| Celldweller | ||||
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| Studio album by Celldweller | ||||
| Released | February 11, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock Drum & Bass Industrial Metal Trance Electronica |
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| Length | 69:48 | |||
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| Producer | Klayton Grant Mohrman |
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| Sputnikmusic | [2] |
Celldweller is the 2003 self-titled debut album by American Electronic Rock band, Celldweller. The album spent one week on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart, at number 17,[3] and the song "I Believe You" reached number 11 on the R&R Alternative Specialty Show Chart. Celldweller was awarded Album of the Year at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards.[4] Guest appearances include Jarrod Montague of Taproot.
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Klayton worked in earnest with producer Grant Mormhan (formerly of Leaderdogs For The Blind) on the debut album, which was slated for release in February 2001. There had been multiple questions about any Celldweller songs to be released. Although, Klayton was having three albums from his former project Angeldust rereleased under Criss Angel's name, he has begun working on the album. Klayton agreed to various online companies to put songs that were to be on the album, but never made it into the final cut, for download in high quality.[5]
Unfortunately, various delays kept pushing the release date back.[6] During this time, Klayton kept fans up to date with numerous Celldweller Logs through his website and via email and, in 2001, released raw files of the song "Symbiont" to give fans and fellow musicians a chance to remix Celldweller's music.[7] Eight remixes were chosen and uploaded to the original Mp3.com, most of them making it to the top of the Electronic and the Electro-Industrial charts. All the exposure led to over 500,000 song plays on Mp3.com. The "Symbiont" remixes became a digital EP six years later.
The self-titled debut album saw release in early 2003 and debuted at #17 on Billboard's Internet Sales Chart.[8] Celldweller included a guest appearance by Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague. In 2004, the album took home seven awards at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, winning Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Industrial Album of the Year, Metal Song of the Year ("One Good Reason") and Best Industrial Rock Song ("Switchback"), and also took runner-up in Best Industrial Song with "Stay with Me (Unlikely)" and Best Rock Song with "I Believe You".[4] Prior to the album's release, "Symbiont" was used in Track Down. However, the distributor of the film was mistakenly credited as "Miramax". Later, the song "Switchback" was included in the list of Extreme Mode songs for the popular iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge.
All songs written by Klayton.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Album Sales | 17 |
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| 2003 | "I Believe You" | 11 |
| 2003 | "Switchback" | - |
Every song on Celldweller has been licensed at least once for a movie, video game or another form of media with titles including Doom, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Supercross, XXX: State of the Union, Spider-Man 2, Constantine, Catwoman, The Punisher, Paycheck, Timeline, Mindhunters, National Security, Bad Boys II, Redline, Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Enter the Matrix, XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Crackdown, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, America's Next Top Model and Pimp My Ride. This is a feat that has been accomplished by only two other artists; Moby and The Crystal Method.
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