Iowa (album)

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Iowa is the second major label album by Slipknot. The album was released on August 28, 2001 by Roadrunner Records.

The album's title is a reference to the band's home state (the members live relatively anonymously in Des Moines, Iowa). The cover of the album shows the head of a goat, an image the band incorporated into their live set, on their boiler suits, and in the video for "Left Behind", as the band felt they had been held as scapegoats since the release of Slipknot. The goat also refers to how when they were all brought up in Iowa, middle America, they were all warned basically as they've said "Beware of the horned goat of Satan!", and that they think that is, to quote Corey "total bullshit - it's just an animal!".

New artwork

Around mid-2006 a new version of Iowa was released with the cover artwork slighty altered to having many different colors as opposed to the original shiny version, and the inlay lyrics had been printed on normal album sleeve paper instead of the original use of transparent paper. Again, the artwork was slightly altered in this too.

Track listing

1. "(515)" – 0:59
2. "People = Shit" – 3:35
3. "Disasterpiece" – 5:08
4. "My Plague" – 3:40
5. "Everything Ends" – 4:14
6. "The Heretic Anthem" – 4:14
7. "Gently" – 4:54
8. "Left Behind" – 4:01
9. "The Shape" – 3:37
10. "I Am Hated" – 2:37
11. "Skin Ticket" – 6:41
12. "New Abortion" – 3:36
13. "Metabolic" – 3:59
14. "Iowa" – 15:03

Trivia

• The title of the first song, "(515)", is the telephone prefix code for central Iowa, where Des Moines, Slipknot's hometown, is located.
• A Japanese version of the album featured a 15th track which was a live version of "Liberate", a song from the band's self-titled album.

Chart positions

Album positions:

2001  Iowa           The Billboard 200            No. 3
2001  Iowa           UK Album Chart               No. 1
2001  Iowa           Top Canadian Albums          No. 92
2001  Iowa           Top Internet Albums          No. 6

Single position:

2001  Left Behind    Mainstream Rock Tracks       No. 30

Miscellanea

• The song "I Am Hated" was featured in the 2003 video game Amplitude.
• The Song "I Am Hated" was also performed live in the 2002 film "Rollerball"
• The song "My Plague" was included on the Resident Evil soundtrack.