Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)

Chamber Music
Studio album by Coal Chamber
Released September 7, 1999
Recorded Hoboken, New Jersey 1998–1999
Genre Nu metal, gothic metal
Length 55:14
Label Roadrunner
Producer Josh Abraham
Coal Chamber chronology
Coal Chamber
(1997)		 Chamber Music
(1999)		 Dark Days
(2002)
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Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999.

Content

With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn and White Zombie who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album. Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor and could perhaps make it the group's most accessible record. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey," featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey," and the song received notable radio airplay for a time, the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US.[2]

The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking.

The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack in the film Scream 3.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Mist" (Instrumental) 0:43
2. "Tragedy"   2:51
3. "El Cu Cuy"   4:22
4. "Untrue"   3:26
5. "Tyler's Song"   2:49
6. "What's in Your Mind?"   3:55
7. "Not Living"   3:50
8. "Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover feat. Ozzy Osbourne) 3:42
9. "Burgundy"   2:11
10. "Entwined"   3:49
11. "Feed My Dreams"   2:55
12. "My Mercy"   4:04
13. "No Home"   5:09
14. "Shari Vegas"   3:16
15. "Notion"   3:27
16. "Anything But You"   4:42

Personnel

Coal Chamber

Production

  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Amir Derakh – additional mixing
  • David Bianco – mixing on "Tyler's Song", "What's In Your Mind?" & "Feed My Dreams"
  • David "Rave" Ogilvie – mixing on "Shock The Monkey"
  • Chad Fridirici – engineering
  • Brian Virtue – engineering
  • Mike Parnan – additional engineering
  • Troy Van Leeuwen – technical assistance
  • Josh Abraham – producer

Guest musicians

  • Brian Levine – Strings arrangement
  • Troy Van Leeuwen – Keyboards
  • Brian Virtue – Programming
  • Josh Abraham – Keyboards & programming
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey")
  • E. Blue – keyboards and guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey")
  • Anthony "Fu" Valic – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
  • Phil Western – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
  • Aimee Echo – guest vocals (on "Burgundy")
  • Jay Gordon – keyboards (on "Burgundy")
  • Aimee Echo – guest vocals (on "My Mercy")
  • E. Blue – guest vocals (on "My Mercy")
  • Amir Derakh – Percussion synth (on "No Home")
  • Georgie The Pug – Panting (on "Shari Vegas")
  • Amir Derakh – keyboards (on "Notion")
  • Jay Baumgardner – keyboards (on "Notion")
  • DJ Lethal – freaky fractures (on "Notion")
  • Amir Derakh – Micromoog (on "Anything But You")

Chart positions

Album

Year Title Chart Position
1999 Chamber Music UK Albums Chart 21

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1999 "Shock the Monkey" UK Singles Chart 90
1999 "Shock the Monkey" US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 26

References

  1. ↑ "Chamber Music - Coal Chamber". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ http://www.metallicamp.de/forum/thread/1856-metallica-nummer-3-der-soundscan-era/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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