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| Name = Iowa
| Type = studio
| name = Iowa
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
| artist = [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
| Cover = Slipknot_Iowa.jpg
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| Released = August 28, 2001
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| Recorded = 2001 at [[Sound City Studios]] and Sound Image in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| recorded = January 22, 2001 – March 16, 2001
| Genre = [[Nu metal]]
| Length = 66:19
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| studio = [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] and Sound Image (Van Nuys, California)
| Label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| genre = <!--Please stop adding / don't add "death metal". Consult the talk page for more information-->
| Producer = [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Ross Robinson]]
* [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-50-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time/|title=Top 50 Best Nu-Metal Albums of All-Time|publisher=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/slipknot-every-song-on-iowa-ranked-from-worst-to-best/|title=Slipknot: Every song on Iowa, ranked from worst to best|website=[[Kerrang!]]|last=Richardson|first=Jake|date=August 27, 2021|access-date=September 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time|title = The 50 best nu metal albums of all time|date = April 2022}}</ref>
| Last album = ''[[Slipknot (album)|Slipknot]]''<br/>(1999)
* [[groove metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenewfury.com/the-heretic-anthem-revisiting-slipknots-unhinged-2001-album-iowa/|title=The Heretic Anthem: Revisiting Slipknot's Unhinged 2001 Album|date=November 29, 2018 |publisher=The New Fury}}</ref>
| This album = '''''Iowa'''''<br/>(2001)
| length = 66:17
| Next album = ''[[Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)]]''<br/>(2004)
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| Name = Iowa
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| prev_year = 1999
| Single 1 date = October 29, 2001
| Single 2 = [[My Plague]]
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'''''Iowa''''' is the second major label studio album by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]. Released by [[Roadrunner Records]] on August 28, 2001, it was produced by [[Ross Robinson]] and Slipknot. The title derives from the band's home state, [[Iowa]], which members have stated is one of their greatest sources of inspiration. With much anticipation for the band's second album following on the success of their 1999 [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled debut]], pressures on the band were high. Their relationships with each other suffered and was later described as the darkest time of their career.<ref name="Rocksound">{{cite news |title = Slipknot 10 years after... |work=Rocksound |pages=60–65 |date = May 2009}}</ref> It was also the first time that guitarist [[Jim Root]] had been significantly involved in a Slipknot album due to his joining very late in recording of their debut album, as Root was only featured on two songs from that release. Despite troubles within the band and with ''Iowa'''s development, Slipknot promoted it for almost a year.
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'''''Iowa''''' is the second studio album by the American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]. Produced by the members and [[Ross Robinson]], it was released on August 28, 2001, by [[Roadrunner Records]]. The title refers the band's state origin, [[Iowa]], which members have stated is one of their greatest sources of inspiration. With much anticipation for the album following the success of their 1999 [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled debut]], pressures on the band were high. Their relationships with each other suffered and this was later described as the darkest time of their career.<ref name="Rocksound">{{cite news |title = Slipknot 10 years after... |work=Rocksound |pages=60–65 |date = May 2009}}</ref> It was also the first full album to feature guitarist [[Jim Root]] after only appearing on [[Purity (song)|one song]] from their previous album. Despite troubles within the band and with ''Iowa''{{'}}s development, Slipknot promoted it for almost a year.


''Iowa'' was a major success, premiering in the top ten album sales charts in nine countries. Generally positively received, it includes some of their notable songs, such as "Disasterpiece", "The Heretic Anthem", "People = Shit" and the two [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated songs "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]" and the remix of "[[My Plague]]". Critic John Mulvey proclaimed the album as the "absolute triumph of [[nu metal]]".<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web| last = Mulvey| first = John| title = Slipknot – Iowa | publisher=Yahoo Music| date = August 23, 2001| url = http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |accessdate=March 21, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113104848/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |archivedate=January 13, 2006}}</ref> While more technical than their debut album, ''Iowa'' is considered to be the band's heaviest and darkest. It has been certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] in the United States and Canada. A special edition of ''Iowa'' was reissued on November 1, 2011 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the record. It was accompanied by a full live audio of the hit DVD ''[[Disasterpieces]]'' and a film entitled ''Goat'' directed by Shawn Crahan with the four music videos, never-seen-before interviews and footage from the ''Iowa'' period.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Slipknots-Iowa-To-Be-Reissued-November-1-23470.aspx?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=FB%2B(Slipknot%2BReissue)&utm_campaign=FB%2B(Slipknot%2BReissue)|title = Slipknot's Iowa To Be Reissued November 1|publisher=Roadrunner|date = September 28, 2011|accessdate = September 28, 2011}}</ref>
The album was a major success, premiering in the top tens of nine countries. Generally positively received, it includes some of their notable songs, such as "Disasterpiece", "[[The Heretic Anthem]]", "People = Shit" and the [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]" and "[[My Plague]]". More technical than their debut, ''Iowa'' is considered the band's heaviest and darkest album. It has been certified platinum in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

A special edition of ''Iowa'' was reissued on November 1, 2011, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. It was accompanied by full live audio of the hit DVD ''[[Disasterpieces]]'' and a film entitled ''Goat'' directed by [[Shawn Crahan]], with the four music videos, never-seen-before interviews and footage from the ''Iowa'' period.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Slipknots-Iowa-To-Be-Reissued-November-1-23470.aspx|title = Slipknot's Iowa To Be Reissued November 1|publisher = Roadrunner|date = September 28, 2011|access-date = September 28, 2011|archive-date = September 30, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930133654/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Slipknots-Iowa-To-Be-Reissued-November-1-23470.aspx|url-status = dead}}</ref>


==Recording and production==
==Recording and production==
''Iowa'' was recorded and produced at [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] and Sound Image studios in Los Angeles, California with producer [[Ross Robinson]], who had produced their [[Slipknot (album)|debut album]].<ref name="MoreMaxSlip" /> Drummer [[Joey Jordison]] and bassist [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] began working on new music together in October 2000 and together they wrote material for most of the tracks on the album.<ref name="drum!" /> During this time other band members wanted a break following the extensive touring which followed their self-titled debut album.<ref name="drum!">{{cite news |title = Joey Jordison plunges into Slipknot hell |work=Drum! |pages = 44–45 |date = October 2008}}</ref> However, on January 17, 2001, Slipknot entered the studio to begin recording ''Iowa''.<ref name="ArnoppBook" /><ref name="RapcoreBook">{{cite book |last = Porter |first = Dick |title = Rapcore: The Nu-Metal Rap Fusion |publisher=Plexus|location=London |year = 2003 |isbn = 0-85965-321-8}}</ref> This period in the band's career has become known as one of their worst for several reasons. Jordison stated retrospectively, "that's where we got into a war" citing the lack of a break for himself and Gray.<ref name="drum!" /> While other factors, including: vocalist [[Corey Taylor]]'s alcohol addiction, several other members' drug addictions, management issues and more, affected relations in the band.<ref name="Rocksound" />
''Iowa'' was recorded and produced at [[Sound City Studios]] and Sound Image Studios in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] with producer [[Ross Robinson]], who had also produced their [[Slipknot (album)|debut album]].<ref name="MoreMaxSlip" /> Drummer [[Joey Jordison]] and bassist [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] began working on new music together in October 2000, and wrote material for most of the album.<ref name="drum!" /> During this time, other members took a break after the extensive touring that had followed their debut.<ref name="drum!">{{cite news |title = Joey Jordison plunges into Slipknot hell |work=Drum! |pages = 44–45 |date = October 2008}}</ref> On January 17, 2001, Slipknot entered the studio to begin recording new material.<ref name="ArnoppBook" /><ref name="RapcoreBook">{{cite book |last = Porter |first = Dick |title = Rapcore: The Nu-Metal Rap Fusion |publisher=Plexus|location=London |year = 2003 |isbn = 0-85965-321-8}}</ref> Recording began on January 22.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2001 |title=The Sickest is Yet to Come |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Slipknot/news.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010127063900/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Slipknot/news.asp |archive-date=2001-01-27 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=roadrunnerrecords.com}}</ref> This period in the band's career became known as one of their worst. Jordison recalled, "That's where we got into a war," citing the lack of a break for himself and Gray.<ref name="drum!" /> Other factors, including vocalist [[Corey Taylor]]'s alcohol addiction, other members' drug addictions, and management issues affected relations in the band.<ref name="Rocksound" />


