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Untitled
by Korn

Korn reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 51 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.3 out of 10
based on 16 reviews
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Drummer Terry Bozzio only features in half of the tracks on Korn's eighth album, which ends their current contract with Virgin.

LABEL: Virgin
RELEASE DATE: 31 July 2007
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Alternative, Rock

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly
Their best since 1999's "Issues."
80
Billboard
Korn is one step closer to crafting an album built for arenas and headphones alike.
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70
The New York Times
In setting aside its trademark sound, Korn hasn’t yet replaced it with something of its own, but at least the band is working on it.
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60
Q Magazine
The California band's doomy gothic arias sound unsettling and bold once more. [Sep 2007, p.91]
60
Blender
While his band's skeletal, rattling rhythms, swollen with synthesizer and studio ornamentation, feel more multidimensional than ever, Davis is most compelling when he retreats into the third person to describe an unnamed, uninspired singer with a "dumb-ass song" ('Ever Be').
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50
Drowned In Sound
It’s neither poor enough to warrant a panning, nor progressive enough to deserve praising to a degree where recommendation to absolute beginners is necessary.
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50
Hot Press
What the world needs now is love, sweet love. Instead we get a new Korn album. Oh well.
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50
Rolling Stone
This album sounds like his band's final aria--the death scene.
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50
Village Voice
Much of the music bears little resemblance to the down-tuned chug-and-glug found on the band's early records.
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50
New Musical Express
Korn's eighth is actually an interesting listen; as diverse as the witless art of nu-metal gets. That doesn't mean it's good. It merely leaves us with a numbing dilemma: we want to hate it, but we can't.
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40
NOW Magazine
Most bizarre are the contributions of studio drummer Terry Bozzio, known for his work with Frank Zappa, who, despite his reputation as one of rock's most talented stick men, fails to sound heavy, menacing or even relatively interesting.
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40
All Music Guide
Which may make it a change of pace for Korn, but it sure doesn't break them out of their midlife slump--if anything, it exacerbates it.
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40
PopMatters
This self-titled sounds like Korn trying to play watered-down nu-Korn, or Nine Inch Nails, or, if such prestigious tie-ins really do exist here, it's in such a heavy-handed and amateurish way that the former artists would probably run a mile from it.
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40
Sputnikmusic
Korn feel tired, bland and dated.
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40
Spin
Even with precisely triggered drums and sensuously distorted bass lines, the band seems stuck in place. [Sep 2007, p.138]
25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Untitled should make no sense to any sentient being older than 18, but that isn't ageism, it's practical marketing
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 104 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Richard F. gave it a6:
It's a solid album overall, which grows with each listen. Guilty of being slightly overproduced, and there's a distinct lack of ass-kicking riffery, but the band do manage to incorporate an eerie progressive feel to a number of tracks. This ensures that, while it may not be their finest album and they've yet to find a comfortable niche outside of their trademark "nu-metal", Korn are a band who are willing to push their boundaries and evolve.

Claus W. gave it an8:
This album, is a step up from 2005's "See You On The Other Side" and it's quite sad to see people complaining all the time, about how the band has gone downhill and I have to disagree with all of you. Expect to hear good quality music from Korn in the near future.

GeeHoneyBee gave it an8:
This album is a risky, yet terrific creative turn for the band.

Mr. West gave it a4:
All of the other albums are important to my collection. Some of the tracks on those albums weren't very good but I liked them anyway. This album .. it wouldn't really bother me if it got scratched. Doesn't catch my ear like the other albums. Maybe next time?

Cody P. gave it a3:
This is KoЯn's worst album so Far. I like the solo's, but everything else is Completely Mainstream.

Kiernan S. gave it a10:
I am a more recent Korn fan, I didn't ever really listen to them until a few years ago, when I heard some stuff from SYOTOS. I love this band, and that album, as well as Untitled. I think a lot of old Korn fans are missing one key point - that musicians and bands always change over time. I have Korn's greatest hits, and although it's ok, I don't especially like any of the songs on it (except for the first two, the new ones on the album, and "make me bad"). I think that the old Korn fans need to realize that their day has passed, and that Korn has changed along with it. Is the world exactly the same now as it was 12 years ago? No! It's all point of view - Korn has changed their music to fit new feelings, a new time period, and a new generation of fans. The band is different now than it was before, and it won't be going back - but that;s the nature of music. Old Korn fans need to realize that the band doesn't just all of a sudden suck, but instead they are a new sound for a new audience.

Jimmy R. gave it a10:
This is one of their best works and was one of my favorites from last year. I honestly dont get all the bad reviews.

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