Coal Chamber (album)

Coal Chamber (album)
Coal Chamber
Studio album by Coal Chamber
Released February 11, 1997
Recorded NRG Recording, North Hollywood, CA in 1996
Genre Nu metal, alternative metal,
Length 49:05
68:58 (special edition)
Label Roadrunner
Producer Jay Gordon
Jay Baumgardner
Coal Chamber chronology
Coal Chamber
(1997)
Chamber Music
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
CDNOW 4/5 stars
Sputnik Music 3.5/5 stars

Coal Chamber is the eponymous debut album by Coal Chamber. It was released on February 11, 1997 by Roadrunner Records and contains the single "Loco". The Special Edition of the album contains the bonus tracks "Headstones and the Walking Dead", "Big Truck (Hand-On-Wheel Mix)", "Pig (Demo)", "Sway (Demo)", "Unspoiled (Demo)", and "Loco (Demo)" (all of which are available on Giving the Devil His Due). The DVD features 2 of the band's concerts, a live video of "Loco", and the music video of "Loco".

The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, with an excess of 500,000 copies in the United States and its the band's most successful album.[2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Coal Chamber

Studio album:
No. Title Length
1. "Loco"   4:15
2. "Bradley"   3:04
3. "Oddity"   3:19
4. "Unspoiled"   2:59
5. "Big Truck"   3:31
6. "Sway" (At the beginning of Sway (only), they cover Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's song "The Roof Is on Fire".) 3:35
7. "First"   4:12
8. "Maricon Puto"   0:46
9. "I"   3:49
10. "Clock"   2:59
11. "My Frustration"   3:59
12. "Amir of the Desert"   0:44
13. "Dreamtime"   3:43
14. "Pig"   8:27

Special edition

A special edition of the album was released by Roadrunner in 2005. The package includes the original album with six bonus tracks along with a bonus DVD featuring the "Loco" music video and two live concerts. The concerts are Live at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA, CA, 1996, which was included in Kerrang! 100 greatest gigs of all time,[3] and Live at the Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA, 1999.

Track listing

Bonus Tracks on Special Edition:
No. Title Length
15. "Headstones and the Walking Dead"   3:27
16. "Big Truck" (Hand-On-Wheel Mix) 3:32
17. "Pig" (Demo) 3:21
18. "Sway" (Demo) 3:30
19. "Unspoiled" (Demo) 3:38
20. "Loco" (Demo) 3:38

Personnel

  • B. Dez Fafara - Vocals
  • Meegs Rascón - Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Rayna - Bass
  • Mike "Bug" Cox - Drums
  • Jay Baumgardner - Producer, Mixing
  • Marina Chavez - Photography
  • CIEL - Design
  • Monte Conner - Producer (2005 Reissue)
  • Giulio Constanzo - Art Direction (2005 Reissue)
  • Nathan "Karma" Cox - Additional Vocals ("Clock")
  • Amir Derakh - Engineer, Mixing
  • Laurie Es - Additional Design (2005 Reissue)
  • Kevin Estranda - Producer (2005 Reissue), Photography (2005 Reissue)*
  • Jay Gordon - Producer, Mixing, Additional Vocals ("Oddity" & "Maricon Puto")
  • Steven Hartong - Assistant Producer (2005 Reissue)
  • Ted Jensen - Remastering (2005 Reissue)
  • Eric Levy - Additional Vocals ("Sway"), Additional Percussion ("Maricon Puto")
  • Lisa Lewis - Mixing

Chart performance

Album

Year Title Chart Position
1997 Coal Chamber UK Albums Chart 76

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1998 "Loco" UK Singles Chart 81

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r246990
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum - May 30, 2010". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
  3. ^ Kerrang! Kerrang! 100 greatest gigs of all time, cited August 3, 2008

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