"Recording ''Iowa'' was fucking hell," recalled [[Shawn Crahan]]. "I wanted to kill myself. There was drugs, bitches, rock 'n' roll, all that shit. People expected so much of us then. 'People = Shit' was our way of saying, 'Fuck off and leave us alone.'" "There was nothing happy about ''Iowa''," confirmed Taylor. "All of a sudden we were these metal stars and we weren't really planning for it… We'd all got caught up in the lifestyle and the problems that come with that. A darkness set in at the beginning of ''Iowa'' that none of us quite recognised." Jordison, however, noted, "''Iowa'', even more than [[Slipknot (album)|the first record]], was the album we really wanted to make."<ref name="Bryant">{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Bryant|title=Hell unleashed|magazine=[[Kerrang]] #1423|date=14 July 2012|page=23}}</ref>
Despite being a member of Slipknot since 1999, it was the first album where guitarist [[Jim Root]] had been significantly involved.<ref name="GuitarMag">{{cite news |title = Wrecking crew |work=Guitar |date = November 2001}}</ref> He had joined them during the later recording stages of ''Slipknot'' and subsequently became more involved with this album.<ref name="ArnoppBook" /> During an interview with ''Guitar'' magazine in November 2001 he explained, "it was so exciting as well as scary to be part of this whole huge process", adding that there was a lot of pressure from fellow guitarist [[Mick Thomson]] to perform well on the record.<ref name="GuitarMag" /> In an interview with ''[[FHM]]'' in December 2001, vocalist Corey Taylor revealed that he put himself in specific situations to achieve his performance on the album.<ref name="FHM">{{cite news |title = Slipknot |work=[[FHM]] |pages=76–80 |date = December 2001}}</ref> While recording vocals for the final song "Iowa" he was completely naked, vomiting all over himself and cutting himself with broken glass. Explaining this, he said, "that's where the best stuff comes from. You've got to break yourself down before you can build something great."<ref name="FHM" /> While producing the album, Ross Robinson was injured from a [[dirt bike]] accident, fracturing his back. He returned to the studio after a day of hospital treatment, reportedly "putting all of his pain into the album", much to the admiration of the band.<ref name="Rocksound" />


It was the first album where guitarist [[Jim Root]] had been significantly involved,<ref name="GuitarMag">{{cite news |title = Wrecking crew |work=Guitar |date = November 2001}}</ref> after joining during the later recording stages of ''Slipknot''.<ref name="ArnoppBook" /> During an interview with ''Guitar'' magazine in November 2001, Root explained, "It was so exciting as well as scary to be part of this whole huge process," adding that there was a lot of pressure from fellow guitarist [[Mick Thomson]] to perform well.<ref name="GuitarMag" />
==Promotion==
There was speculation over the title before its announcement with ''Nine Men, One Mission'' as the expected title in some sources.<ref name="ArnoppBook">{{cite book |title= Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks |last= Arnopp|first= Jason|year= 2001|publisher=Ebury|isbn= 0-09-187933-7}}</ref> ''Iowa'' was later announced as its title and was named after the band's home state of [[Iowa]]. Band members have claimed that Iowa is the source of their energy and they consciously made the decision to stay in the area, partly due to the fear of losing their creative direction.<ref name="MoreMaxSlip">{{cite AV media notes |title= More Maximum Slipknot, The unauthorised biography of Slipknot|year= 2004|publisher=Chrome Dreams}}</ref> The opening track "(515)" is also a reference to their home state, named after the telephone area code for central Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?ia|title= NPA (Area) codes – Iowa|accessdate=May 17, 2008|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administration }}</ref> Initially the album was scheduled for release on June 19, 2001, and was to be preceded by a five-date warm-up tour.<ref name="UnmaskedBook">{{cite book |last = McIver |first = Joel |authorlink = Joel McIver |title = Slipknot: Unmasked (Again) |publisher=Omnibus |year = 2003 |isbn = 0-7119-9764-0}}</ref> However, the [[Audio mastering|mixing]] of the album took longer than anticipated, causing the album's release to be delayed and the cancellation of the tour.<ref name="UnmaskedBook" /><ref name="NuWorld">{{cite book|last = Udo |first = Tommy |title = Brave Nu World |publisher=Cromwell |year = 2002 |isbn = 1-86074-415-X}}</ref> The album was officially released on August 28, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url= {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r548689|pure_url=yes}}|title= Iowa: Overview|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |publisher=Allmusic}}</ref> In support of the album, Slipknot began touring on their [[Iowa World Tour]]. This included: a spot on [[Ozzfest]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url= {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41591|pure_url=yes}}|title= Slipknot Biography|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=[[Macrovision]] }}</ref> an American co-headlining tour with [[System of a Down]],<ref name="RapcoreBook" /> as well as tours in Japan, Europe and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |first= Michael|last= Hubbard|title= Slipknot liven up Reading's finale|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2217410.stm |publisher=BBC News |date= August 26, 2002|accessdate=June 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |accessdate=February 12, 2009 |url=http://www.chartattack.com/photos/photo-of-the-week/slipknot-kill-the-industry |title=Slipknot Kill The Industry |work=Chart |date=June 18, 2001 |last=Mernagh |first=Matt |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090209122431/http://chartattack.com/photos/photo-of-the-week/slipknot-kill-the-industry <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archivedate=February 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="greenbay">{{cite news |title= 'Maggots,' rejoice: Slipknot is back |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=November 8, 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Slipknot unmasked! |work=The Japan Times |date=April 3, 2002 |author=Bartz, Simon }}</ref>


To ''[[FHM]]'', Taylor revealed that he put himself in specific situations to achieve his performance on the album.<ref name="FHM">{{cite news |title = Slipknot |work=[[FHM]] |pages=76–80 |date = December 2001}}</ref> While recording vocals for the closing title track, he was completely naked, vomiting all over himself, and cutting himself with broken glass. "That's where the best stuff comes from," he explained. "You've got to break yourself down before you can build something great."<ref name="FHM" /> While producing the album, Ross Robinson was injured in a [[Types of motorcycles#Off-road|dirt bike]] accident, suffering a [[spinal fracture|fractured back]] in the process. He returned to the studio after a day of hospital treatment, reportedly "putting all of his pain into the album", much to the admiration of the band.<ref name="Rocksound" />
Prior to the album's release, Slipknot gave away copies of "Heretic Song", titled "[[The Heretic Anthem]]" on the album, free on their website and was limited to a quantity of 666 copies to coincide with the song's chorus; "If you're 555, then I'm 666." The giveaway began May 15, 2001, and lasted until copies sold out.<ref name="NME666">{{cite news |title = The joy of 666 |work=NME |location=UK |date = May 15, 2001 |url = http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/7781 |accessdate = April 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Moss |first = Corey |title = Slipknot Shoot For 'World Domination' With Iowa |publisher=MTV |date = August 29, 2001 |url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448476/20010828/slipknot.jhtml |accessdate = April 24, 2009}}</ref> The first official single released from the album was "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]". In 2002, the band made a special appearance in the film ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)|Rollerball]]'' in which they performed "I Am Hated".<ref name="NME666" /> Following this, a second single from the album was released, "[[My Plague]]", which appeared on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/soundtrack |title=Resident Evil (2002) – Soundtracks |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate=September 5, 2008 }}</ref>


Recording was completed on March 16, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2001 |title=Updates from the Studio |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com:80/artists/Slipknot/news.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010331060647/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com:80/artists/Slipknot/news.asp |archive-date=2001-03-31 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=roadrunnerrecords.com}}</ref>
==Musical and lyrical themes==

