Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)

Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999. The album has industrial elements, most notably on their cover of Shock the Monkey. The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several keyboardists, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of Orgy, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit and production assistance from Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. It is the band's most successful album since disbandment and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.

Chamber Music
Studio album by
Coal Chamber
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999
RecordedHoboken, New Jersey 1998–1999
GenreNu metal
Length55:14
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerJosh Abraham
Coal Chamber chronology
Coal Chamber
(1997)		 Chamber Music
(1999)		 Dark Days
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
CDNow
Sputnikmusic

Content

With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn and White Zombie who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album.[2] Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey," featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey," and the song received notable radio airplay for a time, the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US.[3]

The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Scream 3.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Mist" (Instrumental)0:43
2."Tragedy"2:51
3."El Cu Cuy"4:22
4."Untrue"3:26
5."Tyler's Song"2:49
6."What's in Your Mind?"3:55
7."Not Living"3:50
8."Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover feat. Ozzy Osbourne)3:42
9."Burgundy"2:11
10."Entwined"3:49
11."Feed My Dreams"2:55
12."My Mercy"4:04
13."No Home"5:09
14."Shari Vegas"3:16
15."Notion"3:27
16."Anything But You"4:42

Personnel

Guest musicians

Chart positions

Album
Year Title Chart Position
1999 Chamber Music UK Albums Chart 21

Singles
Year Title Chart Position
1999 "Shock the Monkey" UK Singles Chart 83
1999 "Shock the Monkey" US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 26

References
  1. "Chamber Music - Coal Chamber". Allmusic.
  2. Chris Gramlich (1 October 1999). "Chamber Music review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. "METALLICA NUMMER 3 DER SOUNDSCAN-ERA - Metallica Fanpage - metallicamp.de".



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