Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999. The album has industrial elements, most notably on their cover of "Shock the Monkey". The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several keyboardists, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of Orgy, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit and production assistance from Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. It is their second-most successful record and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.
| Chamber Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 7, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | Long View Farms (North Brookfield, Massachusetts) | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, gothic metal[1] | |||
| Length | 55:14 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
| Coal Chamber chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[3] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 5/10[4] |
| Rock Hard | 7/10[5] |
| Spin | 5/10[6] |
Content
editWith this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album.[7] Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. 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 debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 48,000 copies in its first week;[8] it had sold over 272,000 copies in the US by March 2002.[9]
The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Scream 3.
Track listing
editAll 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 |
| Total length: | 55:14 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Wishes" | 3:06 |
| 18. | "Apparition" | 2:27 |
Personnel
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Coal Chamberedit
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Productionedit
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Guest musicians
edit- 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
editAlbum
edit| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 29 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] | 49 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] | 18 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[13] | 70 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 70 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] | 22 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] | 34 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[16] | 21 |
| US Billboard 200[17] | 22 |
References
edit- ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022.
- ^ "Chamber Music - Coal Chamber". AllMusic.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Coal Chamber". The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Canongate. p. 210. ISBN 9781841953113 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Chamber Music". Rock Hard (in German). Vol. 148. August 28, 1999. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ LaPage, Mark (October 1999). "Reviews". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 10. pp. 152–153.
- ^ Chris Gramlich (October 1, 1999). "Chamber Music review". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Mancini, Rob (September 15, 1999). "Dixie Chicks Stay On Top As Coal Chamber Lands On Chart". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ Blabbermouth (March 30, 2002). "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By Soundscan". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on October 30, 2002. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Australiancharts.com – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Coal Chamber: Chamber Music" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Coal Chamber – Chamber Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Coal Chamber - Chart history | Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2024.