Stone Sour (album)

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Stone Sour
Studio album by Stone Sour
Released	August 27, 2002
Recorded	Catamount Studios, Cedar Falls, IA
Genre	Hard rock Alternative metal
Length	Standard Edition - 51:01 Special Edition - 70:23
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Tom Tatman Stone Sour James "Jimbo" Barton
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link ARTISTdirect link
Stone Sour chronology
Click Here to Exit (2000) Stone Sour (2002) Come What(ever) May (2006)
Alternate cover
Special edition album cover.

Stone Sour is the eponymous debut album by the band Stone Sour. It was released on 27 August 2002, ten years after the band's formation.

It contains three singles, two of which gained a fair amount of rotation on MTV. The singles, in order of popularity are: "Bother," "Inhale," and "Get Inside."

The Special Edition of the album contains 5 b-sides by Stone Sour: "Rules of Evidence", "The Wicked", "Inside the Cynic", "Kill Everybody", and "Road Hogs." The DVD also features the music videos for each of the 3 singles.

The second single, "Bother", was originally billed as a solo song by frontman Corey Taylor. It later became credited under the band's name.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Playing Style 3 Track listing 3.1 Digi-pak bonus tracks 3.2 DVD track listing 4 Personnel 5 Chart positions

[edit] Reception

The album earned two Grammy Award nominations ("Get Inside" & "Inhale") and has been certified Gold by the RIAA for album sales of 500,000.

[edit] Playing Style

The band played a traditional Hard Rock style of music. However at times, the album is extremely aggressive, but also very melodic.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Get Inside" – 3:13
2. "Orchids" – 4:24
3. "Cold Reader" – 3:41
4. "Blotter" – 4:02
5. "Choose" – 4:17
6. "Monolith" – 3:45
7. "Inhale" – 4:25
8. "Bother" – 4:00
9. "Blue Study" – 4:37
10. "Take a Number" – 3:42
11. "Idle Hands" – 3:56
12. "Tumult" – 4:03
13. "Omega" – 2:56

[edit] Digi-pak bonus tracks

14. "Rules of Evidence" – 3:44
15. "The Wicked" – 4:55
16. "Inside the Cynic" – 3:24
17. "Kill Everybody" – 3:26
18. "Road Hogs" – 3:53

[edit] DVD track listing

1. "Bother" (Video)
2. "Get Inside" (Video)
3. "Inhale" (Video)

[edit] Personnel

• James "Jimbo" Barton - Producer ("Bother"), Engineering ("Bother"), Mixing ("Bother"), String Arrangements ("Bother")
• Elliott Blakey - Assistant Mixer
• Jon Chamberlain - Assistant Engineer
• Shawn Economaki - Bass
• Joel Ekman - Drums
• J.J. Farriss - String Arrangements ("Bother")
• Denny Gibbs - Hammond Organ ("Inhale")
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Josh Rand - Guitar
• James Root - Guitar, Back Vocals (On Get Inside)
• Yen-Hue Tan - Assistant Mixer
• Tom Tatman - Producer, Engineering
• Corey Taylor - Vocals, Producer ("Bother")
• Patrick Thrasher - Engineering ("Bother"), String Arrangements ("Bother")
• Ryan Weeder - Writer ("Tumult")
• Sid Wilson - Turntables ("Orchids", "Cold Reader", "Monolith")
• Toby Wright - Mixing

[edit] Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	46
2002	UK Album Charts	41

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Bother"	Adult Top 40	27
2002	"Bother"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
2002	"Bother"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
2002	"Bother"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
2002	"Bother"	Modern Rock Tracks	7
2002	"Bother"	The Billboard Hot 100	56
2002	"Bother"	UK Singles Chart	28
2003	"Inhale"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	18

v • d • e Stone Sour Corey Taylor • Josh Rand • Shawn Economaki • Jim Root • Roy Mayorga Studio albums Stone Sour • Come What(ever) May Live albums Live in Moscow Demos 1992 Demo • 1994 Demo • 1996 Demo • 2000 Demo • Click Here to Exit Singles "Get Inside" • "Bother" • "Inhale" • "30/30-150" • "Through Glass" • "Sillyworld" • "Made of Scars" • "Zzyzx Rd."