Issues is the fourth studio album by Korn. It was released on November 16, 1999 through Immortal Records. The album was promoted throughout 2000 by the band’s highly successful Sick and Twisted Tour. In October 1999, Korn posted Falling Away from Me on their website as a free MP3 download. A statement on the band’s site recounts:
“We’re so excited about the new album that we wanted to give all of you true Korn fans a gift from us.”
Also at this time, the band attempted to start an online email chain, posting the letter online and asking fans to email the letter to 10 other people and then sign the guestbook “Download the single from Free Korn” on the band’s site. . For every person who signed, Korn donated 25 cents to the Childhelp USA and Children of the Night charities. Raised over $250,000.
The album featured four different covers, each designed by Korn fans as part of an MTV contest (the winning cover, sent in a pizza box, was designed by Alfredo Carlos; another album cover for the special limited edition of the album features a half-caricature caricature for the band). A fifth cover was also selected for the limited tour edition of the album. 2nd-place cover design Artwork by Vince Queau, Album, 3rd place cover design by Brad Lambert and 4th-place cover design by Jamil “Phoenix” Clarke.
Tracklist:
- Dead
- Falling Away from Me
- Trash
- 4 U
- Beg for Me
- Make Me Bad
- It’s Gonna Go Away
- Wake Up
- Am I Going Crazy
- Hey Daddy
- Somebody Someone
- No Way
- Let’s Get This Party Started
- Wish You Could Be Me
- Counting
- Dirty
The song Dirty ends at 3:43, with the rest of the song is the static or white noise.
In the advance version, this song ends at 3:46 without the static, followed by an alternative version of Am I Going Crazy. This version does not contain the reversed channel and has a different mix in the drums and no bass.
Korn
Jonathan Davis: vocals, bagpipes, additional drums on (Dead, Trash, 4 U, It’s Gonna Go Away, Wish You Could Be Me and Dirty), additional drum programming
Fieldy: bass guitar, additional drum programming
Munky: guitars
Head: guitars
David Silveria: drums
Additional personnel
Jeffy Lube: additional drum programming
Brendan O’Brien: producer, mixing
Nick DiDia: recording
Tobias Miller: additional engineering, editing
Stephen Marcussen: mastering
Andrew Garver: digitally editing
Bryan Cook: assisting
Karl Egsieker: assisting
Ryan Williams: engineering
Jeff Kwatinetz: executive producer
The Firm: executive producers, management
