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'{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Godsmack | Type = Album | Artist = [[Godsmack]] | Cover = Godsmack-Godsmack (album cover).jpg | Released = August 25, 1998 | Recorded = 1997-1998 | Studio = New Alliance Studios, [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts | Genre = {{flatlist| *[[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History |last=Weinstein |first=Deena |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |year=2015}} (January 27th, 2015)</ref><ref name=Allmusic /> *[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r505718|pure_url=yes}}|title=Awake - Godsmack|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> *{{nowrap|[[alternative metal]]}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r634718|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref> *[[industrial metal]]<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r634718|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>}} | Length = 55:12 | Label = [[Universal Records|Universal]], [[Republic Records|Republic]] | Producer = [[Sully Erna]]<br>[[Andrew Murdock|Mudrock]] | Last album = ''[[All Wound Up (album)|All Wound Up]]''<br>(1997) | This album = '''''Godsmack'''''<br />(1998) | Next album = ''[[Awake (Godsmack album)|Awake]]''<br>(2000) | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Godsmack | Type = Studio | single 1 = [[Whatever (Godsmack song)|Whatever]] | single 1 date = August 25, 1998 | single 2 = [[Keep Away (song)|Keep Away]] | single 2 date = June 11, 1999 | single 3 = [[Voodoo (song)|Voodoo]] | single 3 date = October 20, 1999 | single 4 = [[Bad Religion (Godsmack song)|Bad Religion]] | single 4 date = February 2000 }} }} '''''Godsmack''''' is the eponymous debut album by the band [[Godsmack]]. The album was initially paid for by the band and released as ''[[All Wound Up (album)|All Wound Up]]'', before the band was signed to [[Universal Records]] and [[Republic Records]]. It was mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City. It featured a new song called "[[Someone in London]]" while the song "Goin' Down" was removed, but later appeared on the band's second major album ''[[Awake (Godsmack album)|Awake]]''. ==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r373845}}</ref> | rev2 = Hip Online |rev2Score = 7/10<ref>[http://www.hiponline.com/music-reviews/godsmack-godsmack/ Hip Online Review]</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 334 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA334&lpg=PA334&dq=rolling+stone+godsmack+album+guide#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20godsmack%20album%20guide&f=false}}</ref> }} After playing the Boston area over the following two years, local radio stations began playing the singles "[[Keep Away (song)|Keep Away]]" and "[[Whatever (Godsmack song)|Whatever]]", both of which helped the band to sell copies of their self-financed album ''[[All Wound Up (album)|All Wound Up]]''. After the demand for their album became too high, [[Republic Records]]/[[Universal Records]] stepped in and signed the band to their label in 1998. The band replaced drummer Darco with Stewart and ''All Wound Up'' was remastered and released six weeks later as their self-titled debut album ''Godsmack''. On December 4, 2001, the album was certified 4x Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].{{certification Cite Ref|title=Godsmack |artist=Godsmack |type=album| region=United States}} ==Controversy== The album caused controversy due to its profane lyrics, and liner notes containing a [[Wiccan]] pentagram and reference to "[[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] witches", minus a [[Parental Advisory]] warning label.<ref>{{cite web|title=Godsmack - Godsmack|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/godsmack-to-shoot-video-for-voodoo-video-to-include-actual-wicca-ceremony-band-to-be-joined-by-renowned-salem-witch-laurie-cabot-74441032.html|website=PR Newswire|accessdate=March 19, 2015|quote=GODSMACK to Shoot Video for 'Voodoo'}}</ref> After listening to his son's copy of the album, a father in the U.S. complained to [[Wal-Mart]], who sold him the album, that the lyrics were offensive. Wal-Mart and [[Kmart]] took the album off the shelves. The band and its record label later added a Parental Advisory sticker to the album, and some stores ordered amended copies of the album. Erna commented on the situation to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, stating, "Our record has been in the marketplace for more than a year now without a parental advisory sticker and this is the one and only complaint. Stickers and lyrics are by nature subjective. We have decided to put a sticker on the record." This controversy did not hurt album sales, but according to Erna, helped, stating, "It's almost taunting kids to go out and get the record to see what we're saying on it." ==Track listing== {{Track listing | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Moon Baby | writer1 = Erna | length1 = 4:23 | title2 = [[Whatever (Godsmack song)|Whatever]] | writer2 = Erna, Rombola | length2 = 3:26 | title3 = [[Keep Away (song)|Keep Away]] | writer3 = Erna | length3 = 4:50 | title4 = Time Bomb | writer4 = Erna | length4 = 3:59 | title5 = [[Bad Religion (Godsmack song)|Bad Religion]] | writer5 = Erna, Stewart | length5 = 3:40 | title6 = Immune | writer6 = Erna, Merrill, Rombola | length6 = 4:50 | title7 = [[Someone in London]] | writer7 = Rombola | length7 = 2:03 | title8 = Get Up, Get Out! | writer8 = Erna | length8 = 3:29 | title9 = Now or Never | writer9 = Erna | length9 = 5:06 | title10 = Stress | writer10 = Erna | length10 = 5:03 | title11 = Situation | writer11 = Erna, Merrill | length11 = 5:47 | title12 = [[Voodoo (song)|Voodoo]] | note12 = is 4:40 in length, and includes hidden track "Witch Hunt", which begins at 6:39 | writer12 = Erna, Merrill | length12 = 9:03 |total_length = 55:12 }} ==Personnel== * [[Sully Erna]] – vocals, guitar, drums, producer, [[Keyboard instrument|additional keyboards]] * [[Tony Rombola]] – lead guitar, [[Backing vocalist|additional vocals]] * [[Robbie Merrill]] – bass * [[Andrew Murdock]] – coproducer, engineering, additional percussion * [[Joseph M. Palmaccio]] – mastering *Toni Tiller – Girl on Cd Layout *Dale May – Photography ==Charts== {{refimprove section|date=September 2011}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Album''' {|class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Peak<br>position |- |rowspan="2"|1999 |[[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers]] |align="center"|2 |- |The [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=godsmack|chart=all}}|title=Godsmack - Godsmack|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''}}</ref> |align="center"|22 |- |2000 |Catalog Albums Chart<ref name="Billboard"/> |align="center"|1 |} {{col-2}} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" !Year !Song !Chart !Peak<br>position |- |rowspan="4"|1999 |rowspan="2"|"Whatever" |[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] |align="center"|7 |- |[[Alternative Songs]]<ref name="Alternative Songs">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=godsmack|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Godsmack Alternative Songs Chart History|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref> |align="center"|19 |- |rowspan="2"|"Keep Away" |Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="center"|5 |- |Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs"/> |align="center"|31 |- |rowspan="4"|2000 |rowspan="2"|"Voodoo" |Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="center"|5 |- |Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs"/> |align="center"|6 |- |rowspan="2"|"Bad Religion" |Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="center"|8 |- |Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs"/> |align="center"|32 |} {{col-2}} {{col-end}} == Certifications == {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Godsmack |artist=Godsmack |type=album| autocat=yes|region=Canada|award=Gold|relyear=1988}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Godsmack |artist=Godsmack |type=album| autocat=yes|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4}} {{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|nounspecified=yes}} ==Release history== {| class="wikitable" ! Country ! Date ! Label |- | United States | August 25, 1998 | Republic/Universal |- | Japan | May 30, 2000 | Republic |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Godsmack}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Godsmack (Album)}} [[Category:1998 debut albums]] [[Category:Godsmack albums]] [[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]] [[Category:Republic Records albums]] [[Category:Universal Records albums]]'