All Wound Up...
is the debut
studio album
by American
rock band
It was released
independently through
the band's own
record label,
E. K. Records Company,
in February 1997.
The album was pressed
four different times
before being picked up by
Republic Records/Universal Records
in June 1998.
It was slightly edited
and remixed
(with some unlicensed samples removed),
fully remastered
and given a new artwork
and layout,
and re-released by
the major record labels as
Godsmack
in August 1998.
The band never
considered this
to be a
demo release;
they considered it
the same release as
Godsmack.
Different Editions
According to the album's
liner notes,
frontman
Sully Erna
performed all of the drums
on the album
because the band's
original drummer,
Tommy Stewart,
had departed
before the
recording session.
The band's
second drummer,
Joe D'Arco,
only joined after
the album
was recorded,
though he later
recorded the bonus track
"Whatever"
with the band in
February 1998.
When D'Arco was fired
in April 1998,
his name was not removed
from the
1998 re-presses
of the album,
but Stewart was
eventually given credit
when the album was
re-issued as
Godsmack.
Four different versions
of this album exist.
The first and the second edition
only differ because
of a member misprint
in the booklet.
The misprint of the
first edition mentions
"Tony" (Rombola)
also on drums.
That's corrected in
the second edition,
where you can read
"Joe" (D'Arco) on drums.
The third edition's
characteristic feature
is an added bonus CD
with the track
"Whatever"
included on it.
The fourth edition
differs from all the others
in two cases:
The hidden track at the end
of the eleventh track,
"Witch Hunt",
is removed and a
twelfth track,
"Whatever"
not mentioned elsewhere
on the release
is added.
"Going Down"
later appeared on
the soundtrack
to the film
Mission: Impossible 2
as well as the band's
second studio album
Awake.
Track differences
to the album
Godsmack
Beside slight overall differences
concerning the mix,
there are some more significant
differences between
All Wound Up... and Godsmack.
- "Moon Baby": There are more people sounds in the part from 2:39 to 4:10.
- "Immune": The guitar sound at the end isn't fading out.
- "Time Bomb": The intro is mixed significantly louder.
- "Keep Away": This version is about 20 seconds longer, because the intro of "Situation" on Godsmack is put at the end of "Keep Away" here.
- "Situation": This version is about 20 seconds shorter, because the intro featured on Godsmack is missing here. It is put at the end of "Keep Away" instead.
- "Stress": No differences
- "Bad Religion": This version includes a spoken intro.
- "Get Up, Get Out": This version is about two minutes longer, because it includes the intro "Someone in London", that is a separate track on Godsmack.
- "Now or Never": No differences
- "Goin' Down": No differences to the version, which was released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Godsmack.
- "Voodoo": The vocals at the beginning are mixed more in the foreground significantly.
- "Witch Hunt" (hidden track on first, second and third edition): No differences
- "Whatever": No differences
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