Payable on Death

Infobox Album
Name = Payable on Death
Type = Album
Artist = P.O.D.


Released = November 4, 2003 December 1, 2003 (Japan)
Recorded = May — July 2003 at Bay 7, Valley Village, California and Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California
Genre = Alternative metal Christian metal Reggae Post-hardcore
Length = 44:22
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Howard Benson P.O.D.
Reviews = * AllMusicGuide rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfexq8aldde link]
* The Phantom Tollbooth rating|4|5 [http://www.tollbooth.org/2004/reviews/pod.html link]
* Christianity Today rating|3.5|5 [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2003/payableondeath.html link]
* Artistdirect rating|2.5|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2683702,00.html link]
* Jesus Freak Hideout rating|3|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/PayableOnDeath.asp link]
* Blender rating|2|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1406 link]
* Rolling Stone rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/289634/review/5943827?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
* Cross Rhythms rating|10|10 [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/POD/Payable_On_Death/9149/ link]
* Entertainment Weekly C [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,535724,00.html link]
Last album = "Satellite" (2001)
This album = "Payable on Death" (2003)
Next album = "The Warriors EP, Volume 2" (2005)
Misc = Singles
Name = Payable on Death
Type = studio
single 1 = Will You
single 2 = Change the World
single 1 date = September 22, 2003
single 2 date = January 16, 2004

"Payable on Death" is the fifth studio album and third major label release by Californian alternative metal quartet P.O.D.. This is also their first album to include guitarist Jason Truby. "Payable on Death" was released on November 4, 2003 through Atlantic. According to Soundscan, it sold a little under 500,000 copies as of January 2006. However, it has shipped over 500,000 copies in the U.S.; therefore, it was certified gold by the RIAA. It has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

The album's relatively poor sales are partly due to a shakeup at Atlantic Records, leaving P.O.D. with no label support, meaning the only promotion the album got was by word of mouth and online promotion from fans. The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 chart on the strength of the first single and music video for "Will You." Soon after, the internal problems at Atlantic Records led to the album being virtually given up on.Fact|date=March 2007 The band filmed a video for the next single, "Change the World," but it was never shipped to MTV. However, it did air on the lesser known Fuse TV.

"Payable on Death" saw the band head in a more traditional hard rock / metal sound and away from their well-known rap metal style which was losing popularity by 2003. Vocalist Sonny Sandoval also utilizes a considerable amount of reggae style singing throughout the album, namely in tracks such as "Change the World," "Execute the Sounds," and "Revolution." The last track, "Eternal," is an instrumental song featuring famed guitarist Phil Keaggy.

Track listing

# "Wildfire" – 3:15
# "Will You" – 3:47
# "Change the World" – 3:03
# "Execute the Sounds" – 3:01
# "Find My Way" – 3:09
# "Revolution" – 3:25 (featuring Phil Keaggy)
# "The Reasons" – 3:44
# "Freedom Fighters" – 4:12
# "Waiting On Today" – 3:06
# "I And Identify" – 3:15
# "Asthma" – 4:01
# "Eternal" – 6:19 (featuring Phil Keaggy)

Japan bonus tracks

# "Sleeping Awake" – 3:23
# "Space" (The Platheads Remix)

Notes

*"Execute the Sounds" uses the chorus of Black Star's song "RE: DEFinition" from the 1998 album "Black Star". The overall sound is the same, but the words were changed slightly.
*The bonus track "Sleeping Awake" was originally featured on the released in April 2003.
*Bonus content on some albums allowed the download of the track "Space" from a hidden website.
*Some albums included a demo version of the Harmonix music game "Amplitude". The only song featured on the game is the aforementioned song "Space."

ingles

* "Will You"
* "Change the World"

Cover art

The album cover was designed and painted by Latino artist Daniel Martin Diaz. While Daniel claims he is a devout Catholic, some felt the cover was negatively symbolic and many Christian music stores refused to carry the album. Due to design issues, Daniel was asked to do the interior layout as well as the cover, a task he completed in less than a week. While the imagery on the interior is very grotesque, all of the pictures are taken from other paintings he has done, which can be viewed on his website (http://www.danielmartindiaz.com/). When viewed in the original paintings, the symbolic meanings can be observed. Most of the paintings contain Catholic imagery, combined with a fair amount of mysticism.

External links

* [http://www.payableondeath.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.thewarriorstour.com/ The Warriors Tour Official Site]
* [http://www.promotionscrew.com/pod/ P.O.D. Promotions Crew: Official Street Team]
* [http://www.myspace.com/payableondeath P.O.D. on MySpace]