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Untouchables (2002)

Where the lyrics of Untouchables take you, and where it was really made.

The album cost an estimated $3,000,000 to record, and the band kept a 15-person crew on retainer for nearly two years to finish it.

Key places

Conway Studios in Hollywood (2002)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Untouchables was recorded at Conway Studios in Hollywood, California. The source does not give the session dates for this studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Village in Los Angeles (2002)

Recording site The Village — Untouchables was also recorded at The Village in Los Angeles, California. The source does not give the session dates for this studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Untouchables is the fifth studio album by American nu metal band Korn
• Officially released June 11, 2002
• Featured the Grammy-winning single "Here to Stay"
• Debuted at number two on the Billboard 200
• Sold 495,991 copies in its first week, second only to Eminem's The Eminem Show
• Certified platinum on July 11, 2002
• Has sold at least 1.4 million copies in the United States

Background

• Korn began writing the album in early 2001
• Tension between members grew, so the band kept writing in Scottsdale, Arizona
• After finishing the songs, the band returned to Los Angeles, California to begin recording
• Hostility between members remained during this period
• During the tour, the band considered firing bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu over his drug abuse, but decided against it
• The album featured the same member line-up as the previous four studio albums

Recording

• Recorded at Conway Studios in Hollywood and The Village in Los Angeles
• Produced by Michael Beinhorn, recorded by Frank Filipetti, mixed by Andy Wallace, mastered by Howie Weinberg
• First album recorded in 96 kHz digital sound
• Total recording costs were estimated at $3,000,000, including keeping a 15-person crew on retainer for nearly two years
• Five houses were rented for $10,000 apiece for four months when the band moved to Phoenix
• The album is listed as the 9th most expensive album ever made

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and David Silveria, former members of L.A.P.D.
• Name styled KoЯn; the backwards R was borrowed from the Toys R Us logo.
• Demo Neidermayer's Mind (1993) pioneered the nu metal sound.

Members

• Current: Jonathan Davis (vocals), James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar), Brian "Head" Welch (guitar, returned 2013), Ray Luzier (drums, since 2008).
• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (bass) departed in 2021; Silveria left in 2006.

Career

• Debut album Korn (1994); Life Is Peachy (1996) brought commercial breakthrough.
• Follow the Leader (1998) and Issues (1999) both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Over 40 million records sold worldwide as of 2021; two Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
• Fourteen official releases reached the Billboard 200 top ten; the band is credited as the originators of nu metal.

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: weighted average 80 out of 100 from 11 critic scores, "generally favorable reviews"

Reappraisal

• Remained the band's most critically acclaimed album for 17 years, until the 2019 album The Nothing, which sits at 83/100
• Metal Hammer, in a 2021 retrospective review, deemed it Korn's greatest album

Records

• Debuted at number two on the Billboard 200
• Sold 495,991 copies in its first week, second only to The Eminem Show
• Certified platinum on July 11, 2002
• Has sold at least 1.4 million copies in the United States
• Its single "Here to Stay" won a Grammy

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album leaked onto file-sharing websites with a different track order and song titles more than two months before its official release date.
• Jonathan Davis blamed Internet piracy for sales falling short of the band's previous albums.
• Davis said recording his vocals alone took five to almost six months, far longer than his usual one or two months.
• Producer Michael Beinhorn aimed to make a rock record with an amazing sound that could never be made again, according to Davis.
• Davis said he wanted to shoot a documentary about the making of the record.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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