Prior to its release, band members promised a much darker and heavier album than ''Slipknot'', and many sources praised the band for achieving this – effectively fulfilling their promises.<ref name="NuWorld" /> During an interview in 2008, percussionist [[Shawn Crahan]] retrospectively evaluated their time creating the album, proclaiming that they owe their overtly darker sound to their state of mind during that period: "When we did ''Iowa'', we hated each other. We hated the world; the world hated us."<ref>{{cite news |title = Slipknot's Clown Talks About Upcoming Album |publisher=Blabbermouth |date = January 9, 2008 |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88079 |accessdate = January 10, 2008}}</ref> ''Iowa'', unlike its predecessor, saw Robinson capturing the band's technicality as opposed to the raw energy for which ''Slipknot'' is known.<ref name="NME">{{cite web| last = Segal| first = Victoria| title = Slipknot: Iowa |work=NME |location=UK| date = August 22, 2001| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/slipknot/5924| accessdate = March 21, 2008}}</ref> The band was also praised for its use of an extended line-up consisting of additional percussionists and electronics. ''[[NME]]'' stated that "every possible space is covered in scrawl and cymbals: guitars, percussion, electronic squall, subhuman [[screaming]]."<ref name="NME" /> Although ''Iowa'' is widely regarded as the band's heaviest album to date, some tracks do include melody, most apparent in "Everything Ends" and "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]"; however these tracks are still far heavier when compared to the likes of "Circle", "Danger-Keep Away", "[[Snuff (song)|Snuff]]", "[[Vermilion (song)|Vermilion]]", "Goodbye" or "[[Dead Memories]]".<ref name="Yahoo" />
==Music and lyrical themes==
Prior to its release, members promised a much darker and heavier album than ''Slipknot'', and many sources praised the band for fulfilling their promises.<ref name="NuWorld" /> In 2008, percussionist [[Shawn Crahan]] recalled: "When we did ''Iowa'', we hated each other. We hated the world; the world hated us."<ref>{{cite news |title = Slipknot's Clown Talks About Upcoming Album |work = Blabbermouth |date = January 9, 2008 |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88079 |access-date = January 10, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080112105145/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88079 |archive-date = January 12, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

''Iowa'', unlike its predecessor, saw Robinson capturing the band's technicality as opposed to the raw energy which ''Slipknot'' became known for.<ref name="NME">{{cite web| last = Segal| first = Victoria| title = Slipknot: Iowa |work=NME |location=UK| date = August 22, 2001| url = https://www.nme.com/reviews/slipknot/5924| access-date = March 21, 2008}}</ref> The band was also praised again for its use of an extended line-up consisting of additional percussionists, turntables, and programmed samples. ''[[NME]]'' stated that "every possible space is covered in scrawl and cymbals: guitars, percussion, electronic squall, subhuman [[screaming]]."<ref name="NME" /> ''Iowa'' has also been critically acclaimed as one of the only mainstream musical albums to feature [[blast beat]] percussion, and was said to heighten its popularity after release.<ref>Ellis, Graham, "Decade of Horror," ''Terrorizer'' issue 184, June 2009, p. 25.</ref>

Although ''Iowa'' became widely regarded as the band's heaviest album to date, some tracks incorporate melody, most apparent in the record’s singles such as "[[My Plague]]" and "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]". During the album's thirteenth anniversary, ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' recalled that the record is "their most extreme album yet". They compared several songs, namely "Disasterpiece," "People = Shit" and "[[The Heretic Anthem]]" as more [[death metal]]-influenced than most of the {{nowrap|[[nu metal]]}} that the album contained.<ref name=extreme-metal>{{cite web|title=Interview: Slipknot Look Back on the Making of 'Iowa'|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/interview-slipknot-look-back-on-the-making-of-iowa.html|publisher=[[Revolver Magazine|Revolver]]|access-date=August 17, 2015|date=August 28, 2014|quote="Fortunately, the band members were able to channel their animosity into their music, creating their most extreme album yet. Songs like "Disasterpiece," "People = Shit," and "The Heretic Anthem" draw far more from death metal's scathing currency than nu-metal's trendy angst."}}</ref> While the album does have elements of [[hip hop music]], ''Iowa'' has less hip hop elements than Slipknot's self-titled album, and instead draws its influences moreso on heavy genres like death metal and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=HarvardCrimson>{{cite news |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/11/9/heavy-metal-the-pledge-of-allegiance/ |title=Heavy Metal |newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |last=Packard |first=Michael T. |date=November 9, 2001}}</ref> The title track is also known for being the band’s longest continuous song released, clocking in at just over 15 minutes.

''Iowa'' follows the lyrical style that vocalist [[Corey Taylor]] established on Slipknot's debut; it includes strong use of [[metaphor]]s to describe dark themes including [[misanthropy]], [[solipsism]], [[disgust]], anger, disaffection, [[psychosis]], and rejection.<ref name="NME" /><ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last = Fricke |first = David |title = Iowa album review |magazine=Rolling Stone |date = September 17, 2001 |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa |access-date = February 22, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071002075208/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa |archive-date = October 2, 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref> The album also includes many expletives; David Fricke of the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine said "there isn't much shock value left in the words fuck and shit, which Taylor uses in some variation more than forty times in ''Iowa''{{'}}s sixty-six minutes."<ref name="RS" /> Fricke went on to praise Taylor's performance on the track "Iowa", comparing it to a "vivid evocation of a makeshift-cornfield grave at midnight."<ref name="RS" />

"Disasterpiece", said Taylor, "is my favorite Slipknot song. We started doing [[pre-production]] for the album in a warehouse in Iowa itself. I had [[laryngitis]] and couldn't sing a note, so I was writing a lot of ideas down. When I heard them play 'Disasterpiece', I just wrote 'No one is safe' in huge letters. I knew from then that we were going to rip the throat out of the world with 'Disasterpiece'. That was the lynchpin for the whole album."<ref name="Bryant"/>

==Promotion==
There was speculation over the title before its announcement with ''Nine Men, One Mission'' as the expected title in some sources.<ref name="ArnoppBook">{{cite book |title= Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks |last= Arnopp|first= Jason|year= 2001|publisher=Ebury|isbn= 0-09-187933-7}}</ref> ''Iowa'' was later announced as its title and was named after the band's home state of [[Iowa]]. Members have claimed that Iowa was the source of their energy, and they consciously made the decision to stay in the area, partially due to the fear of losing their creative direction.<ref name="MoreMaxSlip">{{cite AV media notes |title= More Maximum Slipknot, The unauthorised biography of Slipknot|year= 2004|publisher=Chrome Dreams}}</ref> The opening track "(515)" is also a reference to their home state, named after the telephone area code for central Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?ia|title= NPA (Area) codes – Iowa|access-date= May 17, 2008|publisher= North American Numbering Plan Administration|archive-date= June 26, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090626141428/http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?ia|url-status= dead}}</ref> Initially the album was scheduled for release on June 19, 2001, and was to be preceded by a five-date warm-up tour.<ref name="UnmaskedBook">{{cite book |last = McIver |first = Joel |author-link = Joel McIver |title = Slipknot: Unmasked (Again) |publisher=Omnibus |year = 2003 |isbn = 0-7119-9764-0}}</ref> However, the [[Mastering (audio)|mixing]] of the album took longer than anticipated, causing the album's release to be delayed, as well as the cancellation of the tour.<ref name="NuWorld">{{cite book |last = Udo |first = Tommy |title = Brave Nu World |publisher = Cromwell |year = 2002 |isbn = 1-86074-415-X |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm }}</ref><ref name="UnmaskedBook" /> The album was officially released on August 28, 2001.<ref name="allmusic" /> In support of the album, Slipknot began a new tour called the [[Iowa World Tour]]. This included: a spot on [[Ozzfest]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url= {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p41591|pure_url=yes}}|title= Slipknot Biography|access-date=June 1, 2008 |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=[[Macrovision]] }}</ref> an American co-headlining tour with [[System of a Down]],<ref name="RapcoreBook" /> as well as tours in Japan, Europe and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |first= Michael|last= Hubbard|title= Slipknot liven up Reading's finale|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2217410.stm |work=BBC News |date= August 26, 2002|access-date=June 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 12, 2009 |url=http://www.chartattack.com/photos/photo-of-the-week/slipknot-kill-the-industry |title=Slipknot Kill The Industry |work=Chart |date=June 18, 2001 |last=Mernagh |first=Matt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209122431/http://chartattack.com/photos/photo-of-the-week/slipknot-kill-the-industry |archive-date=February 9, 2009 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="greenbay">{{cite news |title= 'Maggots,' rejoice: Slipknot is back |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=November 8, 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Slipknot unmasked! |work=The Japan Times |date=April 3, 2002 |author=Bartz, Simon }}</ref>


