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No surprises here. Issues, Korn's fourth album, is intense, misanthropic, depressed and a full-on raging metal beast. It mixes the power and distortion of their self-titled 1994 debut with the more melodic thrust of Follow The Leader. It will sell millions to disaffected fans all too able to identify with singer Jonathan Davis's disenchantment with life. This is one gloomy, antagonistic, sprawling monster of a record. On the bagpipe-laden "Dead", the gravel-throated vocalist roars "All I want is to be happy", while "Beg For Me" sees him pleading, "Please give me some of it back/The feelings that I had." The music is relentless; occasionally spooky ("Hay Daddy"), occasionally reminiscent of Led Zepellin's Eastern phase ("Somebody Someone"), but always unforgiving. Your parents definitely wouldn't approve. --Everett True
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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"Issues" is not the self-titled, nor is it "Life Is Peachy" or "Follow The Leader". Issues is an amalgamation of that triplet, with many new and amazing sounds thrown in for good measure. "Issues", overall, is fairly different to the other three albums, but it can easily be said that Korn have developed and expanded their sound noticeably with every new offering. This album should not be put down for being different to the other three, as it has elements that are easily linkable with them, but has many new, exciting and brilliant-sounding ideas in there. The album opens showcasing Jonathan's bagpipe playing abilities in "Dead", and stays consistantly different from everything else available throughout the entire album.
There are, it could be said, "typical" Korn songs in here, but none of them are without a sort of shine that is not present in any of the other albums. 4U, on the other hand, is a very different beast. This track sounds like nothing else produced by Korn, and might seem too tame or "strange" to some, but I believe it is one of the highlights of the album. "Hey Daddy" is another prime example; it sounds very different to any of their other works, but is the best track of the entire album in my opinion. Munky and Head put the trademark seven stringed guitars to good use throughout the track, and create some truly amazing-sounding sequences. Jonathan's vocal talents are also employed brilliantly, ranging from soft to heavy throughout the track, and a very effective distortion is placed upon his voice at one point. In fact, the whole group is put through their paces in this song, and come out sounding their best yet.
Jonathan is also on top form in the lyrics department, presenting us with the familiar emotions of hate, anguish, pain and sadness, which sounds through in many of the tracks. "Make Me Bad", a fairly "typical" Korn song, it could be said, is an excellent example of this, with a typically dark, sinister overtone.
"Issues" is standard Korn stuff; only more advanced! Korn are not ones to be known for their steadfastness - they're forever moving, forever developing. People who put this album down for not being like the self-titled need to take note of a comment by Head - they've moved on. These "fans" are not really fans of Korn, they are fans of hard metal. True Korn fans will see the brilliance, the genius of "Issues". It is a truly unique album, and has pride of place in my collection. Highly recommended, worth every penny.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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this album has a lot more soul and melody than its three predecessors and yet it still manages to carry over the emotion and in some parts, the anger of the first two albums. you can listen to this one however you like? sit back and relax or jump around and tear your hair out to lose some frustration. highlights on this album include falling away from me, trash, make me bad, no way and Dirty amongst many others. theres also the good old bag pipes thrown in for good measure. this is a brilliant album and korn fan or not, you cant go far wrong with this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Korn release their fourth album and this one is the darkest. It may be said that the self titled album was the best, although 'issues' seems to better that with deep haunting riffs and emotional lyrics which seem to fit superbly together. There are many good tracks here, 'falling away from me' with the haunting guitars which grab your senses along with 'trash' 'make me bad' 'hey daddy' 'beg for me' 'somebody someone' 'wake up' 'lets get this party started' and lets not forget the last track 'dirty' which is also impressive. Along with these tracks comes short songs which some people may call fillers but the intro 'dead' sets a great starting point for the album along with haunting and dark anguished cries in tracks 4,7 and 9. There are a few weaker tracks 9 excellent ones more than merit this album with five stars. People may see Korn as a band for teenagers and the lyrics a commercial cry out. However, the lyrics are dark and deep and genuine and proves Korn stand out from the rest of quite frankly 'shoddy' nu metal bands. The album has great choruses along with the threatening dark riffs where the album can genuinely make you r emotions change to suit this album. So seeing as i bought this album for £1.50 on here second hand, i feel it was the best £1.50 ever spent!
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Don't follow the leader - THIS is the best Korn album!
It would have been easy for Korn to mess this up. Their massive selling 'Follow the Leader' album came out just one year before this and made them household names in America. Read more
Published 11 months ago by theone&only
5 stars easy if your a korn fan
To start off issues is for anyone getting into korn. issues and see you on the other side are korns best albums by far and from the 1st track dead i was hooked on this album. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2009 by Gandhi the ginger mister
No corn - all Korn
Get wrapped up in this excellent Korn-fest of distopia, angst, hate and the darker side of things, with this ear bashing album. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2008 by E. Jones
The Final Chapter
Issues is the fourth Studio album by the band Korn and has sold over 5,000,000 copies worldwide. This album featured four different covers each designed by Korn fans as part of an... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2007 by J. A. Taylor
Korns Masterpiece
For me this was Korns masterpiece, although the first 3 albums prior to this were masterful affairs in themselves. Read more
Published on 27 July 2007 by Gertrude Stein
Good - but far from top form...
I guess it depends on what you want from Korn, but this album left me wanting. It's good, I still listen to it from time to time, but it's not Korn at their best by far! Read more
Published on 20 May 2007 by Ms. E. L. Bullimore
Amazing
Their second best effort thus far, not quite as good as Follow the Leader, but amazing all the same.
Published on 31 Jan 2007 by Bane2
more melodic take on korns twisted souls
it is always sad when an album you once loved starts to fade in time and interest fades,however when i first heard this album many years ago i noticed something was wrong,or should... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2006 by sean paul mccann
You would end up having issues if you live without it
Korn's third album to follow up from 'Life Is Peachy', and one of their best, along with their self titled debut. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2005 by metal_munke77
No Issues with this album!
Probably their best album to date, some of the songs are unbelievable. Best songs on the album are Dirty, Let's get this party started, wake up, make me bad, 4U,no way and falling... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2004 by "tree154"
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