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Take a Look in the Mirror
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| Studio album by Korn | |||||
| Released | November 21, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | April – June 2003 and August 2003 at Jonathan Davis's home studio in Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Nu Metal Alternative Metal |
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| Length | 56:50 | ||||
| Label | Epic/Immortal | ||||
| Producer | Korn, Jonathan Davis, Frank Filipetti | ||||
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Take a Look in the Mirror is the sixth album by the band Korn. Within its songs, "Did My Time" was previously released as a CD single for the movie "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life", and "Right Now" was accompanied by a provactive cartoon video animated by Spike and Mike.
In contrast to the more depressing sound of their previous album, Untouchables, Take a Look in the Mirror marks Korn's attempt to return to a more aggressive sound as featured on their earlier albums.
The album features a reworking and re-recording of the track "Alive", the first song the band wrote, which got Davis into the band. The song appeared only on the band's first demo, Neidermeyer's Mind, up until this point. Also of note is the song "Play Me", which features rapper Nas, making Take a Look in the Mirror the first Korn album since Follow the Leader to feature such a collaboration.
The album is followed by a long silence before a live cover of Metallica's "One" kicks in. The album was also released in a "clean" version which utilized backmasking as well as growling in place of profanity.
While the album sold over 1 million units in the U.S., it is the lowest selling studio album by Korn (excluding their untitled album, which has been out for less than a year).
Contents |
- "Right Now" – 3:10
- "Break Some Off" – 2:35
- "Counting on Me" – 4:49
- "Here It Comes Again" – 3:33
- "Deep Inside" – 2:46
- "Did My Time" – 4:04
- "Everything I've Known" – 3:34
- "Play Me" (featuring Nas) – 3:21
- "Alive" – 4:30
- "Let's Do This Now" – 3:18
- "I'm Done" – 3:23
- "Y'All Want a Single" – 3:17
- "When Will This End" – 14:24
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- Contains a hidden track featuring a live cover version of Metallica's "One" from MTV's Metallica Icon.
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- In the booklet that comes with the album all of the band members (excluding Jonathan) used different names. Munky is listed as "James the Gorilla", Head is listed as "Sir Headly", David Siveria is listed as "Wally Balljacker", and Fieldy is listed as "Dog".
- Jonathan Davis - Vocals, bagpipes ("Let's Do This Now"), producer
- Brian "Head" Welch - Lead guitar
- James "Munky" Shaffer - Rhythm guitar
- Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - Bass
- David Silveria - Drums
Additional personnel
- Frank Filipetti - Producer, engineer, mixing
- Jim "Bud" Bonti - Producer, engineer
- Tim Harkins - Engineer
- Cailan Mccarthy - Artist coordination
- Doug Erb - Art direction
- Brandy Flower - Art direction
- Gayle Boulware - Art consultant
- Darren Frank - Assistant
- Jesse Gorman - Assistant
- Peter Katsis - A&R
- Kaz Utsunomiya - A&R
- Robert Hill - Editing
- Fred Maher - Editing
- Louie Teran - Digital editing
- Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
- Polarbear - Programming ("I'm Done")
- Mitch Ikeda - Photography
- Marina Chavez - Photography
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | Top Internet Albums | 9 |
| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | 9 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | "Did My Time" | Canadian Singles Chart | 9 |
| 2003 | "Did My Time" | Hot 100 Singles | 38 |
| 2003 | "Did My Time" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 12 |
| 2003 | "Did My Time" | Modern Rock Tracks | 17 |
| 2003 | "Right Now" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 2003 | "Right Now" | Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
| 2004 | "Y'All Want a Single" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 23 |
| 2004 | "Everything I've Known" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 30 |
The limited edition version contains a DVD and a scrapbook (same size as a normal CD booklet) of photos from the band's personal collection, including some pictures of them trying to get signed and their first gigs.