Slipknot (album)

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Slipknot is the second album (Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat is their first, but was released independently) by musical band Slipknot, considered by most critics a nu metal album. The album was released on June 29, 1999 by Roadrunner Records. A digipak version was released on March 7, 2000, followed by a "Clean" version that was strangely uncensored with a note in the booklet insert that claimed that censorship was "the absolute fascism of America" on March 14; the digipak was re-released on [[August 9].

The cover of the album simply shows the band members in their masks and boilersuits: the anti image for which the band would become famous.

In 2001 Q magazine named Slipknot as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.

Track Listing:

1. "742617000027" – 0:36
2. "(Sic)" – 3:19
3. "Eyeless" – 3:56
4. "Wait and Bleed" – 2:27
5. "Surfacing" – 3:38
6. "Spit It Out" – 2:39
7. "Tattered and Torn" – 2:53
8. "Me Inside" – 2:39
9. "Liberate" – 3:05
10. "Prosthetics" – 4:58
11. "No Life" – 2:47
12. "Diluted" – 3:23
13. "Only One" – 2:26
14. "Scissors" / "Eeyore" – 19:18

Digpak #1

1. "742617000027" – 0:36
2. "(Sic)" – 3:19
3. "Eyeless" – 3:56
4. "Wait and Bleed" – 2:27
5. "Surfacing" – 3:38
6. "Spit It Out" – 2:39
7. "Tattered and Torn" – 2:53
8. "Me Inside" – 2:39
9. "Liberate" – 3:05
10. "Prosthetics" – 4:58
11. "No Life" – 2:47
12. "Diluted" – 3:23
13. "Only One" – 2:26
14. "Scissors" – 8:25
15. "Get This" - 2:03
16. "Interloper (demo)" - 2:18
17. "Despise (demo)" / "Eeyore" - 14:35

A second Digipak was also released which included "Wait and Bleed (Terry Date Mix)", which had been previously available on the Scream 3 soundtrack, as well as "Spit it Out (Hyper Mix)", and "Surfacing (live)".

Miscellanea

• Although James Root is credited as a guitarist alongside Mick Thompson, all of the tracks except "Purity" were recorded by former guitarist, Josh Brainard. Josh left shortly after recording the album and it's he who appears on the album cover, not James.
• The title "742617000027" comes from the UPC of their first album, Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.
• The song "Diluted" is a heavily edited version of "Interloper" (demo), which first appeared on the unrealessed demo "Crowz"

Chart positions

Album positions:

1999  Slipknot           Heatseekers                 No. 1
2000  Slipknot           The Billboard 200           No. 51
2001  Slipknot           Top Independent Albums      No. 6

Single position:

2000  Wait And Bleed     Mainstream Rock Tracks      No. 34

Credits

• Corey Taylor (8) - Vocals
• Mick Thomson (7) - Guitars
• Sid Wilson (0) - Turntables
• Shawn Crahan (6) - Custom Percussion
• Paul Gray (2) - Bass
• Joey Jordison (1) - Drums
• Chris Fehn (3) - Custom Percussion/Background Vocals/"Cookie monster" vocals
• Josh "Gnar" Brainard (4) - Guitar/synth
• Craig Jones (5) - Samples/live Synth
• Ross Robinson - Producer
• Chuck Johnson - Engineer
• Rob Agnello - Second Engineer
• Sean McMahon - Mixing
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• Dorothy Hecht - Speaking whisper vocals in 742617000027, "Frail Limb Nursery" and "(Sic)"
• Anders Colsefini - speak/rap vocals in 742617000027