Size Matters

Size Matters
Studio album by Helmet
Released October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
Recorded March – June 2004 at Cello Studios in Hollywood, California
Genre Alternative metal
Length 39:35 (47:56 with bonus tracks)
Label Interscope
Producer Helmet, Charlie Clouser & Jay Baumgardner
Helmet chronology
Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997)
(2004)		 Size Matters
(2004)		 Monochrome
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
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Size Matters is the fifth album by Helmet, released in 2004 through Interscope. It is the first new album since the band ended with a bitter break up in 1998. Page Hamilton, the band's founder and chief songwriter, is the only original member appearing on the album. Therefore, many purists object to it being called "Helmet" and consider it to be a Page Hamilton solo project. According to Hamilton, John Stanier (drums) and Henry Bogdan (bass) both declined the invitation to reunite.

Despite the purists' objections, the album carries on in the Helmet tradition with Hamilton's trademark staccato sound. The album was recorded as a three-piece with John Tempesta on drums and Chris Traynor (guitarist on the Aftertaste tour) on bass. After recording was done, bassist Frank Bello was brought in so Traynor could return to guitar.

Size Matters had one single in "See You Dead." The track "Throwing Punches" was also included on the film soundtrack for Underworld, and "Crashing Foreign Cars" was featured in the video game Need For Speed: Underground 2.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Smart" (Hamilton) – 3:44
  2. "Crashing Foreign Cars" (Hamilton/Nichelson/Tempesta/Traynor) – 2:31
  3. "See You Dead" (Hamilton) – 3:48
  4. "Drug Lord" (Hamilton) – 3:24
  5. "Enemies" (Clouser/Hamilton) – 5:00
  6. "Unwound" (Bjorkland/Conlin/Craig/Hamilton/Scheidel) – 4:12
  7. "Everybody Loves You" (Hamilton) – 3:27
  8. "Surgery" (Hamilton) – 3:14
  9. "Speak and Spell" (Clouser/Hamilton) – 3:31
  10. "Throwing Punches" (Clouser/Hamilton) – 3:44
  11. "Last Breath" (Hamilton/Tempesta/Traynor) – 3:03

The Japanese release has two additional tracks: "Black Light" and "Just Like Me." These tracks, as well as "Smart" (a.k.a. "Opportunity"), "Enemies," and "Unwound," were originally recorded as Gandhi tracks, Page Hamilton's previous band.

Singles

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2004 The Billboard 200 121
Year Single Chart Position
2004 "See You Dead" Mainstream Rock Tracks 29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Size Matters at Allmusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone

External links

Helmet
Page Hamilton • Dan Beeman • Kyle Stevenson • Dave Case
Peter Mengede • Rob Echeverria • Chris Traynor • Henry Bogdan • John Stanier • Frank Bello • John Tempesta • Mike Jost • Jeremy Chatelain • Jimmy Thompson • Jon Fuller
Studio albums
Strap It On • Meantime • Betty • Aftertaste • Size Matters • Monochrome • Seeing Eye Dog
Other releases
Singles
"Born Annoying" • "Bad Mood" • "Blacktop" • "Unsung" • "Give It" • "In the Meantime" • "Primitive/Born Annoying 1993" • "Just Another Victim" • "Milquetoast" • "Biscuits for Smut" • "Wilma's Rainbow" • "Exactly What You Wanted" • "Like I Care" • "See You Dead" • "Unwound" • "Smart" • "Gone" • "Monochrome" • "Money Shot" • "Revenge Destroys Everything"
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