Year of the Spider

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Year of the Spider
Year of the Spider cover
Studio album by Cold
Released May 13, 2003
Recorded September - December 2002 at Bay 7, Studio City
Genre Alternative Metal
Length 64:00
Label Geffen Records
Producer(s) Cold,
Howard Benson
Professional reviews
Cold chronology
13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
(2000)
Year of the Spider
(2003)
A Different Kind of Pain
(2005)


Year of the Spider is the third studio album by Floridian post-grunge/hard rock quintet Cold. It was released on May 13th, 2003 through Geffen Records. The album produced two singles, which were Stupid Girl and Suffocate. Early pressings of the album were shipped with a DVD and a temporary tattoo of the Cold spider. The DVD included the making of (as well as the actual) the video for "Stupid Girl", fan testimonials, and some home video shot during the recording of the album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Remedy" – 2:57
  2. "Suffocate" – 3:39 (featuring Sierra Swan)
  3. "Cure My Tragedy (A Letter to God)" – 3:55
  4. "Stupid Girl" – 3:09 (featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer on opening guitar)
  5. "Don't Belong" – 3:40
  6. "Wasted Years" – 4:07
  7. "Whatever You Became" – 3:45
  8. "Sad Happy" – 3:36
  9. "Rain Song" – 3:37
  10. "The Day Seattle Died" – 3:34
  11. "Change the World" – 4:01
  12. "Black Sunday" – 4:30
  13. "Kill the Music Industry" – 19:23
    • "Gone Away" (hidden track, begins at 16:06 after 13:13 of silence- a reference to the superstitious nature of their previous effort 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage) - 3:07

[edit] Personnel

  • Terry Balsamo - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
  • Howard Benson - Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Soloist
  • Adam Daniel - Digital Editing
  • Fred Durst - A&R
  • Samuel Fischer - Violin
  • Julie Gigante - Violin
  • Jason Harter - Art Direction, Design
  • Kelly Hayes - Guitar
  • Olaf Heine - Photography
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering
  • Vince Jones - Digital Editing
  • Roland Kato - Viola
  • Armen Ksajikian - Cello
  • Jason Lader - Digital Editing
  • Ana Landauer - Violin
  • Songa Lee - Violin
  • Phillipe Levy - Violin
  • Jenn Littleton - A&R
  • Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
  • David Low - Cello, Contractor
  • Deborah Lurie - Conductor, String Arrangements, Synthesizer Strings
  • Eric Miller - Engineer, Digital Editing
  • Martie Muhoberac - Production Coordination
  • Simon Oswell - Viola
  • Mike Plotnikoff - Engineer, Digital Editing
  • Mark Robertson - Concertmaster
  • Jordan Schur - Executive Producer, A&R
  • Les Scurry - Production Coordination
  • David Speltz - Cello
  • Casey Stone - Engineer
  • Sierra Swan - Vocals
  • Michael Valerio - Bass
  • Evan Wilson - Viola

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2003 The Billboard 200 3

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2003 "Stupid Girl" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
2003 "Stupid Girl" Modern Rock Tracks 6
2003 "Stupid Girl" The Billboard Hot 100 87
2003 "Suffocate" Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
2003 "Suffocate" Modern Rock Tracks 21