I'M AFRAID TO BE ALONE
AFRAID YOU'D LEAVE ME
WHEN I'M GONE
I'M AFRAID TO
COME BACK HOME
Dysfunction
is the second
studio album
by American rock band
released on
April 13, 1999,
by Flip Records
and Elektra Records.
It is the band's
first studio album
released on a
record label.
Staind
self-released
their debut album
Tormented
in 1996.
On October 23, 1997,
the band met
Limp Bizkit vocalist
Fred Durst.
Durst was initially
appalled by
Tormented's
graphic artwork,
and refused to
sign Staind,
but changed his mind
after being impressed
with the
band's performance.
Durst signed the band to
Flip/Elektra
and helped the
band record
Dysfunction.
Staind
promoted
Dysfunction
through touring and
sampler cassettes.
Continuing,
but expanding on,
the dark alternative metal
and nu metal sound
displayed on
Tormented,
Dysfunction
features a varied
increase of singing
and screaming,
emotionally
vulnerable lyrics
inspired by singer
Aaron Lewis' life,
with a noticeable
increase of
melodic sections.
Although still similar to
Tormented
in tone,
Dysfunction
is more melodic,
has an absence of
lo-fi production,
and,
despite prominent
moments of screaming,
features more
clean singing than
Tormented.
Critics compared
Dysfunction
to various bands,
including
Korn,
Coal Chamber,
Spineshank,
Nothingface,
Deftones,
Tool,
and
Alice in Chains.
Dysfunction
received mostly
mixed reviews
upon release;
some critics praising
Lewis' vocals and lyrics,
as well as
Murshok's
guitar playing,
while some criticized
the album for being
repetitive in terms of
song structure.
Despite little success
upon release,
the album grew into
mainstream popularity
at the end of 1999
with the success of
the singles
"Just Go",
"Mudshovel"
and
"Home",
eventually peaking at
number 74
on the
Billboard 200 chart
in November
of that year.
After the release of
Staind's next album
Break the Cycle
(2001),
Dysfunction
experienced a resurgence
in popularity
and reached number 1
on Billboard's
Top Pop Catalog
Albums chart.
In February 2004,
the album was
certified double platinum
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA),
signifying the shipment of
two million copies
in the United States.
TRACKLIST
Just Go
Me
Raw
Mudshovel
Home
A Flat
Crawl
Spleen
BONUS
Excess Baggage
(Hidden Track) [*]
Me
(Live Acoustic) [*]
Home
(Live Acoustic) [*]
Black
(Live Acoustic) [*]
Turn The Page
(Live Acoustic) [*]
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