Prior to the album's release, Slipknot gave away copies of "Heretic Song" (titled "[[The Heretic Anthem]]" on the retail release), free on their website. It was limited to 666 copies, to match the chorus; "If you're 555, then I'm 666." The giveaway began on May 15, 2001, and lasted until copies sold out.<ref name="NME666">{{cite news|title=The joy of 666 |work=NME |location=UK |date=May 15, 2001 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/7781 |access-date=April 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011204327/http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/7781 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Moss |first = Corey |title = Slipknot Shoot For 'World Domination' With Iowa |publisher=MTV |date = August 29, 2001 |url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448476/20010828/slipknot.jhtml |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010903002728/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448476/20010828/slipknot.jhtml |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 3, 2001 |access-date = April 24, 2009}}</ref> The first official single released from the album was "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]". In 2002, the band made a special appearance in the film ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)|Rollerball]]'', in which they performed "I Am Hated".<ref name="NME666" /> Following this, a second single from the album was released, "[[My Plague]]", which appeared on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Resident Evil (2002 film)|Resident Evil]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/soundtrack |title=Resident Evil (2002) – Soundtracks |website=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=September 5, 2008 }}</ref>
''Iowa'' follows the lyrical style that vocalist [[Corey Taylor]] established on Slipknot's debut album; it includes strong use of [[metaphor]]s to describe overtly dark themes including [[misanthropy]], [[solipsism]], [[disgust]], anger, disaffection, [[psychosis]] and rejection.<ref name="NME" /><ref name="RS">{{cite web |last = Fricke |first = David |title = Iowa album review |work=Rolling Stone |date = September 17, 2001 |url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa |accessdate = February 22, 2012 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071002075208/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa |archivedate = October 2, 2007 | deadurl = yes}}</ref> The album also includes many expletives; David Fricke of the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine said "there isn't much shock value left in the words fuck and shit, which Taylor uses in some variation more than forty times in ''Iowa'''s sixty-six minutes."<ref name="RS" /> Fricke went on to praise Taylor's performance on the track "Iowa", comparing it to a "vivid evocation of a makeshift-cornfield grave at midnight."<ref name="RS" />


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
{{Album ratings
|MC = 68/100 <ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa - Slipknot|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/iowa/slipknot|website=Metacritic|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>
|MC = 68/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web|title=Iowa - Slipknot|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/iowa/slipknot|website=Metacritic|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://allmusic.com/album/iowa-r548689/review AllMusic Review]</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/iowa-mw0000589672|title=Iowa - Slipknot &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Artistdirect]]
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Things reach such a fever pitch on this album that you can't help but laugh at times. [Sep 2001, p.75]</ref>
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/slipknot-iowa-10th-anniversary-edition-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9517792]</ref>
| rev3 = [[BBC Music]]
| rev3 = ''[[Artistdirect]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/slipknot-iowa-10th-anniversary-edition-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9517792|title=News|access-date=October 21, 2011|archive-date=October 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015151453/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/slipknot-iowa-10th-anniversary-edition-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9517792|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3Score = favorable<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r3fd|title=Slipknot Iowa - 10th Anniversary Edition Review|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|first=Ian|last=Winwood|date=October 27, 2011 |accessdate=March 29, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Dotmusic]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Mulvey, John|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21574.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828111014/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21574.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2001|title=SLIPKNOT - IOWA (ROADRUNNER)|work=[[Dotmusic]]|date=28 August 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev4Score = (8/10)<ref>''[[NME]]''. August 25, 2001. p. 49</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5Score = C−<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Sinclair, Tom|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/09/03/iowa/|title=Iowa|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=3 September 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS"/>
| rev6 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev6Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|author=Reed, Graham|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2681/reviews/1704-|title=Slipknot - Iowa|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=23 July 2001|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811230252/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2681/reviews/1704-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 8/10<ref>''[[NME]]''. August 25, 2001. p. 49</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Playlouder]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Luff, William|url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/364slipknot.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102215602/http://www.playlouder.com/review/364slipknot.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2001|title=Iowa - Slipknot|work=[[Playlouder]]|date=28 August 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Slipknot make one hell of a racket, an abrasive amalgam of death metal blastbeats and bestial grunting. [Oct 2001, p.130]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS"/>
}}
}}


Following the success of the band's [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]], author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow-up was intense.<ref name="RapcoreBook"/> Prior to its release, Jordison proclaimed: "Wait till you hear our fuckin' next record. It smokes our first album. The shit's twice as technical, three times as heavy."<ref name="NuWorld"/>
Following the mass success of the band's [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]], author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow up was intense.<ref name="RapcoreBook"/> Prior to its release, drummer Jordison proclaimed: "Wait till you hear our fuckin' next record. It smokes our first album. The shit's twice as technical, three times as heavy."<ref name="NuWorld"/> The ''[[College Music Journal]]'' reviewed it as "brutal, unrelenting, scorching..."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[College Music Journal]] |date =October 1, 2001 |page = 13}}</ref> Many reviews noted its heavy themes, the ''[[Alternative Press]]'' stated, "<nowiki>[it is]</nowiki> like having a plastic bag taped over your head for an hour while Satan uses your scrotum as a speedbag....<nowiki>[It]</nowiki> is over the top...you're going to be left in stitches."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Alternative Press]] |date = 2001-07 |page = 75}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' said that it is "Exhilarating, brutal and good."<ref name="NME">{{cite book |title = 50 Albums of the year 2001 |publisher = NME |date = December 29, 2001 |page = 59}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' credited the album for its originality, stating that "nearly everything else in modern [[doom rock]] sounds banal."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa|title= Slipknot (Metal): Iowa|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |last=Fricke |first=Davide |date= September 17, 2001|work= |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Producer Robinson was also praised for his work on the album; ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' noted, "The barely relenting, tumbling noise attack marshalled by nu metal uber-producer Ross Robinson is expert."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Uncut magazine|Uncut]] |date = 2001-11 |page = 120}}</ref> Reviewing for [[Yahoo]], John Mulvey said, "They're an evolutionary dead end, the final, absolute triumph of nu metal."<ref name="Yahoo"/>


Iowa earned generally favorable reviews.<ref name=MC /> The ''[[CMJ|College Music Journal]]'' reviewed it as "brutal, unrelenting, scorching..."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[CMJ|College Music Journal]] |date =October 1, 2001 |page = 13}}</ref> Many noted its heavy themes: ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' stated, "<nowiki>[It is]</nowiki> like having a plastic bag taped over your head for an hour while Satan uses your scrotum as a speedbag....<nowiki>[It]</nowiki> is over the top… you're going to be left in stitches."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date = July 2001 |page = 75}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' said that it is "Exhilarating, brutal and good."<ref name="NME50">{{cite book |title = 50 Albums of the year 2001 |publisher = NME |date = December 29, 2001 |page = 59}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' credited the album for its originality, stating that "nearly everything else in modern [[doom rock]] sounds banal."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071002075208/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 2, 2007|title= Slipknot (Metal): Iowa|access-date=June 1, 2008 |last=Fricke |first=Davide |date= September 17, 2001|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In its ''Rock & Roll Yearbook'' (2001), ''Rolling Stone'' declared, "Do not discount the purgative worth of Slipknot's head-spinning riffage and singer Corey Taylor's [[Tuberculosis|consumptive]] growl in 'People = Shit' and 'The Heretic Anthem'. ''Iowa'' is the sound of hell boiling over."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=[[David Fricke|Fricke]]|magazine=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Yearbook 2001]]|issue= 885-886|date = 2001}}</ref>
The album's first single, "Left Behind", was nominated for the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] at the [[44th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2002">{{cite news |title = Slipknot's Paul Gray: "I Know System Of A Down Will Win Grammy" |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date = February 27, 2002 |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1780 |accessdate = December 16, 2007}}</ref> The second single, "My Plague", was nominated in 2003 for the same award at the [[45th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2003">{{cite news |title = Grammy Awards Nominees Announced! |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date = January 7, 2003 |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8702 |accessdate = December 16, 2007}}</ref> The single "Left Behind" peaked in the top thirty for single sales the United States and the UK.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web |url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title = Billboard.com Artist Chart History – Slipknot|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Incorporated|accessdate = January 26, 2008}}</ref><ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/slipknot|title=Slipknot|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> In addition, "My Plague" reached the 43rd position on the UK charts.<ref name="UKCharts" /> ''Iowa'' was ranked sixth in the "50 Albums of the year" by ''NME'' in 2001.<ref name="NME" /> The album reached the top position on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="UKCharts" /> and the second spot on the [[ARIA Charts]] in Australia.<ref name="aus">{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Australian Charts|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=February 9, 2008}}</ref> The album reached the third spot on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Iowa – Slipknot|work=Billboard|accessdate=January 26, 2008}}</ref> and [[Finland|Finnish]] Charts.<ref name="fin">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Finnish Charts|publisher=finnishcharts.com|accessdate=February 9, 2008}}</ref> On October 10, 2001, the album was certified platinum in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = United States|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album}} In Canada, the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] certified the album as Platinum, on September 5, 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = Canada|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album|certyear = 2001|certmonth = 9}} The [[British Phonographic Industry]] has certified the album as gold in the UK.<ref name="UNcert">{{cite web |title = Iowa Certified Awards |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |date = August 24, 2001 |url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |accessdate = February 10, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080605043822/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |archivedate = June 5, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, ''Iowa'' was rated 3rd in UK magazine ''[[Kerrang!]]'''s "The 50 Best Albums of the 21st century" reader poll.<ref>{{cite news |title = A Century of Sound |pages = 22–47 |work=Kerrang! |date = August 8, 2009}}</ref>

