Amen (Amen album)

Amen is the second album by the American band Amen and their major label debut, released on September 21, 1999, by I Am/Roadrunner Records. The first track on the album, "Coma America," became the band's first single. In 2001, the album was re-released with 4 new bonus tracks.

Amen
Studio album by
Amen
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999
RecordedIndigo Ranch, Malibu, California
GenreNu metal, alternative metal, hardcore punk
Length42:44
LabelI Am/Roadrunner
ProducerRoss Robinson
Amen chronology
Slave
(1995)		 ''Amen''
(1999)		 We Have Come for Your Parents
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Amen was recorded by Casey Chaos on vocals, Shannon Larkin on drums, Sonny Mayo and Paul Fig on guitar, and John Fahnestock a.k.a. Tumor on bass. The album was produced by Ross Robinson who had worked with Casey Chaos and helped him get signed to Roadrunner Records, and was released through Ross Robinson's imprint label, I Am. The album sold around 15,000 copies in its first year.[2]

Releases

In 2001 the album was re-released by Roadrunner Records and included the four unreleased songs from the single of "Coma America". At this point, Amen had already switched to Virgin Records.[3]

In 2007, Metal Mind Productions re-released the album in a new digipack edition on gold disc, digitally remastered using 24-Bit process, with a limited run of 2000 hand-numbered copies.[4]

In both cases, the band was not involved with the releases.

Track listing

All songs written by Casey Chaos.

No.TitleLength
1."Coma America"2:18
2."Down Human"3:44
3."Drive"3:08
4."No Cure for the Pure"3:23
5."When a Man Dies a Woman"3:30
6."Unclean"2:50
7."I Don't Sleep""2:25
8."TV Womb"2:38
9."Private"3:12
10."Everything Is Untrue"4:19
11."The Last Time"2:16
12."Fevered"2:28
13."Broken Design"2:23
14."Resignation/Naked & Violent"4:09
Total length:42:44
2001 Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Whores of Hollywood"1:45
16."Lovers are Killers"2:55
17."Life Crime"1:23
18."Black God"4:14

Credits

Personnel

Production
  • Ross Robinson - Producer, A&R
  • Chuck Johnson - Engineer, Mixing on "Coma America"
  • Rob Agnello - Engineer
  • George Marino - Mastering
  • Steve Evetts - Mixing (Tracks: 3, 5 to 18)
  • Joe Barresi - Mixing (Tracks 2 and 4)
  • Casey Chaos - Cover, Design Concept, Packaging Concept

References
  1. Amen at AllMusic
  2. Krgin, Borivoj. "CD Reviews - We Have Come for Your Parents". Blabbermouth.net.
  3. http://www.discogs.com/Amen-Amen/release/2738852
  4. http://www.metalmind.pl/en/metalmind_news789.html%5B%5D
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.