Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)

Chamber Music
Studio album by Coal Chamber
Released	September 7, 1999
Recorded	Hoboken, New Jersey 1998–1999
Genre	Nu metal, gothic metal
Length	55:14
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Josh Abraham
Coal Chamber chronology
Coal Chamber (1997) Chamber Music (1999) Dark Days (2002)

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Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999.

Content

With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn and White Zombie who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album. Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor and could perhaps make it the group's most accessible record. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey," featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey," and the song received notable radio airplay for a time, the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US.

The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack in the film Scream 3.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mist" (Instrumental)	0:43
2.	"Tragedy"	2:51
3.	"El Cu Cuy"	4:22
4.	"Untrue"	3:26
5.	"Tyler's Song"	2:49
6.	"What's in Your Mind?"	3:55
7.	"Not Living"	3:50
8.	"Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover feat. Ozzy Osbourne)	3:42
9.	"Burgundy"	2:11
10.	"Entwined"	3:49
11.	"Feed My Dreams"	2:55
12.	"My Mercy"	4:04
13.	"No Home"	5:09
14.	"Shari Vegas"	3:16
15.	"Notion"	3:27
16.	"Anything But You"	4:42

Personnel

Coal Chamber

• B. Dez Fafara – lead vocals
• Meegs Rascón – guitars, backing vocals and keyboards on "Untrue"
• Rayna Foss-Rose – bass
• Mike "Bug" Cox – drums

Production

• Jay Baumgardner – mixing
• Amir Derakh – additional mixing
• David Bianco – mixing on "Tyler's Song", "What's In Your Mind?" and "Feed My Dreams"
• David "The Rave" Ogilvie – mixing on "Shock The Monkey"
• Chad Fridirici – engineering
• Brian Virtue – engineering
• Mike Parnan – additional engineering
• Troy Van Leeuwen – technical assistance
• Josh Abraham – producer

Guest musicians

• Brian Levine – strings arrangement
• Troy Van Leeuwen – keyboards
• Brian Virtue – programming
• Josh Abraham – keyboards and programming
• Ozzy Osbourne – guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey")
• E. Blue – keyboards and guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey" and "My Mercy")
• Anthony "Fu" Valic – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
• Phil Western – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
• Aimee Echo – guest vocals (on "Burgundy" and "My Mercy")
• Jay Gordon – keyboards (on "Burgundy")
• Amir Derakh – percussion synth (on "No Home"), keyboards (on "Notion"), micromoog (on "Anything But You")
• Georgie the Pug – panting (on "Shari Vegas")
• Jay Baumgardner – keyboards (on "Notion")
• DJ Lethal – freaky fractures (on "Notion")

Chart positions

Album

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1999	Chamber Music	UK Albums Chart	21

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1999	"Shock the Monkey"	UK Singles Chart	90
1999	"Shock the Monkey"	US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	26