Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)

Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999. The album has industrial elements, most notably on their cover of Shock the Monkey. The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several keyboardists, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of Orgy, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit and production assistance from Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. It is the band's most successful album since disbandment and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.

Chamber Music
Studio album by Coal Chamber
Released	September 7, 1999
Recorded	Hoboken, New Jersey 1998–1999
Genre	Nu metal
Length	55:14
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Josh Abraham
Coal Chamber chronology
Coal Chamber (1997) Chamber Music (1999) Dark Days (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
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Content

With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn and White Zombie who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album.[2] Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey," featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey," and the song received notable radio airplay for a time, the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US.[3]

The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Scream 3.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mist" (Instrumental)	0:43
2.	"Tragedy"	2:51
3.	"El Cu Cuy"	4:22
4.	"Untrue"	3:26
5.	"Tyler's Song"	2:49
6.	"What's in Your Mind?"	3:55
7.	"Not Living"	3:50
8.	"Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover feat. Ozzy Osbourne)	3:42
9.	"Burgundy"	2:11
10.	"Entwined"	3:49
11.	"Feed My Dreams"	2:55
12.	"My Mercy"	4:04
13.	"No Home"	5:09
14.	"Shari Vegas"	3:16
15.	"Notion"	3:27
16.	"Anything But You"	4:42

Personnel

Coal Chamber B. Dez Fafara – lead vocals Meegs Rascón – guitars, backing vocals and keyboards on "Untrue" Rayna Foss-Rose – bass Mike "Bug" Cox – drums

Production Jay Baumgardner – mixing Amir Derakh – additional mixing David Bianco – mixing on "Tyler's Song", "What's In Your Mind?" and "Feed My Dreams" David "The Rave" Ogilvie – mixing on "Shock The Monkey" Chad Fridirici – engineering Brian Virtue – engineering Mike Parnan – additional engineering Troy Van Leeuwen – technical assistance Josh Abraham – producer

Guest musicians

• Brian Levine – strings arrangement
• Troy Van Leeuwen – keyboards
• Brian Virtue – programming
• Josh Abraham – keyboards and programming
• Ozzy Osbourne – guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey")
• E. Blue – keyboards and guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey" and "My Mercy")
• Anthony "Fu" Valic – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
• Phil Western – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey")
• Aimee Echo – guest vocals (on "Burgundy" and "My Mercy")
• Jay Gordon – keyboards (on "Burgundy")
• Amir Derakh – percussion synth (on "No Home"), keyboards (on "Notion"), micromoog (on "Anything But You")
• Georgie the Pug – panting (on "Shari Vegas")
• Jay Baumgardner – keyboards (on "Notion")
• DJ Lethal – freaky fractures (on "Notion")

Chart positions

Album

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1999	Chamber Music	UK Albums Chart	21

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1999	"Shock the Monkey"	UK Singles Chart	83
1999	"Shock the Monkey"	US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	26

References

1. "Chamber Music - Coal Chamber". Allmusic.
2. Chris Gramlich (1 October 1999). "Chamber Music review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
3. "METALLICA NUMMER 3 DER SOUNDSCAN-ERA - Metallica Fanpage - metallicamp.de".