Tormented (Staind album)

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Tormented
Tormented cover
Studio album by Staind
Released November 29, 1996
Recorded October 1996 in Springfield, Massachusetts
Genre Alternative Metal,Nu Metal
Length 73:33
Label Self-released
Producer Jeff Gilmer
Staind chronology
Tormented
(1996)
Dysfunction
(1999)

Tormented is Staind's first recording, self-released in 1996.

Previously only available in limited quantities in New England, Tormented has been re-released in response to overwhelming demand from fans at Staind.com. None of the music has been altered from its original state, and the only places available for purchase is from Staind.com[1] and amazon.com. Or they have it available for purchase at most of their live shows. Many of the songs on the album deal with pain, hate and depression, including a gun being loaded, cocked, and fired at the start and finish, which (along with the hidden track "The Funeral") make it something of a concept album revolving around a depressed individual who eventually commits suicide. The track "Come Again" was re-released with the CD single of "Right Here," the band's 2005 hit and Staind's 'Greatest Hits' album, released in 2006, it has also started being played at shows for the first time, along with "Break".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tolerate" – 4:38
  2. "Come Again" – 3:50
  3. "Break" – 3:58
  4. "Painful" – 3:30
  5. "Nameless" – 3:29
  6. "Mudshuvel" – 4:34
  7. "See Thru" – 4:27
  8. "Question?" – 3:30
  9. "No One's Kind" – 4:46
  10. "Self Destruct" – 3:36
  11. "4 Walls" – 33:08
    • Hidden Track "Funeral"

[edit] Miscellanea

  • When the album was released, friend and confidant Fred Durst reportedly burst into their dressing room before a show during their tour with Limp Bizkit, threw the album on the floor, and started screaming at them, offended by the cover art. Reportedly very religious at the time, he asked if they were a Satanic band.[citation needed]
  • "Mudshuvel" was later re-recorded for the album "Dysfunction" as "Mudshovel".

[edit] References

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| group1 = Albums | list1 = Tormented · Dysfunction · Break the Cycle · 14 Shades of Grey · Chapter V · [[The Illusion of Progress}}

| group2 = Compilations | list2 = The Singles: 1996-2006

| group3 = Singles | list3 = "Just Go" · "Mudshovel" · "Home" · "It's Been Awhile" · "Outside" · "Fade" · "For You" · "Epiphany" · "Price to Play" · "So Far Away" · "How About You" · "Zoe Jane" · "Right Here" · "Falling" · "Everything Changes" · "King of All Excuses" · "Believe"

| group4 = DVDs | list4 = MTV Unplugged · Staind: The Videos }}