May 01 2024
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5
Oh man, I'm not particularly proud of this, but I straight up LOVE this album. It takes me right back to middle school and thinking this was the edgiest stuff in existence. Brings back a flood of memories and sort of holds up 30 years later. 5/5 for me.
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May 21 2024
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This sucks
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May 02 2024
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5
The song Blind is basically THE Korn song - it's the first thing I think of when people mention them, and that's probably true for lots of people. It was in something, like a crusty demons video, or some bodyboarding movie. Those were all the rage. Either way, I was right into Korn for a while before nu-metal got really annoying and Linkin Park stank up the genre. I still rate this album. It goes for too long and there's a bit of filler, but it's still a 4 and I'm gonna bump it up because there's too much folk music in these user albums. 5/5.
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May 01 2024
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4
I love Nu Metal, so an easy up for just that. And Shoots and Ladders is an incredible track that really enhances the album. However, Follow the Leader is a stronger Entry, and shows off the band's best features.
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Sep 01 2024
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4
I am not a fan of Korn. I disliked the album that was on the original list and I disliked this one immediately. However, this album is a better choice than 'Follow the Leader' and is overall more coherent. What I was really struck by was the honesty and raw vulnerability in the lyrics. The themes of bullying, and the culminating track highlighting the sexual abuse that Jonathan Davis suffered as a child really stopped me in my tracks. It also changed how I view this band. I also come from a town in California's Central Valley and understand just how bleak and futureless it often felt growing up here. Drugs took a lot of the people we grew up with, and many more were/are hurt by those who should have protected them. When I hear Korn, I hear people I know who suffered in a similar way. Four stars and I hope these guys are doing well.
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May 02 2024
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3
Korn's debut is far stronger than the really-listed album, all off-kilter funk and less ill-advised genre blending. Funny to avoid the edgier material given that we had to hear early Eminem, but who's counting. The band's not going for faux-hip, just setting down their ideas - a bunch of 'em - with verve. The album's very close to guilty-pleasure, modulo a handful of the gimmicks.
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May 31 2024
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Awful!
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May 06 2024
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4
Some lesser known songs of Korn. Can't say I'm a fan, but it ain't bad
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Jul 08 2024
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4
Rating: 7/10
Best songs: Blind, Shoots and ladders, Daddy
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May 01 2024
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3
Great rhythm, rhythmic highs of voice, excellent music...perhaps the vocals suddenly saturate and become tiring.
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May 01 2024
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3
What kind of a sick fuck adds a Korn album to the list when there's already one on here?
This was perfectly fine but didn't need to be over an hour long.
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May 01 2024
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3
Man this album was something, when it came out. It was hard, it was weird, it had bagpipes (!) and it was appealing for all those alternative kids (me being one!) to go creazy on the dancefloor on saturday night.
And that's basically what this album still is for me: Memories. Where I was and with whom, when we used to play this on the boombox at full volume. Musically however, I've moved on. Still a fun listen to revisit, but that's about it.....although some of these track still rock HARD! :-)
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May 09 2024
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3
Solid.
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Jul 12 2024
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3
Thanks for the submission. I saw these guys in 1994 and this brought back so many memories.
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Jul 19 2024
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3
Nu metal. Ni fu ni fa.
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Aug 12 2024
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3
Similar feeling as their album in the book/main list: Nothing awful, but nothing special to my ears, so 2.5.
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Aug 14 2024
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3
Korn's debut album and a better record than their album on the main list. A good pick 👍.
Rating: 3.5
Playlist track: Blind
Date listened: 20/08/24
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Aug 26 2024
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3
Korn is one of those bands that didn’t pull any punches with the music they made. Intense, vulgar, and graphic lyrics are present in this album and that can definitely deter some people. However, music like this is life to some people. These harsh realities are what people don’t want to hear when they listen to music. Korn didn’t care their hardcore nu metal sound is the perfect way to implement their dark lyrics. It’s a well done album and there are some pretty solid songs on this album. Whenever I’m in the mood korn can be a good listen. 6.8/10
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May 01 2024
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Korn has always been one of those bands I could have liked but never did. Too much now metal and not enough depth.
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May 02 2024
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Way too edgelord for me. They certainly rock hard but whole lyrical package is super skeeze.
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May 05 2024
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While the production here is commendable, this band’s music has always felt homogenous and sludgy in an unappealing way. Even with the wrenchingly honest lyricism from the frontman on the final track, the LP just felt as if it lurched from one mids-drowned riff to another without much distinction.
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May 12 2024
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Nah, can't do this one. Just not my thing.
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Sep 07 2024
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One positive thing about doing the 1001+ project is that I got to a point of real clarity about my own tastes in music. I decided that certain artists just aren't for me. Korn is one of those artists. To each their own, right?
I'm not going to rip on this album though, like I did with Follow the Leader. I actually think this is the much better album of the two and it probably should have been the one to make the original list. While FTL struck me as gimmicky and excessive in all the wrong ways, this album shows some thoughtfulness that is missing from the band's other work. Musically the band is tight and as a cohesive group of songs, this album is a pretty listenable. Jonathan Davis' vocals are on point, and far less annoying than I expected. I'm not coming back to this, but I'm glad I had a chance to consider the band in a different light. Thanks for recommending this.
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May 01 2024
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I couldn't even get through the Korn album on the actual list, and this was no different.
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Jun 05 2024
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There was already a Korn album on the list. A second one certainly was not warranted.
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Jun 22 2024
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Went in with as an open of a mind as possible and oh my god this is beyond terrible. Edgy music for 13 year old who hate their caring step parents.
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