See You on the Other Side

Infobox Album | Name = See You on the Other Side
Type = Album
Artist = Korn


Released = December 6, 2005
Recorded = April 6, 2005 - June 18, 2005 at Jonathan Davis's Home Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre = Alternative metal
Length = 61:06
Label = EMI, Virgin
Producer = Jonathan Davis, Atticus Ross, and The Matrix
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qzarqj4rojka~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/korn/albums/album/8934399/review/9130618/see_you_on_the_other_side.htm link]
*musicOMH.com Rating|3|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums5/korn-2_1205.htm link]
*IGN Rating|4|5 [http://music.ign.com/articles/675/675668p1.html link]
*Billboard (positive) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=121196&aid=744735 link]

Singles
Name = See You On the Other Side
Type = Studio
single 1 = Twisted Transistor
single 1 date = November 21, 2005
single 2 = Coming Undone
single 2 date =
flagicon|USA March 13, 2006
(Worldwide) June 12, 2006
single 3 = Politics
single 3 date = September, 2006 | Last album = "Greatest Hits, Volume 1"
(2004)
This album = "See You on the Other Side"
(2005)
Next album = "Live & Rare
(2006)"|

"See You on the Other Side" is the seventh studio album by Korn. It was released on December 6, 2005, by Virgin Records. It is their first album without long-time guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and the last album with long time drummer David Silveria. The working title was "Souvenir of Sadness". The album was first certified gold on January 12, 2006 and subsequent platinum record certification was awarded on March 16, 2006.

With regards to the album's musical direction, Jonathan Davis quoted,

The album was recorded in Jonathan Davis' home studio which was used for the "Take a Look in the Mirror" album and "Queen of the Damned" soundtrack and score.

The first single, "Twisted Transistor", was premiered on 102.1 The Edge, and was released on November 212005. Brent Decker e-mailed the disc jockey of the night, Ayo, with a request to play the rumored single.

The album was ranked 2nd in Ultimate Guitar Archive Top 10 albums of 2005 poll (user-based). It is very notable achievement considering the date of its release.cite web| url= http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/features/the_best_albums_of_2005.html
title= Ultimate Guitar Top 10 Albums of 2005| accessdate= April 25| accessyear= 2007]

As of January 1, 2006 the album has sold 530,807 copies in US alone in its month of debut. [ [http://tvbb.zap2it.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=236077&page=0&fpart=10&vc=1 TV and Movie Forums] ]

The album was "officially" leaked onto the Internet one week before it was officially released by MTV.com (for streaming only).

As of January 1 2007, it has sold approximately 1,800,000 total copies worldwide (626,000 copies in US alone) [ [http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/msg/15006/0/0/0/ PSW Recording Forums] ] during year 2006 (excluding sales from December, 2005 - the month of its premiere). [ [http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=1287 Undercover Music Magazine] ] . And went on to sell 1,103,476 copies by the end of 2006. Total sales in excess of 2,300,000 copies.

The cover of the album, and entire album art is made by Jonathan Davis' friend , New York surrealist, David Stoupakis, and based on the lyrics from the song "Seen It All".

cquote|I'm just a child with a tears in its eyes, I'm holding this gift that is broken

What do I have left now?

Critical reception

On average, "See You on the Other Side" generally received much warmer critical reception than the previous studio album, "Take a Look in the Mirror", scoring a Metacritic average of 64 [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/korn/seeyouontheotherside?q=Korn Metacritic Review: See You on the Other Side] ] . Reviewers appreciated the band's desire to experiment and noted that the album combined well their signature sound with the freshness that producers The Matrix and Atticus Ross added to the band's sound. [ [http://music.ign.com/articles/675/675668p2.html IGN Review: See You on the Other Side] ] Commercially, the album was successful, proving that Korn can still remain on the top of the charts, staying in Billboard Top 100 pop albums chart for 34 straight weeks. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Albums Billboard: Top 100 albums chart] ]

Track listing

*The album contains 14 to 16 tracks depending on the version purchased, and a special edition of the album contains 20 to 22 tracks plus 2 live performance videos.

#"Twisted Transistor" – 4:12
#"Politics" – 3:17
#"Hypocrites" – 3:50
#"Souvenir" – 3:50
#"10 Or A 2-Way" – 4:41
#"Throw Me Away" – 4:41
#"Love Song" – 4:19
#"Open Up" – 6:15
#"Coming Undone" – 3:20
#"Getting Off" – 3:25
#"Liar" – 4:14
#"For No One" – 3:37
#"Seen It All" – 6:20
#"Tearjerker" - 5:05

*Later prints of the album had the song "Twisted Transistor" at a length of 3:08, the 1:04 that was removed was in the pre-gap.

Bonus disc

#"It's Me Again" – 3:35
#"Eaten Up Inside" – 3:18
#"Last Legal Drug (Le Petit Mort)" – 5:15
#"Twisted Transistor" (Dante Ross Mix) – 3:29
#"Twisted Transistor" (Dummies Club Mix) – 7:53
#*Multimedia tracks: "Twisted Transistor" and "Hypocrites" (live, recorded in Luzhniki Arena in Moscow, Russia on September 22, 2005)

B-sides

#"Too Late I'm Dead" - 3:27
#"Inside Out" - 3:25
#"Appears" - 3:00

*Three more bonus tracks, that are not featured on the regular release of the album, "Too Late I'm Dead," "Inside Out," and "Appears" are available on some international releases of the album, or on the CD singles.

Personnel

*Jonathan Davis - vocals, bagpipes
*James "Munky" Shaffer - guitar
*Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - bass
*David Silveria - drums
*Atticus Ross - producer, songwriter, keyboards, strings
*The Matrix - producer, songwriters

Miscellaneous

*The band wrote most of this album and employed the songwriting team known as "The Matrix" to help refine the sound of the album, giving them a more radio friendly sound in the process.
*The band actually went through many producers during pre-production before deciding on The Matrix and Atticus Ross. Dallas Austin, Linda Perry, Glen Ballard, and Mark Hudson also tried out.
*Two of the songs (Coming Undone and Hypocrites) were used in advertisements for the CBS drama Criminal Minds.

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