Album of the day - Korn (Life Is Peachy)

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Life Is Peachy is the second studio album by the American nu metal band Korn, released on October 15, 1996 through both Immortal Records and Epic Records. After the release of Korn's 1994 self-titled debut album, the band asked Ross Robinson to produce and went back to Indigo Ranch to record. Life Is Peachy has fourteen tracks, excluding the hidden track after "Kill You". Korn released three singles from Life Is Peachy: "No Place to Hide", "A.D.I.D.A.S.", and "Good God". All three singles went on the UK Singles Chart. Life Is Peachy features such themes as drugs, social encounters, sex, and revenge. The album's cover art was designed by Martin Riedl and its name is credited to Korn's bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu.

Life Is Peachy was certified gold on January 8, 1997 and was later certified platinum on December 9, 1997. Following the success of Korn's 1994 self-titled debut album, Life Is Peachy was certified double platinum on November 10, 1999. Life Is Peachy debuted and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number one in New Zealand. In its first week of being released, the album sold 106,000 copies. Critical reception for Life Is Peachy was mainly mixed, with critics praising the album's songwriting and sound quality.

Before the release of Life Is Peachy, Korn toured with many bands. Initially, Korn joined the Sick of It All Tour. Following the Sick of It All Tour, Korn joined the Danzig 4 Tour. Korn also toured with Megadeth, Fear Factory, and Flotsam and Jetsam. After the release of Life Is Peachy, Korn toured solo, and headlined and often sold out shows. Korn also toured in the Lollapalooza summer tour.


1. Twist
2. Chi
3. Lost
4. Swallow
5. Porno Creep
6. Good God
7. Mr. Rogers
8. K@#0%!
9. No Place To Hide
10. Wicked
11. A.D.I.D.A.S.
12. Lowrider
13. Ass Itch
14. Kill You


Review 173

Nu Metal is a genre i'm never going to be a fan of, so picking this album up and reading some of the track names i was dreading my morning commute to work listening to this - however, more and more it grew on me - away from the screaming vocals, ridiculously offensive lyrics, there was some form of music structure and some very good bass heavy rock - unbeknown to me Korn were one of the first bands to commercialize Nu Metal and started a huge wave of other bands which were influenced by them (Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Linkin Park and many other god awful bands! ) also huge in America, to date selling over 25 million albums.
'Life Is Peachy' is pretty mixed upon Korn fans, many claiming it is weak in places and doesn't have the same energy as their others to follow, also this was recorded very quickly, that aside 'No Place To Hide', 'A.D.I.D.A.S' (All Day I Dream About Sex) and 'Kill You' are considered Korn classics - these singles do stand out, all have dark lyrics, raw aggression and some great guitar riffs, most of the other tracks are pretty thrashy garbage, but overall better than expected.

6.8/10



 
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