Producer Robinson was praised for his work: ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' noted, "The barely relenting, tumbling noise attack marshalled by nu metal uber-producer Ross Robinson is expert."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date = November 2001 |page = 120}}</ref> Reviewing for [[Yahoo!]], John Mulvey said, "They're an evolutionary dead end, the final, absolute triumph of nu metal."<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web| last = Mulvey| first = John| title = Slipknot – Iowa | publisher=Yahoo Music| date = August 23, 2001| url = http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |access-date=March 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113104848/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |archive-date=January 13, 2006}}</ref>

The first single, "Left Behind", was nominated for the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] at the [[44th Annual Grammy Awards|44th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2002">{{cite news|title=Slipknot's Paul Gray: "I Know System Of A Down Will Win Grammy" |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 27, 2002 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1780 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219142252/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1780 |archive-date=December 19, 2007 }}</ref> The second single, "My Plague", was nominated in 2003 for the same award at the [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|45th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2003">{{cite news|title=Grammy Awards Nominees Announced! |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=January 7, 2003 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8702 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620042948/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8702 |archive-date=June 20, 2008 }}</ref> The single "Left Behind" peaked in the top thirty for single sales the United States and the UK.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web |url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title = Billboard.com Artist Chart History – Slipknot|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Incorporated|access-date = January 26, 2008}}</ref><ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/slipknot|title=Slipknot|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> In addition, "My Plague" reached the 43rd position on the UK charts.<ref name="UKCharts" /> ''Iowa'' was ranked sixth in the "50 Albums of the year" by ''NME'' in 2001.<ref name="NME50"/> The album reached the top position on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="UKCharts" /> and the second spot on the [[ARIA Charts]] in Australia.<ref name="aus">{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Australian Charts|publisher=australian-charts.com|access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> The album reached the third spot on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Iowa – Slipknot|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2008}}</ref> and the [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]].<ref name="fin">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Finnish Charts|publisher=finnishcharts.com|access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> On October 10, 2001, the album was certified Platinum in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = United States|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album}} In Canada, the [[Music Canada|Canadian Recording Industry Association]] certified the album as Platinum, on September 5, 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = Canada|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album|certyear = 2001|certmonth = 9}} The [[British Phonographic Industry]] has certified the album as Gold in the UK.<ref name="UNcert">{{cite web |title = Iowa Certified Awards |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |date = August 24, 2001 |url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |access-date = February 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605043822/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |archive-date = June 5, 2008}}</ref>

In 2009, ''Iowa'' was rated third in UK magazine ''[[Kerrang!]]''{{'}}s "The 50 Best Albums of the 21st century" reader poll.<ref>{{cite news |title = A Century of Sound |pages = 22–47 |work=Kerrang! |date = August 8, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Loudwire]]'' listed ''Iowa'' at number two in their "Top 11 albums of the 2000s" and number six in their "Top 100 albums of the 21st century".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-11-metal-albums-of-the-2000s/|title=Top 11 Metal Albums of the 2000s|website=Loudwire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/|title=The 100 Best Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century|website=Loudwire}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Iowa'' as 50th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2017/06/21/news/rolling-stone-share-choices-100-greatest-metal-albums-time/|title=Rolling Stone Share Their Choices For 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time'|date=June 21, 2017|website=Theprp.com}}</ref> Later in 2023, the same magazine ranked the album's second song, "People = Shit", number sixty on their list on "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2023-03-13 |title=The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All music written by [[Shawn Crahan]], [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]], [[Joey Jordison]], [[Chris Fehn]], [[Mick Thomson]], [[Sid Wilson]], [[Craig Jones (musician)|Craig Jones]] and [[Jim Root]] except where noted.


{{Track listing
: <small>All music written by Shawn Crahan, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, Chris Fehn, Mick Thomson, Sid Wilson, Craig Jones and James Root. All lyrics by Corey Taylor<ref>{{cite book|last=Billmann|first=Pete|title=Iowa|year=2001|publisher=Hal Leonard|location=Milwaukee, WI|isbn=0634037374|edition=Guitar/vocal/tab.|author2=Jacobson, Jeff |author3=Story, Jeff }}</ref></small>
| title1 = (515)
| music1 = Wilson
| lyrics1 = Wilson
| length1 = 0:59
| title2 = People = Shit
| length2 = 3:35
| music2 = Jordison
| title3 = Disasterpiece
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = [[My Plague]]
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Everything Ends
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Taylor|Fehn}}
| length5 = 4:14
| title6 = [[The Heretic Anthem]]
| music6 = {{hlist|Taylor|Gray|Jordison}}
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = Gently
| lyrics7 = Crahan
| music7 = {{hlist|Gray}}
| length7 = 4:54
| title8 = [[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]
| length8 = 4:01
| title9 = The Shape
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = I Am Hated
| length10 = 2:37
| music11 = {{hlist|Crahan|Gray|Jordison|Root|Taylor|Thomson|Wilson}}
| title11 = Skin Ticket
| length11 = 6:41
| title12 = New Abortion
| length12 = 3:36
| title13 = Metabolic
| length13 = 3:59
| title14 = Iowa
| length14 = 15:03
| total_length = 66:17
}}


{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| headline =
| title15 = Liberate
| All_writing = Slipknot
| note15 = Live
| title1 = (515)
| length15 = 4:25
| length1 = 0:59
| total_length = 70:42
| title2 = People = Shit
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = Disasterpiece
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = [[My Plague]]
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Everything Ends
| length5 = 4:14
| title6 = [[The Heretic Anthem]]
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Gently
| length7 = 4:54
| title8 = [[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]
| length8 = 4:01
| title9 = The Shape
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = I Am Hated
| length10 = 2:37
| title11 = Skin Ticket
| length11 = 6:41
| title12 = New Abortion
| length12 = 3:36
| title13 = Metabolic
| length13 = 3:59
| title14 = Iowa
| length14 = 15:04
| total_length = 66:19
}}
}}

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus DVD
| music_credits =
| collapsed = yes
| title1 = My Plague
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| note1 = music video
| total_length = 70:43
| title2 = Left Behind
| title15 = Liberate
| note2 = music video
| note15 = live
| length15 = 4:25
}}
}}

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (bonus track)
| music_credits=
| title15 = My Plague (New Abuse mix)
| collapsed = yes
| length15 = 2:59
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (bonus track)
| total_length = 69:20
| total_length = 69:16
| title15 = My Plague (New Abuse Mix)
| length15 = 3:02
}}
}}


