Side Show Freaks

Side Show Freaks
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Studio album by 40 Below Summer
Released	Jul 15, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Nu metal, rap metal
Length	44:47
Label	Direct Music Group
Producer	Peter Savad, 40 Below Summer
40 Below Summer chronology
Side Show Freaks (1999) Rain (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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AllMusic

Side Show Freaks is the debut studio album by the American metal band 40 Below Summer. It was originally recorded and self-released in 1999, then later re-released in 2008.

Reception

Allmusic's Alex Henderson gave the album three and a half-stars in 2008. He writes "Side Show Freaks -- basically, Limp Bizkit meets Slipknot meets Rage Against the Machine (minus the political rants) meets Korn -- doesn't pretend to point rap-metal in any new directions. But darned if in your face tracks such as "I'm So Ugly," "Untied," "I'm Still Bleeding," and "Suck It Up" aren't infectious and hooky."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suck It Up"	3:49
2.	"5 Lbs. Bag"	2:25
3.	"All About You"	4:43
4.	"Sunburn"	2:36
5.	"Little Lover"	4:27
6.	"Untied"	4:19
7.	"Disease"	3:16
8.	"2 Fisted"	3:53
9.	"I'm So Ugly"	2:45
10.	"I'm Still Bleeding"	5:08
11.	"Rejection (demo)"	4:20
12.	"Step Into the Sideshow (demo)"	4:03

Personnel

40 Below Summer

• Max Illidge – vocals, additional guitar
• Joe D'amico – guitar, backing vocals
• Jordan Plingos – bass
• Carlos Aguilar – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Peter Savad – additional guitar, keyboard

Production

• 40 Below Summer – production
• Peter Savad – recording, mixing, engineering
• Alan Silverman – mastering
• Max Illidge – mixing, engineering on "Rejection and "Side Show Freaks"
• Ray Mandal – album art