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Korn
Studio album by Korn
Released	October 11, 1994
Recorded	May–June 1994 at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California
Genre	Nu Metal
Length	65:51
Label	Immortal/Epic
Producer	Ross Robinson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C-) link
Korn chronology
Neidermeyer's Mind (1993) Korn (1994) Life Is Peachy (1996)
Singles from Korn
"Blind" Released: January, 1995 "Shoots and Ladders" Released: 1995 "Clown" Released: 1995 "Faget" Released: 1995 "Need To" Released: 1995

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Music style

Musically its tracks merge heavy metal, punk, as well as hip-hop and funk influences. While these elements have been copied by other bands, the album includes elements that are now unique to Korn, including scat type vocals on "Ball Tongue", and the use of bagpipes on "Shoots and Ladders", a song whose lyrics comprise mostly of nursery rhymes. Additionally, the basslines in the album, composed by bassist Fieldy became well-known for their intricacy and their original use of slap in metal songs. Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Breakdance, an early form of hip hop dance, often involves battles, showing off skills without any physical contact with the adversaries. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A piper playing the Great Highland Bagpipe. ... A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. ... Reginald Fieldy Arvizu Reginald Fieldy Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass player for the band Korn. ...

"Daddy", the song closing the album, is musically and emotionally heavy. Opening with harmonised acapella vocals, singer Jonathan Davis begs forgiveness of his mother before the song properly begins. The lyrics are centered on child abuse, a topic hinted at by the album cover's ominous depiction of an adult shadow intruding on a child at play, based on an experience of Davis', not from his father. The song ends with the sound of Davis' sobbing.

Influence

Korn is arguably the album most responsible for the rise of nu metal. While Follow the Leader is commercially the band's most successful album, Korn has proven the most influential, influencing later nu metal bands such as Limp Bizkit, Adema, Coal Chamber and Slipknot, and even more established bands, such as Sepultura and Machine Head. Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nü metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums. ... Limp Bizkit is a nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... Adema is five-member rock band from Bakersfield, California. ... Coal Chamber was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a Grammy winning American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... This article is about the band. ...

This album is widely considered to be Korn's greatest work, by their fans, critics, and non fans alike. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time. Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 140,282 and a readership of 731,000. ...

Album art

The album art depicts a young girl whose name is Justine Ferrara [1] (and who is the niece of Immortal Records rep Paul Pontius) on a swing being overlooked by a man whose hands look like those of either Edward Scissorhands or Freddy Krueger (it was later revealed that the man is holding horseshoes). Also, the Korn logo is positioned so that the young girl's shadow looks as if it had just been hung by the neck by the letter "K" (although this may have been unintentional), and the back of the case shows the empty swing. It primarily depicts abduction of children. The inside art consists of a boy with a mutilated eye in the disc tray (cover art for "Clown") and a table covered with porn magazines with the labels "liar", "bitch", and "whore" covering their eyes (cover art for "Need To"), toys, and a doll with a beetle on it (cover art for "Blind"). The rest of the album art features vague, dark band photographs and the chorus lyrics to "Shoots and Ladders". Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 fantasy film, directed and co-written by Tim Burton and written by Caroline Thompson. ... This article is about the fictional character. ... Shoots and Ladders is the second single by American nu-metal band Korn. ...

Total sales

Since its release in 1994, the album has proved to be a seller over time, moving over 3,000,000 copies in the US alone and being certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA. It is Korn's third most successful album to date. Although the album was released in 1994, it hit its peak on the Billboard 200 in 1996.

Track listing

1. "Blind" – 4:19
2. "Ball Tongue" – 4:29
3. "Need To" – 4:01
4. "Clown" – 4:37
   • The first 44 secs. of Clown, the band is heard discussing the playing of the drums. The song Clown is 3:53.
   • At one point, David makes a reference to the song "Twist" which appears on their second album Life Is Peachy, asking if they want to place it at the beginning of "Clown". Jon responds, "You wanna hear it?" which leads Jon also responding "Let's fucking do it damn it!"
5. "Divine" – 2:51
6. "Faget" – 5:49
7. "Shoots and Ladders" – 5:22
8. "Predictable" – 4:32
9. "Fake" – 4:51
10. "Lies" – 3:22
11. "Helmet in the Bush" – 4:02
    • There is a short telephone message at the start of the track.
12. "Daddy" – 17:31
    • The song itself ends at 9:32. After 4 mins. 37 secs. of silence, dialogue begins at 14:04 and leads to the end of the track. This dialogue appears to be a husband and wife having a huge argument over an automobile engine part. The husband is clearly very angry and screams and curses at his wife almost constantly. This dialogue is an actual argument and is not staged in any way, as it is a random audio clip that producer Ross Robinson found in an abandoned house.

Several songs from around this era also exist: Blind is the first single by American nu-metal band Korn. ... Ball Tongue is a song by the Nu Metal band Korn. ... Need To is a song by nu-metal band Korn from their self-titled debut album. ... Clown is the third single by nu-metal band Korn from their self-titled debut album. ... Life Is Peachy is Korns second album. ... Divine is a song by the Nu Metal band Korn. ... Faget is a well-known song by Nu Metal band Korn, released on their debut album, Korn, as track #6. ... Shoots and Ladders is the second single by American nu-metal band Korn. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

• "Layla" - Unreleased track.
• "Sean Olson" – Eventually released on the soundtrack to The Crow: City of Angels
• "Twist - Later re-recorded for Life is Peachy.
• "Broken Soul" - Unreleased track played at early live shows.
• "Molested" - Unreleased track played at early live shows.Was later reworked into "My Gift To You" on Follow the Leader.
• "Christmas Song" – Released on a limited edition 12" single.
• "Alive" - Recorded for the band's first demo. Parts of the song were used in the track "Need To". "Alive" was later reworked and re-recorded for Take a Look in the Mirror.

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Chart positions

Credits

• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - Bass
• Jonathan Davis - Vocals, Bagpipes ("Shoots and Ladders")
• Chuck Johnson - Engineer, Mixing
• Judith Kiener - Vocals (the lullaby at the end of "Daddy")
• Ross Robinson - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• James "Munky" Shaffer - Guitar
• David Silveria - Drums
• Stephen Stickler - Photography
• Brian "Head" Welch - Guitar, Vocals

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Other Roles

• Michael - man in the discussion (hidden track) about the Dodge part
• Geri - woman in the discussion about the Dodge part