{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (disc two) – ''Disasterpieces'' (live at London Arena, 2002)
| music_credits=
| collapsed = yes
| title1 = (515)
| length1 = 4:04
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (disc 2) – Disasterpieces (Live at London Arena, 2002)
| title2 = People = Shit
|title1 = (515)
|length1 = 4:04
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Liberate
|title2 =People = Shit
|length2 = 3:36
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Left Behind
|title3 = Liberate
|length3 = 3:38
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Eeyore
|title4 = Left Behind
|length4 = 3:39
| length5 = 2:38
| title6 = Disasterpiece
|title5 = Eeyore
|length5 = 2:38
| length6 = 5:22
| title7 = [[Purity (song)|Purity]]
|title6 = Disasterpiece
|length6 = 5:22
| length7 = 5:26
| title8 = Gently
|title7 = Purity
|length7 = 5:26
| length8 = 4:36
| title9 = Eyeless
|title8 =Gently
|length8 = 4:36
| length9 = 4:57
| title10 = Drum Solo
|title9 = Eyeless
|length9 = 4:57
| length10 = 3:59
| title11 = My Plague
|title10 = Drum Solo
|length10 = 3:59
| length11 = 3:47
| title12 = New Abortion
|title11 = My Plague
|length11 = 3:47
| length12 = 4:22
| title13 = The Heretic Anthem
|title12= New Abortion
|length12 = 4:22
| length13 = 4:59
| title14 = [[Spit It Out (Slipknot song)|Spit It Out]]
|title13 = The Heretic Anthem
|length13 = 4:59
| length14 = 7:44
| title15 = [[Wait and Bleed]]
|title14 = Spit It Out
|length14 = 7:44
| length15 = 3:27
| title16 = 742617000027
|title15 = Wait and Bleed
|length15 = 3:27
| length16 = 1:44
| title17 = (sic)
|title16 = 742617000027
|length16 = 1:44
| length17 = 4:22
| title18 = Surfacing
|title17 =(sic)
|length17 = 4:22
| length18 = 5:34
| total_length = 77:54
|title18 = Surfacing
|length18 = 5:34
| total_length = 77:54
}}
}}

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (disc three) – ''Goat''
| music_credits =
| title1 = My Plague (music video)
| collapsed = yes
| length1 =
| headline = 10th Anniversary edition (disc 3) – Goat
| title2 = Left Behind (music video)
|note = Music Videos
| total_length =
| length2 =
|title1 = My Plague (Music video)
| title3 = The Heretic Anthem (live) (music video)
| length3 =
|length1 =
|title2 = Left Behind (Music video)
| title4 = People = Shit (live) (music video)
| length4 =
|length2 =
| title5 = ''Goat'': An hour-long collection of rare footage and interviews
|title3 = The Heretic Anthem (Live) (Music video)
| length5 =
|length3 =
| total_length =
|title4 = People = Shit (Live) (Music video)
|length4 =
|title5 = "Goat" An hour-long collection of rare footage and interviews
|length5 =
}}
}}


==Chart positions==
==Personnel==
Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.<ref name="Allbio">{{cite web |url= {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p41591|pure_url=yes}}|title= Biography|access-date=July 31, 2008 |work=Slipknot|publisher=Allmusic}}</ref>

'''Slipknot'''
*(#8) [[Corey Taylor]] – lead vocals
*(#7) [[Mick Thomson]] – guitars
*(#6) [[Shawn Crahan]] – percussion, backing vocals, editing
*(#5) [[Craig Jones (musician)|Craig Jones]] – samplers, media
*(#4) [[Jim Root]] – guitars
*(#3) [[Chris Fehn]] – percussion, backing vocals
*(#2) [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] – bass, backing vocals
*(#1) [[Joey Jordison]] – drums
*(#0) [[Sid Wilson]] – turntables, vocals on "(515)"

'''Production'''
* [[Ross Robinson]] – production
* [[Mike Fraser (record producer)|Mike Fraser]] – engineering
* [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]] – mixing
* Steve Sisco – assistant engineering
* [[George Marino]] – mastering
* Steve Richards – executive producer
* Joey Jordison – mixing, additional vocal production on "My Plague (New Abuse mix)"

'''Artwork'''
* Shawn Crahan – creative direction, photography
* T42 Design – art direction, layout
* Joey Jordison – Slipknot logo and Tribal-S logo design
* Stefan Seskis – photography
* Neil Zlozower – band photography

'''Management'''
* [[Monte Conner]] – [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]]
* Steve Ross – assistant manager
* Danny Nozell – tour chief
* Dave Kirby and Neil Warnock – worldwide agents for The Agency Group
* No Name Management – worldwide management

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2001)
!Chart (2001)
!Peak<br>position
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="aus"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|8|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2019}}
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Austrian Charts|publisher=austriancharts.at|accessdate=February 7, 2008|language=German}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|4|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Ultratop|Belgium Albums Chart]] ([[Flanders]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Belgium (Flanders) Charts|publisher=ultratop.be|language=Dutch}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|Belgium Albums Chart ([[Wallonia]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Belgium (Wallonia) Charts|publisher=ultratop.be|language=French}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|19|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Tracklisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Danish Charts|publisher=danishcharts.com}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|15|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Dutch Charts|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=February 7, 2008|language=Dutch}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|-
{{album chart|Finland|3|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Finland's Official List|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref name="fin"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|-
{{album chart|France|7|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot French Charts|accessdate=February 9, 2008|publisher=lescharts.com|language=French}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|id=3784|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Slipknot/?type=longplay|title=Slipknot Germany Chart history|accessdate=February 9, 2008|publisher=musicline.de|language=German}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|13|year=2001|week=40|rowheader=true|access-date=November 24, 2021}}
|[[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Slipknot|title=Slipknot Irish Charts|publisher=irish-charts.com}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|3|year=2001|week=35|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Italian Charts|publisher=italiancharts.com}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|-
{{album chart|Italy|5|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot New Zealand Charts|accessdate=February 9, 2008|publisher=charts.org.nz}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Norwegian Charts|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|accessdate=February 7, 2008}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|-
{{album chart|Norway|12|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
| [[Polish Music Charts|Polish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=48&lang=en|title=OLiS: sales for the period 03.09.2001 - 09.09.2001|publisher=[[OLiS]]}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
|-
{{album chart|Poland|7|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|id=48|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Swedish Charts|publisher=swedishcharts.com|accessdate=February 7, 2008}}</ref>
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20010908|rowheader=true|access-date=October 28, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
!scope="row"| Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Swedishcharts.com – Slipknot – Iowa|publisher=swedishcharts.com|access-date=March 13, 2021}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|-
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Swiss Charts|publisher=hitparade.ch|accessdate=February 7, 2008}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Swiss Albums ([[Swiss Hitparade|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Swisscharts.com – Slipknot – Iowa|publisher=hitparade.ch|access-date=March 13, 2021}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20010908|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKCharts"/>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1
{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=20010908|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|}
|}


{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
{{col-2}}
!scope="col"|Chart (2011)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/97082/products/928109/1/|title=アイオワ 10THアニバーサリー・エディション {{!}} スリップノット|trans-title=Iowa 10th Anniversary Edition|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|39
|-
|}


{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
===Certifications===
!scope="col"|Chart (2021)
{{Certification Table Top}}
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|autocat=yes}}
|-
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|certmonth=9|autocat=yes}}
|-
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2001|autocat=yes}}
{{album chart|Portugal|27|artist=Slipknot|album=Iowa|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|relyear=2001 |salesamount=100,000 |award=Gold<ref name="RIAJ-feb2002">{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2001年12月度 |trans_title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 2001 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2002/200202.pdf |format=PDF |journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=Japanese |location=[[Chūō, Tokyo]] |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |publication-date=February 10, 2002 |volume=507 |page=12 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20131016074804/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2002/200202.pdf |archivedate=October 16, 2013 |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref> |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}
|-
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=UNcert/>|autocat=yes}}
|}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Platinum|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|nounspecified=yes}}
{{col-end}}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{s-start}}
{{succession box
|before = ''[[Break the Cycle]]'' by [[Staind]]
|title = [[UK Albums Chart]] [[List of number-one albums from the 2000s (UK)#2001|number-one album]]
|years = September 8, 2001 – September 14, 2001
|after = ''[[A Funk Odyssey]]'' by [[Jamiroquai]]
{{succession box
|before = ''[[Survivor (Destiny's Child album)|Survivor]]'' by [[Destiny's Child]]
|title = [[Canadian Albums Chart]] [[List of Canadian number-one albums of 2001|number-one album]]
|years = September 15, 2001 – September 22, 2001
|after = ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'' by [[System of a Down]]}}
}}
{{S-end}}

