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| • | Word Up! - Korn, Blackmon, Larry | | • | Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1, 2 & 3 - Korn, Waters, Roger | | • | Y'All Want a Single - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Right Now - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Did My Time - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Alone I Break - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Here to Stay - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Trash - Korn, Davis, Jonathan [Ko | | • | Somebody Someone - Korn, Davis, Jonathan [Ko | | • | Make Me Bad - Korn, Davis, Jonathan [Ko | | • | Falling Away from Me - Korn, Welch, Brian | | • | Got the Life - Korn, Davis, Jonathan | | • | Freak on a Leash - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Twist - Korn, Davis, Jonathan [Ko | | • | A.D.I.D.A.S. - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Clown - Korn, Arvizu, Reggie | | • | Shoots and Ladders - Korn, Welch, Brian | | • | Blind - Korn, Korn [1] | | • | Freak on a Leash - Korn, Korn [1] |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: KORN
Title: VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 10/05/2004
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Genre: HEAVY METAL
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 An Incredible Body of Work November 28, 2004
44 out of 52 found this review helpful
Korn's been around the music scene for a long time now, with their debut album released ten years ago. It's hard to believe that it's been that long, but since then Korn has only gotten bigger and bigger. Some people started getting into them when they got widely popular, and then there are some like me who were there right when the first album came out and they didn't have too many songs playing on MTV or the radio. Korn's "Greatest Hits Vol. 1" has been in the making for years, and it is finally out. A band like Korn deserves to have their own Greatest Hits album, and it is finally here.
The album works backwards, from their most current work ("y'all want a single") to their very first single ("blind"). The album contains 19 tracks, and three of those are extra songs, including a remix of "freak on a leash." At first, I thought it'd be better for them to start with their earliest work and then go from there, as you'd be able to see how much their music has evolved, but when I listened to the album in whole, I really liked how it was constructed. The album contains all of the popular hits that we've heard many times on the radio or have seen music videos for.
I think this album really does the band justice, even though there are songs that I wished had made it onto the album that didn't. That's the nature of these "Greatest Hits" albums. They can only really include the well-established songs rather than the overlooked ones. All of the famous hits are here: y'all want a single, right now, did my time, alone I break, here to stay, trash, somebody someone, make me bad, falling away from me, got the life, freak on a leash, twist, a.d.i.d.a.s., clown, shoots and ladders, and blind. The album also includes, "word up," "another brick in the wall" and "freak on a leash (Dante Ross mix)." You can also expect a bonus DVD that includes some live performances.
Korn's "Greatest Hits Vol. 1" is a great representation of all of the years that this great band has provided us with excellent music. It's nice to see that after all of these years that they're still going strong. I still don't know if they'll ever top their first album, but they always put out great music. While other bands come and go, Korn is definitely here to stay, and they won't be forgotten. -Michael Crane
Korn's finest hour October 31, 2004
35 out of 41 found this review helpful
The time is right for Korn's first greatest hits album. It is the right time because 2004 is Korn's 10 year anniversary. 1994 saw the first release of Korn's six great albums, an album which essentially created a genre (nu-metal). Now that's something to celebrate!
However the time is also wrong. Korn HAVE evolved over the course of their ten year career, with albums like "Follow the Leader" (which melded rap and rock) and "Untouchables" (a heavier, robust sound). However, Korn's latest studio album ("Take a Look in the Mirror") saw the band going back to their roots (and sounding like their first two albums, "Korn" and "Life is Peachy"). So, this retrospective (which goes in reverse chronological order) proves that Korn haven't really gone anywhere in their career.
With that said, this is a great compilation. As previously mentioned, it goes in reverse chronological order; starting with two new covers that the band recorded in early 2004 and ending with their 1994 self-titled debut (an album that many believe to be the best hard rock album of all time.)
The first song, a cover of Cameo's rap hit "Word Up", is an instant hit. The cover, which is actually not all that far removed from the original, is very catchy. It has Manson-esque vocals and has a good beat. The next song, "Another Hole in the Wall", is a heck of a lot better than I thought it was going to be. With the dark theme and shout-along-chorus, Korn make it seem like they were almost meant to play this song. Guitarist Head does a great job of reciting the guitar solo, and the song ends with a bone-chilling whisper of "Goodbye world, goodbye."
The next set of songs comes from 2003's "Take a Look in the Mirror." "Ya'll Want a Single" is a bit of a weird transition from "Another Brick in the Wall", but it is nonetheless a very enjoyable song that needs to be on here. It has a bobbing beat that at times is almost rap influenced. "Right Now" and "Did My Time" are not only personal favorites, they are great representations of the band (dark, angry and agressive).
The next cuts come from 2002's "Untouchables." Only two songs are represented from that album. "Alone I Break" is the closest thing to a ballad Korn have ever made (it includes Blue Man Group-esque drums), while "Here to Stay" (one of Korn's most popular singles) is almost the exact opposite. It's ultra-heavy guitars, "boom-boom" beat, relateable lyrics and mosh-worthy bridge make this another personal favorite.
The next four tracks come from 1999's "Issues." It's pecilular why "Issues" should get the most space on the CD, especially seeing how Korn omitted "Thoughtless" (their third single from "Untouchables") in favor of "Trash" (a song that was not a single.) But, oh well. "Issues" was a very underrated album; it deserves four songs on here. "Trash" is a creepy song with sick and twisted lyrics, "Falling Away From Me" is a moshpit ready hit single with big guitars, and "Somebody Someone" and "Make Me Bad" are both very catchy, as well.
