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Issues is the fourth studio album by American nu metal band Korn, released on November 16, 1999 through Immortal Records. Since its release, the album has sold over 11,000,000 copies worldwide. The album was promoted throughout 2000 by the band's highly successful Sick and Twisted Tour.

Recording and production

During one of the band's recording sessions, journalist Chris Connelly asked about how the recording was coming along, to which drummer David Silveria responded that it "Sounds like the music is a little more simplified and heavier. Kind of heavier grooves, more than the last couple. So kind of more similar to the beginning, except Jon is a much better singer now, so it's all coming together."[4]

In October 1999, Korn posted "Falling Away from Me" on their website as a free MP3 download, although it was against the advice of its attorneys. A statement on the band's site relates: "We're so psyched about [the new album] that we wanted to give all you guys, the true Korn fans — a gift from us… The attorneys and the corporate establishment, who are so afraid of the Internet, said 'no way.'"[5] Also at this time, the band attempted to start an online chain email, by posting the letter online and asking fans to email the letter to 10 other people and to then sign the "I Downloaded the Korn Single For Free" guestbook on the band's site. For each person who signed, Korn donate 25 cents to the charities Childhelp USA and Children Of The Night. It raised over $250,000.[5]

On November 15, 1999, Korn played at the Apollo Theater in New York City where they played Issues in its entirety. They performed with a choir as well as the pipes and drums of the New York City Police Department. The crowd was mainly radio contest winners. The band claimed that there was a limited number of tickets sold for the concert.[6]

The album featured four different covers each designed by Korn fans as part of an MTV contest (the winning cover was designed by Alfredo Carlos; another album cover for special limited edition of the album features a cartoonish half-caricature for the band). There was also a fifth cover selected for the limited tour edition of the album.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(positive)[8]
CDNOW[9]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[10]
Robert Christgau(dud)[11]
Kerrang!
New York Daily News(positive)[12]
The New York Times(mixed)[13]
NME[14]
PopMatters[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[17]

Although the album received mixed reviews upon release, it became a commercial success. According to the band in the booklet that comes with Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 album, they did not want to be part of a popular trend and wanted to do their own thing. Thus the hip hop elements of Follow the Leader were removed, moving the band to an alternative metal sound rather than nu metal. The band admits that with Brendan O'Brien working alongside them, he kept them more focused during recording so far as to not letting them just fool around and party, and that there was a lot less drinking this time around.

Commercial Performance

Issues was a commercial success debuting at the top spot on the Billboard 200, with 575,000 units sold in its first week of release.[18] On December 22, 1999 Issues was certified 3x Platinum in the U.S.[19] The album has sold 3,450,207 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan as of January 4, 2013 and has sold 11 million copies worldwide, making it Korn's second best selling album to date.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dead"1:12
2."Falling Away from Me"4:29
3."Trash"3:27
4."4 U"1:42
5."Beg for Me"3:53
6."Make Me Bad"3:55
7."It's Gonna Go Away"1:29
8."Wake Up"4:07
9."Am I Going Crazy"1:00
10."Hey Daddy"3:44
11."Somebody Someone"3:47
12."No Way"4:07
13."Let's Get This Party Started"3:41
14."Wish You Could Be Me"1:07
15."Counting"3:37
16."Dirty"7:50
Total length:53:16
  • The song "Dirty" ends at 3:43 and is followed up by 4 minutes and 7 seconds of static.
    • In advance versions it ends at 3:46 without the static.

CD two bonus CD =All Mixed Up (EP)==

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[20]

All Mixed Up is a Korn EP released as a bonus disc alongside the album Issues featuring previously unreleased mixes and a previously unreleased song. This CD single is also now available to be purchased separately.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A.D.I.D.A.S." (Radio Mix)2:34
2."Good God" (Dub Pistols Mix)6:20
3."Got the Life" (Josh Abraham Mix)4:01
4."Falling away from me" (Radio Edit) 
5."Twist" (Live at Woodstock 1999)5:16
6."Jingle Balls"3:27
Total length:21:38
Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Albums (The Official Charts Company)[21] 99

Personnel

Production and other credits

Chart positions

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
December 4–10, 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Albums Chart number-one album
November 22–28, 1999 		Succeeded by

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Korn Revive Golden Age Of Nu-Metal At Mayhem Festival
  3. ^ "Issues". Rolling Stone. January 20th 2000. he has channeled them into the band that established the new-metal sequel to grunge {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Connelly, Chris. "MTV Bands - Archive - K". MTV. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  5. ^ a b Johnson, Tina (1999-10-29). "Korn Offers Free MP3 Of New Single". MTV.
  6. ^ Mancini, Robert. (1999-11-05). "Korn Headed To The Apollo To Unveil 'Issues'". MTV.
  7. ^ "Korn Issues - 5th Image Tour Edition USA CD ALBUM (515800)". Eil.com. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  8. ^ Billboard Review[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "CDNOW Review". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  10. ^ Reviewed by Tom Sinclair (1999-12-03). "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  11. ^ "Rober Christgau Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  12. ^ New York Daily News Review[dead link‍]
  13. ^ "NY Times Review". The New York Times. 1999-11-17. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  14. ^ "NME Review". NME. 1999-11-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  15. ^ Pace, Mike. "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  16. ^ Pareles, Jon (2000-01-20). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  17. ^ Yahoo! Music Review[dead link‍]
  18. ^ Korn Can't Kick Eminem From Top Of Billboard Chart
  19. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
  20. ^ "All Mixed Up - Korn". Allmusic.
  21. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Alex K - Kyuss". Zobbel.
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  23. ^ "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com.
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  25. ^ a b "Belgian (Flanders) chart positions" (in Dutch). ultratop.be.
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  27. ^ a b "Dutch chart positions" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl.
  28. ^ "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com.
  29. ^ "French chart positions" (in French). lescharts.com.
  30. ^ "German chart positions" (in German). musicline.de.
  31. ^ "New Zealand chart positions". charts.org.nz.
  32. ^ "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com.
  33. ^ "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com.
  34. ^ "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch.
  35. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: Alex K - Kyuss". zobbel.de.
  36. ^ a b "Korn > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Macrovision.
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