==Personnel==
<small>Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.</small><ref name="Allbio">{{cite web |url= {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41591|pure_url=yes}}|title= Biography|accessdate=July 31, 2008 |work=Slipknot|publisher=Allmusic}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}
;Slipknot
*(#8) [[Corey Taylor]] – vocals
*(#7) [[Mick Thomson]] – guitars
*(#6) [[Shawn Crahan]] – [[Percussion instrument|custom percussion]], backing vocals, editing
*(#5) [[Craig Jones (musician)|Craig Jones]] – [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samples]], [[Sampling (music)|media]]
*(#4) [[James Root|Jim Root]] – guitars
*(#3) [[Chris Fehn]] – custom percussion, backing vocals
*(#2) [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] – bass
*(#1) [[Joey Jordison]] – drums, mixing
*(#0) [[Sid Wilson]] – [[Phonograph#Turntable technology|turntables]], vocals on "(515)"

;Management
* [[Monte Conner]] – [[A&R]]
* Steve Ross – Assistant manager
* Danny Nozell – Tour chief
* Dave Kirby & Neil Warnock – Worldwide agents for The Agency Group
* No Name Management – Worldwide management

{{col-2}}
;Production
* [[Ross Robinson]] – [[Record producer|Producer]]
* [[Mike Fraser]] – [[Audio engineering|Engineering]]
* [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]] – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixing]]
* Steve Sisco – Assistant engineering
* George Marino – [[Audio mastering|Mastering]]
* Steve Richards – Executive producer

;Artwork
* Shawn Crahan – Creative direction, photography
* t42design – Art direction, design
* Joey Jordison – Slipknot logo & Tribal-S logo design
* Stefan Seskis – Photography
* Neil Zlozower – Band photography


===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2001)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212202406/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2001.html|archive-date=December 12, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2001.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=[[Jam!]]|access-date= March 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 99
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Albums Chart 2001|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>
|128
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>
|150
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|archive-date=September 2, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
| 158
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archive-date=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 78
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|certmonth=9}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|artist=Slipknot|title=Lowa|region=France|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|access-date=18 August 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2010}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot|type=album|relyear=2001 |certyear=2001|certmonth=12|award=Gold|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|artist=Slipknot|title=Iowa|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2008|access-date=8 August 2019}}
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"Disasterpiece" redirects here. For the video album by Slipknot, see Disasterpieces. For the musician, see Disasterpeace.

Iowa
Album cover
Studio album by
Slipknot
ReleasedAugust 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)
RecordedJanuary 22, 2001 – March 16, 2001
StudioSound City and Sound Image (Van Nuys, California)
Genre
Length66:17
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
Slipknot chronology
Slipknot
(1999) 		Iowa
(2001) 		Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
(2004)
Singles from Iowa
  1. "Left Behind"
    Released: October 29, 2001
  2. "My Plague"
    Released: July 8, 2002
Alternative cover one
Cover for some versions of Iowa.
Alternative cover two
Cover for the 10th anniversary re-release of Iowa.
Alternative cover three
Cover for some limited editions in Europe, Australia and Japan[5] of Iowa.

Iowa is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Slipknot. Produced by the members and Ross Robinson, it was released on August 28, 2001, by Roadrunner Records. The title refers the band's state origin, Iowa, which members have stated is one of their greatest sources of inspiration. With much anticipation for the album following the success of their 1999 self-titled debut, pressures on the band were high. Their relationships with each other suffered and this was later described as the darkest time of their career.[6] It was also the first full album to feature guitarist Jim Root after only appearing on one song from their previous album. Despite troubles within the band and with Iowa's development, Slipknot promoted it for almost a year.

The album was a major success, premiering in the top tens of nine countries. Generally positively received, it includes some of their notable songs, such as "Disasterpiece", "The Heretic Anthem", "People = Shit" and the Grammy-nominated "Left Behind" and "My Plague". More technical than their debut, Iowa is considered the band's heaviest and darkest album. It has been certified platinum in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

A special edition of Iowa was reissued on November 1, 2011, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. It was accompanied by full live audio of the hit DVD Disasterpieces and a film entitled Goat directed by Shawn Crahan, with the four music videos, never-seen-before interviews and footage from the Iowa period.[7]

Recording and production

[edit]

Iowa was recorded and produced at Sound City Studios and Sound Image Studios in Los Angeles, California with producer Ross Robinson, who had also produced their debut album.[8] Drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray began working on new music together in October 2000, and wrote material for most of the album.[9] During this time, other members took a break after the extensive touring that had followed their debut.[9] On January 17, 2001, Slipknot entered the studio to begin recording new material.[10][11] Recording began on January 22.[12] This period in the band's career became known as one of their worst. Jordison recalled, "That's where we got into a war," citing the lack of a break for himself and Gray.[9] Other factors, including vocalist Corey Taylor's alcohol addiction, other members' drug addictions, and management issues affected relations in the band.[6]

"Recording Iowa was fucking hell," recalled Shawn Crahan. "I wanted to kill myself. There was drugs, bitches, rock 'n' roll, all that shit. People expected so much of us then. 'People = Shit' was our way of saying, 'Fuck off and leave us alone.'" "There was nothing happy about Iowa," confirmed Taylor. "All of a sudden we were these metal stars and we weren't really planning for it… We'd all got caught up in the lifestyle and the problems that come with that. A darkness set in at the beginning of Iowa that none of us quite recognised." Jordison, however, noted, "Iowa, even more than the first record, was the album we really wanted to make."[13]

It was the first album where guitarist Jim Root had been significantly involved,[14] after joining during the later recording stages of Slipknot.[10] During an interview with Guitar magazine in November 2001, Root explained, "It was so exciting as well as scary to be part of this whole huge process," adding that there was a lot of pressure from fellow guitarist Mick Thomson to perform well.[14]

To FHM, Taylor revealed that he put himself in specific situations to achieve his performance on the album.[15] While recording vocals for the closing title track, he was completely naked, vomiting all over himself, and cutting himself with broken glass. "That's where the best stuff comes from," he explained. "You've got to break yourself down before you can build something great."[15] While producing the album, Ross Robinson was injured in a dirt bike accident, suffering a fractured back in the process. He returned to the studio after a day of hospital treatment, reportedly "putting all of his pain into the album", much to the admiration of the band.[6]

Recording was completed on March 16, 2001.[16]

Music and lyrical themes

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Prior to its release, members promised a much darker and heavier album than Slipknot, and many sources praised the band for fulfilling their promises.[17] In 2008, percussionist Shawn Crahan recalled: "When we did Iowa, we hated each other. We hated the world; the world hated us."[18]

Iowa, unlike its predecessor, saw Robinson capturing the band's technicality as opposed to the raw energy which Slipknot became known for.[19] The band was also praised again for its use of an extended line-up consisting of additional percussionists, turntables, and programmed samples. NME stated that "every possible space is covered in scrawl and cymbals: guitars, percussion, electronic squall, subhuman screaming."[19] Iowa has also been critically acclaimed as one of the only mainstream musical albums to feature blast beat percussion, and was said to heighten its popularity after release.[20]

Although Iowa became widely regarded as the band's heaviest album to date, some tracks incorporate melody, most apparent in the record’s singles such as "My Plague" and "Left Behind". During the album's thirteenth anniversary, Revolver recalled that the record is "their most extreme album yet". They compared several songs, namely "Disasterpiece," "People = Shit" and "The Heretic Anthem" as more death metal-influenced than most of the nu metal that the album contained.[21] While the album does have elements of hip hop music, Iowa has less hip hop elements than Slipknot's self-titled album, and instead draws its influences moreso on heavy genres like death metal and hardcore punk.[22] The title track is also known for being the band’s longest continuous song released, clocking in at just over 15 minutes.