It's also a bit strange why Korn's most popular album, "Follow the Leader", which went quintuple platinum, only has space for two songs on here. While a third song ("Children of the Korn", maybe) would have been welcome, the two songs, "Got the Life" and "Freak on a Leash" are both excellent songs and fan favorites. "Got the Life" includes a "gluey" bassline and a disco beat influenced chorus. "Freak on a Leash" is a good example of how Johnathan Davis can go from calm to absolutely crazy.
The next two songs (again, only two!) are from "Life is Peachy." My favorite song from this album ("Good God") is missing, but the two songs that are represented are, again, great songs. "Twist" is a 49-second scat-laden riot and "A.D.I.D.A.S." is a perverted sing-along song.
The next three tracks are from Korn's self-titled debut. Nothing can be said about them that hasn't been said before. They are classics to the metal scene. Note, however, that these last five songs sound quite similar to the songs from "Take a Look in the Mirror."
The CD ends with the Dante Ross remix of Freak on a Leash. There are numerous songs (rarities and demos) that could and should have been substituted for this song. However, don't quibble over it too much. It is a good remix (one that you could almost dance to) and the end is a good place for it.
So, in conclusion, this album is a great compilation of tried and true classics. It's a must for all of the children of Korn (especially hardcore fans and completionists.) If nothing else, atleast buy this for the two cover songs and the mini-concert DVD ("Live at CBGB's in New York").
Love 'em or hate 'em, Korn are here to stay (as the title, "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" suggests). I just hope they will evolve a little more in the second half of their career.
 A different opinion, 9 years later March 16, 2005
13 out of 25 found this review helpful
One of the harder things I've had to do was come to grips with the fact that the most beloved band of my teen years was little more than a manufactured group of unoriginal hacks who did more to hurt heavy music than they did to revitalize it.
I can still remember those "good ol' days". I was a foul mouthed angsty suburban teen with really bad dreadlocks and a penchant for pants that where the size of parachutes. And Korn where literally my gods. They where the end all be all to me in terms of how heavy and unpleasantly aggressive music could be. I had vague understandings of genres like thrash metal and hardcore punk, but I dismissed them as dinosaur "80's s*&^". Well, times change and so do people. I grew out of being a malcontent who was swimming in immature adolescent angst and opened my self up to the world culturally, artistically and musically. Now revisiting the band that dictacted so much of how I presented myself as a person, I'm quite embarrassed.
Korn wheren't really anything to begin with. They did not pioneer the nu metal sound. The "new" metal sound had been around years prior thanks to bands like Helmet, Prong, and the ever-amazing Faith No More, among others. The problem was these bands where not content to pander to Top 40 demands and where too far removed from what your average mainstream listener could digest. So with the decline of grunge the music industy saw their next cash cow. Korn where obvious fans of the aforementioned bands and helped to plot a takeover of the next big thing in rock spot left vacant by grunge. The hip hop-influenced sound and attitude, the screaming, the deliberately un-metal approach that nu metal offered was very easy for kids who where more familiar with alternative rock and rap to get into than they where with metal other than Black Album-era Metallica. The lyrics focused on unsavory topics such as child abuse, depression, more child abuse, more fascination with death and more angst. It perfectly clicked with immature little twerps like me who where quick to say "I hate my parents" because they wouldn't let us stay up to play Playstation. Suddenly Korn where an unstoppable force, and an entire legion of colorful bands sporting dreadlocks, sung-then-rapped vocals and DJ's in their fold came into the scenario. Metal and rock music suffered grievously as a result.
Like many former Korn fans, I got into extreme metal and hardcore. But I also opened myself up to music like jazz, classic rock and reggae and I simply am not nearly as angry as I used to be. When last I heard, Brian "Head" Welch became a born-again christian and left the band, which is a pretty embarrassing yet fitting final chapter in Korn's history. I see high school kids wearing Shadows Fall and Avenged Sevenfold shirts and actually talking about how to play complicated arpeggios which is a far cry from people I went to school with who where deadset on copying Wes Borland and Munky's oh-so-brilliant 7-string slopfests. Nice to see people actually playing the bass instead of slapping it ineptly as well.
Oh well, goodbye Korn. I think you guys should call it a day.
How I hate Korn... July 17, 2005
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Remeber back before '96, when music required talent, and there was no such thing as sellout. But then Metallica released Load, and that whole 32 years (since '64) of true music vanished. New Metallica, Korn, and Limp Bizkit were the first of the new wave of nu-metal bands that plague music still today. And while Metallica mainly stuck to dark alternative/grunge sounds (cough** sellouts **cough) Korn went and RUINED metal!
Now, as a guitar player I feel as though I'm being slapped in the face listening to 2 Korn songs back to back. Why? Because they are EXACTLY THE SAME! They are all drop D, they are all in the 6th and 7th string, and they all have the same f**king 5 notes in each f**king song! Dream Theatre were the first to make use of 7 string instruments (yeah F**K YOU KORN!) and they know how to play them too! Korn are so damn generic it's sickening! Now we have to put up with Limp Bizkit (will they just go away?), Linkin Park, and Papa Roach...gee, thanks f**kers!
If you still want to buy this then A.) you are between the ages of 8 and 8 1/2, B.) You are an MTV obsessor, or C.) There is something wrong with your mind, and you should be in an asylum right now!
Oh, right, not helpful. I feel so bad. (Sarcasm)
My greatest hits cd came blank! POLL August 15, 2005
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
My greatest hits cd came blank, you know why, because they didint have any hits...if you say they suck, click yes, if not, im sorry that im the one to tell you this...but you were born without taste in music....sorry...sorry.)...Im sorry for comming off as a jerk, but i just favor music over...whatever this is...Listen to some rock n roll, metal, or blues
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