Stone Sour (album)

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Stone Sour
Stone Sour cover
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
Stone Sour chronology
Click Here to Exit
(2000)
Stone Sour
(2002)
Come What(ever) May
(2006)
Alternate cover
Special edition album 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

[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

  1. "Rules of Evidence" – 3:44
  2. "The Wicked" – 4:55
  3. "Inside the Cynic" – 3:24
  4. "Kill Everybody" – 3:26
  5. "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