Iowa follows the lyrical style that vocalist Corey Taylor established on Slipknot's debut; it includes strong use of metaphors to describe dark themes including misanthropy, solipsism, disgust, anger, disaffection, psychosis, and rejection.[19][23] The album also includes many expletives; David Fricke of the Rolling Stone magazine said "there isn't much shock value left in the words fuck and shit, which Taylor uses in some variation more than forty times in Iowa's sixty-six minutes."[23] Fricke went on to praise Taylor's performance on the track "Iowa", comparing it to a "vivid evocation of a makeshift-cornfield grave at midnight."[23]

"Disasterpiece", said Taylor, "is my favorite Slipknot song. We started doing pre-production for the album in a warehouse in Iowa itself. I had laryngitis and couldn't sing a note, so I was writing a lot of ideas down. When I heard them play 'Disasterpiece', I just wrote 'No one is safe' in huge letters. I knew from then that we were going to rip the throat out of the world with 'Disasterpiece'. That was the lynchpin for the whole album."[13]

Promotion

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There was speculation over the title before its announcement with Nine Men, One Mission as the expected title in some sources.[10] Iowa was later announced as its title and was named after the band's home state of Iowa. Members have claimed that Iowa was the source of their energy, and they consciously made the decision to stay in the area, partially due to the fear of losing their creative direction.[8] The opening track "(515)" is also a reference to their home state, named after the telephone area code for central Iowa.[24] Initially the album was scheduled for release on June 19, 2001, and was to be preceded by a five-date warm-up tour.[25] However, the mixing of the album took longer than anticipated, causing the album's release to be delayed, as well as the cancellation of the tour.[17][25] The album was officially released on August 28, 2001.[26] In support of the album, Slipknot began a new tour called the Iowa World Tour. This included: a spot on Ozzfest in 2001,[27] an American co-headlining tour with System of a Down,[11] as well as tours in Japan, Europe and elsewhere.[28][29][30][31]

Prior to the album's release, Slipknot gave away copies of "Heretic Song" (titled "The Heretic Anthem" on the retail release), free on their website. It was limited to 666 copies, to match the chorus; "If you're 555, then I'm 666." The giveaway began on May 15, 2001, and lasted until copies sold out.[32][33] The first official single released from the album was "Left Behind". In 2002, the band made a special appearance in the film Rollerball, in which they performed "I Am Hated".[32] Following this, a second single from the album was released, "My Plague", which appeared on the soundtrack for the film Resident Evil.[34]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[35]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[26]
Alternative Press[36]
Artistdirect[37]
Dotmusic[38]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[39]
Drowned in Sound7/10[40]
NME8/10[41]
Playlouder[42]
Q[43]
Rolling Stone[23]

Following the success of the band's self-titled album, author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow-up was intense.[11] Prior to its release, Jordison proclaimed: "Wait till you hear our fuckin' next record. It smokes our first album. The shit's twice as technical, three times as heavy."[17]

Iowa earned generally favorable reviews.[35] The College Music Journal reviewed it as "brutal, unrelenting, scorching..."[44] Many noted its heavy themes: Alternative Press stated, "[It is] like having a plastic bag taped over your head for an hour while Satan uses your scrotum as a speedbag....[It] is over the top… you're going to be left in stitches."[45] NME said that it is "Exhilarating, brutal and good."[46] Rolling Stone credited the album for its originality, stating that "nearly everything else in modern doom rock sounds banal."[47] In its Rock & Roll Yearbook (2001), Rolling Stone declared, "Do not discount the purgative worth of Slipknot's head-spinning riffage and singer Corey Taylor's consumptive growl in 'People = Shit' and 'The Heretic Anthem'. Iowa is the sound of hell boiling over."[48]

Producer Robinson was praised for his work: Uncut noted, "The barely relenting, tumbling noise attack marshalled by nu metal uber-producer Ross Robinson is expert."[49] Reviewing for Yahoo!, John Mulvey said, "They're an evolutionary dead end, the final, absolute triumph of nu metal."[50]

The first single, "Left Behind", was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 44th Grammy Awards.[51] The second single, "My Plague", was nominated in 2003 for the same award at the 45th Grammy Awards.[52] The single "Left Behind" peaked in the top thirty for single sales the United States and the UK.[53][54] In addition, "My Plague" reached the 43rd position on the UK charts.[54] Iowa was ranked sixth in the "50 Albums of the year" by NME in 2001.[46] The album reached the top position on the UK Albums Chart,[54] and the second spot on the ARIA Charts in Australia.[55] The album reached the third spot on the Billboard 200[56] and the Finnish Albums Chart.[57] On October 10, 2001, the album was certified Platinum in the United States.[58] In Canada, the Canadian Recording Industry Association certified the album as Platinum, on September 5, 2001.[59] The British Phonographic Industry has certified the album as Gold in the UK.[60]

In 2009, Iowa was rated third in UK magazine Kerrang!'s "The 50 Best Albums of the 21st century" reader poll.[61] Loudwire listed Iowa at number two in their "Top 11 albums of the 2000s" and number six in their "Top 100 albums of the 21st century".[62][63] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Iowa as 50th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'[64] Later in 2023, the same magazine ranked the album's second song, "People = Shit", number sixty on their list on "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs".[65]

Track listing

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All music written by Shawn Crahan, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, Chris Fehn, Mick Thomson, Sid Wilson, Craig Jones and Jim Root except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."(515)"WilsonWilson0:59
2."People = Shit" Jordison3:35
3."Disasterpiece"  5:08
4."My Plague"  3:40
5."Everything Ends"
  • Taylor
  • Fehn
 4:14
6."The Heretic Anthem" 
  • Taylor
  • Gray
  • Jordison
4:13
7."Gently"Crahan
  • Gray
4:54
8."Left Behind"  4:01
9."The Shape"  3:37
10."I Am Hated"  2:37
11."Skin Ticket" 
  • Crahan
  • Gray
  • Jordison
  • Root
  • Taylor
  • Thomson
  • Wilson
6:41
12."New Abortion"  3:36
13."Metabolic"  3:59
14."Iowa"  15:03
Total length:66:17
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Liberate" (Live)4:25
Total length:70:42
Japanese edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."My Plague" (music video) 
2."Left Behind" (music video) 
10th Anniversary edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
15."My Plague (New Abuse mix)"2:59
Total length:69:16
10th Anniversary edition (disc two) – Disasterpieces (live at London Arena, 2002)
No.TitleLength
1."(515)"4:04
2."People = Shit"3:36
3."Liberate"3:38
4."Left Behind"3:39
5."Eeyore"2:38
6."Disasterpiece"5:22
7."Purity"5:26
8."Gently"4:36
9."Eyeless"4:57
10."Drum Solo"3:59
11."My Plague"3:47
12."New Abortion"4:22
13."The Heretic Anthem"4:59
14."Spit It Out"7:44
15."Wait and Bleed"3:27
16."742617000027"1:44
17."(sic)"4:22
18."Surfacing"5:34
Total length:77:54
10th Anniversary edition (disc three) – Goat
No.TitleLength
1."My Plague (music video)" 
2."Left Behind (music video)" 
3."The Heretic Anthem (live) (music video)" 
4."People = Shit (live) (music video)" 
5."Goat: An hour-long collection of rare footage and interviews" 

Personnel

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Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.[66]

Slipknot

Production

  • Ross Robinson – production
  • Mike Fraser – engineering
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • Steve Sisco – assistant engineering
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Steve Richards – executive producer
  • Joey Jordison – mixing, additional vocal production on "My Plague (New Abuse mix)"

Artwork

  • Shawn Crahan – creative direction, photography
  • T42 Design – art direction, layout
  • Joey Jordison – Slipknot logo and Tribal-S logo design
  • Stefan Seskis – photography
  • Neil Zlozower – band photography

Management

  • Monte Conner – A&R
  • Steve Ross – assistant manager
  • Danny Nozell – tour chief
  • Dave Kirby and Neil Warnock – worldwide agents for The Agency Group
  • No Name Management – worldwide management

Charts

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Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[97] Gold 35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[98] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[59] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[99] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[100] Gold 150,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[101] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[102] Gold 40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[103] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[104] Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[58] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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