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Untouchables is the fifth album by American nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
. The album was officially released on June 11, 2002 and featured the Grammy-winning single "Here to Stay", as well as "Thoughtless" and "Alone I Break." The album marks their second to use alternative metal
Alternative metal

Alternative metal is an Eclecticism form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside Grunge music. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings , but usually with a pronounced experimental music edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique,...
 but whereas Issues
Issues (album)

Issues is the fourth studio album by American nu metal band Korn. The album has sold over 9,000,000 copies worldwide....
 shifted away from the hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 influenced nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 which was highly present in their early albums, this album does see its return on certain tracks such as "Bottled Up Inside".






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Untouchables is the fifth album by American nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
. The album was officially released on June 11, 2002 and featured the Grammy-winning single "Here to Stay", as well as "Thoughtless" and "Alone I Break." The album marks their second to use alternative metal
Alternative metal

Alternative metal is an Eclecticism form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside Grunge music. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings , but usually with a pronounced experimental music edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique,...
 but whereas Issues
Issues (album)

Issues is the fourth studio album by American nu metal band Korn. The album has sold over 9,000,000 copies worldwide....
 shifted away from the hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 influenced nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 which was highly present in their early albums, this album does see its return on certain tracks such as "Bottled Up Inside". New techniques were used on this album as well: Untouchables featured elements like undistorted guitars and electronics on some songs, giving the album an overall mellow but spooky feel, with one critic calling it a "purgatorial symphony." Songs of this variety include "Hollow Life" and "Hating." This is the only Korn album that does not feature bagpipes
Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reed fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have historically been found throughout Europe, and into Northern Africa, the Persian...
. Untouchables debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 434,000 copies. The album received positive reviews from respected music magazines.

Track listing


Full-version track listing

  1. "Here to Stay
    Here to Stay (Korn song)

    "Here to Stay" is a Grammy Award-winning song by Korn that appears on the band's fifth studio album Untouchables as an album opener and the first single....
    " – 4:32
  2. "Make Believe" – 4:37
  3. "Blame" – 3:51
  4. "Hollow Life" – 4:09
  5. "Bottled Up Inside" – 4:00
  6. "Thoughtless
    Thoughtless

    "Thoughtless" is a song by Korn and the second single from their fifth album, Untouchables . It is about Jonathan Davis being assaulted and harassed in school and dreaming of seeking revenge on those who bully him....
    " – 4:33
  7. "Hating" – 5:10
  8. "One More Time" – 4:40
  9. "Alone I Break
    Alone I Break

    "Alone I Break" is a song written and recorded by United States rock music band Korn for their fifth studio album, Untouchables . It was released to U.S....
    " – 4:17
  10. "Embrace" – 4:27
  11. "Beat It Upright" – 4:15
  12. "Wake Up Hate" – 3:13
  13. "I'm Hiding" – 3:57
  14. "No One's There" – 9:24
    • No One's There ends at 5:06. "Here to Stay (T Ray's Mix)" begins after a few seconds of silence. (only on the limited edition of the album)
  15. "Data Track" 4:20 - a different version of "Here to Stay" (only on the limited edition of the album)


Edited version track listing

  1. "Here to Stay" - 4:32
  2. "Make Believe" - 4:37
  3. "Blame" - 3:51
  4. "Hollow Life" - 4:09
  5. "Bottled Up Inside" - 4:00
  6. "Thoughtless" - 4:33
  7. "Hating" - 5:10
  8. "One More Time" - 4:40
  9. "Alone I Break" - 4:17
  10. "Embrace" - 3:27
  11. "Beat It Upright" - 4:15 (Not Listed on case)
  12. "Wake Up Hate" - 3:13
  13. "I'm Hiding" - 3:57
  14. "No One's There" - 5:06
  15. "Here to Stay" (T Ray's Mix) - 4:18
  16. "Here to Stay" (Video Version/Multimedia Track)


Bonus DVD

The bonus DVD was only available with the digipak limited edition.

  1. Here to Stay (live at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC)
  2. Here to Stay (music video; performance version)
  3. Thoughtless (music video; performance version)
  4. Got the Life (live at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC)


Reception

Untouchables sold over 400,000 copies in its first week, but was unable to surpass the sales from The Eminem Show
The Eminem Show

The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by Eminem, released in 2002 in music.The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002. At the Grammy Awards of 2003 it was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year and became Eminem's third straight LP to win the award for Best Rap Album....
, so thus its debut came at #2 on Billboard. As an unfinished version had leaked on internet, the band blamed internet piracy for the drop in sales, but most blamed it for the band's change in songwriting since Follow the Leader
Follow the Leader (Korn album)

Follow the Leader is the third studio album by American nu metal band Korn, the album was released on August 18, 1998....
. Despite initial cold reception from fans, many well respected music magazines regarded it as Korn's "best work". Eventually, the fan reception started to rise over time.

Charts

All charts listed below are part of the Billboard Music Charts, North America.

Album


Singles


Personnel

  • Jonathan Davis
    Jonathan Davis

    Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist for the multiplatinum nu metal band Korn. He was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he lived with his father and stepmother....
     - vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  • Fieldy
    Reginald Arvizu

    Reginald "Fieldy/Reggie" Arvizu is the bass guitar player for the band Korn....
     - bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • James Shaffer
    James Shaffer

    James Christian 'Munky' Shaffer is the guitarist for the nu metal band Korn. He also performed live backing vocals. His nickname, 'Munky', is apparently a reference to the fact that his feet, when spread, resembles monkey's feet ....
     - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Brian "Head" Welch
    Brian Welch

    Brian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an United States musician best known as a former guitarist of Korn, and a major influence in the rise of the nu metal movement....
     - guitar
  • David Silveria
    David Silveria

    David Randall Silveria is a drummer, best known as the drummer for the band Korn from 1993 until he went on his "hiatus" in 2006....
     - drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  • Michael Beinhorn
    Michael Beinhorn

    Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing Keyboard instruments in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980's....
     - producer
  • Andy Wallace
    Andy Wallace

    Andrew or Andy Wallace may refer to:*Andy Wallace , music producer*Andy Wallace , race car driver*Andy Wallace...
     - mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)

    Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics and panoramic position are commonly being manipulated and effects such as reverb might be added....
  • Howie Weinberg
    Howie Weinberg

    Howie Weinberg is a music Audio mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977....
     - mastering
    Audio mastering

    Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced ....