- L.D. 50 (album)
Infobox Album
Name = L.D. 50
Type = studio
Artist =Mudvayne
Released =August 22 ,2000
Recorded =The Warehouse Studio ,Vancouver
Genre =Nu metal
Length = 1:08:16
Label =Epic Records
No-Name Recordings
Producer = Shawn "Clown" CrahanGGGarth Mudvayne
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rjtxlfwekcqr link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/albums/album/93388/review/5941180/ld_50 link]
Last album = "Kill, I Oughta "
(1997)
This album = "L.D. 50"
(2000)
Next album = "The Beginning of All Things to End "
(2002)"L.D. 50" is the debut studio album by the band
Mudvayne , released in2000 throughEpic Records and produced by GGGarth, who has produced albums for such bands asRage Against the Machine ,Trapt , and theMelvins .Shawn Crahan from Slipknot is also credited as being an executive producer on the album. The title refers to the LD50 or median lethal dose, atoxicology term meaning the dose amount of a toxic substance required to kill 50% of a tested population. L.D. 50 is widely considered a concept album dealing with the pushing of boundaries and subsequentevolution .The first single released from the album, "Dig", won the MTV2 Award in
2001 .Track listing
*All songs written by Mudvayne
# "Monolith" – 1:52
# "Dig" – 2:43
# "Internal Primates Forever" – 4:25
# "-1" – 3:58
# "Death Blooms " – 4:52
# "Golden Ratio" – 0:54
# "Cradle" – 5:14
# "Nothing to Gein " – 5:29
# "Mutatis Mutandis" – 1:43
# "Everything and Nothing" – 3:14
# "Severed" – 6:33
# "Recombinant Resurgence" – 2:00
# "Prod" – 6:03
# "Pharmaecopia " - 5:34
# "Under My Skin" – 3:47
# "(k)Now F(orever)" – 7:06
# "Lethal Dosage" – 2:59Cover Art
The album art features the Sephirot of
Hermetic mysticism as well as photographs of a naked baby and chemistry models. The chemical models are representations of the major active ingredients found in thepsychedelic drugsLSD and DMT. Also, the numbers 12:97:24:99 are printed within the cover art as 12:97:24:99 , later revealed as track 11 on "The End of All Things to Come ".Trivia
The spoken words in Monolith are from
Terence McKenna , a famous hallucinogens researcher, explaining his theory of how apes evolved to humans by consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms.cite web
url = http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=72946
publisher =songmeanings.com
title = SongMeanings - lyrics - Mudvayne - Monolith
accessdate = 2008-02-28
date =2002-07-30
last = SilentAenima]Personnel
*
Chad Gray - Vocals
*Greg Tribbett - Guitar
*Ryan Martinie - Bass
*Matthew McDonough - Drums
*GGGarth - Production, Engineering, Electro-organic audio manipulation
*Andy Wallace - Mixing
*Steve Richards - Executive producer
*Shawn Crahan - Executive producer
*Andre Wahl - Engineering, Electro-organic audio manipulation
*Chris Vaughan-Jones - Engineering
*Ben Kaplan - Engineering
*Dean Maher - Engineering
*Scott Ternan - Assistant engineer
*Alex Aligizakis - Assistant engineer
*Paul Forgues - Assistant engineer
*Zak Blackstone - Assistant engineer
*Steve Sisco - Assistant mix engineer
*Howie Weinberg - Mastering
*Richard Leighton - Guitar technician
*Chris Crippin - Drum technician
*Chris Potter - Technical support
*Ron Vermuelen - Technical supportChart positions
Album
Singles
References
External links
* [http://www.mudvayne.com/ld50/lyrics.html Official "L.D. 50" lyrics]
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