Issues may not be the cathartic blast of anger their debut was, nor is it as adventurous as Follow the Leader, but it better showcases the sheer raw power of the band than either.
Issues, Korn’s fourth studio album, the band moves from catharsis to careerism.
A session with ”Issues” is likely to leave you feeling as if you’ve just come out of a blackout following a three-day bender, greeted by the certainty that whatever just transpired was horrendous.
To have succeeded this far, using relatively simple means, I raise the glass, but I dare not drink from it.
The Mona Lisa of Nu Metal
Issues is easily Korn's best album and the best Nu Metal album of all time. Extremely consistent all the way through with fantastic production, incredible hooks, and vocal performances. Fantastic. One of the greatest nu-metal/alt-metal albums that really made me somewhat like Korn in the first place. Every single song is mindblowing, just absolutely incredible.
I have literally nothing bad to say about this. Not 1 thing. Love it all the way through.
I ... read more
(rereview)
this is it, the best KoRn album.
every and i mean EVERY song hits, even the interludes hits.
i'm going over every track talking about it and giving it a score (with this album it's all 10s)
Dead
this interlude to "Falling Away From Me'' is about Jonathan feeling nothing, so he feels dead.
the bagpipes are a nice touch as well, as i imagine Jonathan playing the bagpipes when he feels dead.
the mantra Jonathan says, ''All I want in life is to be happy'' has a depressing but real ... read more
❄🎄⛄ The December Challenge Day 2⛄🎄❄
List: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/flapjack483/list/281651/the-december-challenge-2024-/
The prompt: a nu metal album you've never heard before
The album: Issues by Korn
I've only heard one Korn album before this, that being their self-titled debut. That is one of the most iconic nu metal albums out there, mainly because it was basically the first one. The icon status of that album and a lot of the tracks on it (Blind, Shoots ... read more
| 1 | Dead 1:12 | 77 |
| 2 | Falling Away from Me 4:30 | 95 |
| 3 | Trash 3:26 | 89 |
| 4 | 4U 1:42 | 75 |
| 5 | Beg for Me 3:54 | 83 |
| 6 | Make Me Bad 3:55 | 89 |
| 7 | It's Gonna Go Away 1:30 | 71 |
| 8 | Wake Up 4:07 | 83 |
| 9 | Am I Going Crazy 1:02 | 70 |
| 10 | Hey Daddy 3:44 | 82 |
| 11 | Somebody Someone 3:47 | 88 |
| 12 | No Way 4:07 | 81 |
| 13 | Let's Get This Party Started 3:41 | 82 |
| 14 | Wish You Could Be Me 1:07 | 64 |
| 15 | Counting 3:38 | 82 |
| 16 | Dirty 7:50 | 85 |