advertisements for the CBS drama Criminal Minds.

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	Twisted Transistor	Modern Rock Tracks	9
2005	Twisted Transistor	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
2005	Twisted Transistor	Hot 100 Singles	46
2005	Twisted Transistor	Pop 100	5
2005	Twisted Transistor (E. Kupper/J. Harris/Dummies Mixes)	Hot Dance Club Play	24
2006	Coming Undone	Modern Rock Tracks	14
2006	Coming Undone	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
2006	Coming Undone	Hot 100 Singles	74
2006	Coming Undone	Pop 100	4
2006	Coming Undone (RVH Club Mix)	Hot Dance Club Play	29
2006	Politics	Mainstream Rock Tracks	18
2006	Politics	Hot Dance Club Play	20