• Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Nov 21, 2003
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 163 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 9 out of 163

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  1. Oct 4, 2022
    8
    Album nie tak dobry jak jego poprzednik ale to wciąż kawał solidnej roboty. Świetny klimat i potężne brzmienie.
  2. Feb 8, 2022
    7
    Right Now,Break Some Off,Did my Time and Y'all want a single are pretty good songs.No boring songs. All songs are interesting and fun. I suggest you listen. Much better than the previous album
  3. Feb 20, 2019
    10
    This is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have the chance to hear the best Korn songs such as: Right Now, Break Some Off, Counting On Me, Here It Comes Again, Deep Inside, Did My Time, Everything I've Known, Play Me, Alive, Let's Do This Now, I'm Done, Y'All Want A Single and When This Will End. I knowThis is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have the chance to hear the best Korn songs such as: Right Now, Break Some Off, Counting On Me, Here It Comes Again, Deep Inside, Did My Time, Everything I've Known, Play Me, Alive, Let's Do This Now, I'm Done, Y'All Want A Single and When This Will End. I know that I just listed all the songs from the album, but all of them are amazing... there's not a single weak point here. The band hates this album and it's to be expected... they hated each other and had many problems while making this album... and this is why Take A Look in The Mirror is their most genuine record to date... sincere emotions, not a single fake thing about this record. I encourage you to take a look in the mirror... if you're like me, you'll love what you'll find there. Pickens approves! Expand
  4. Jul 25, 2018
    10
    This is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have the chance to hear the best Korn songs such as: Right Now, Break Some Off, Counting On Me, Here It Comes Again, Deep Inside, Did My Time, Everything I've Known, Play Me, Alive, Let's Do This Now, I'm Done, Y'All Want A Single and When This Will End. I knowThis is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have the chance to hear the best Korn songs such as: Right Now, Break Some Off, Counting On Me, Here It Comes Again, Deep Inside, Did My Time, Everything I've Known, Play Me, Alive, Let's Do This Now, I'm Done, Y'All Want A Single and When This Will End. I know that I just listed all the songs from the album, but all of them are amazing... there's not a single weak point here. The band hates this album and it's to be expected... they hated each other and had many problems while making this album... and this is why Take A Look in The Mirror is their most genuine record to date... sincere emotions, not a single fake thing about this record. I encourage you to take a look in the mirror... if you're like me, you'll love what you'll find there. Pickens approves! Expand
  5. Oct 23, 2016
    8
    Far from Korn's most inventive work, the band still brings enough angry edge to make this album worth listening to. There's a raw quality to the sound. Davis' guttural screams and heavy base mix well with the angsty lyrics to create a very aggressive, if unrefined, sound.

    This also isn't the group's deepest writing. The songs are very in your face with their message. That's not a bad
    Far from Korn's most inventive work, the band still brings enough angry edge to make this album worth listening to. There's a raw quality to the sound. Davis' guttural screams and heavy base mix well with the angsty lyrics to create a very aggressive, if unrefined, sound.

    This also isn't the group's deepest writing. The songs are very in your face with their message. That's not a bad thing. Sometimes it's just nice to listen to some music that does an excellent job of saying exactly how you are feeling by getting directly to the point and cutting out the frills. The whole album is basically about the hate and rage that comes from being in bad situations. Because sometimes you've just got to say "I'm pissed. Stay away or get hurt."

    There is a certain rushed feel to it that can make some songs come off as kind of sloppy. Yet, when all is said and done that angry tone and oh so Korn groove to the album still make for a great listen. It's got just the right amount of edge.
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  6. Jul 6, 2016
    7
    Undeniably good. However, to me, it feels like a lesser version of Untouchables. "Right Now", "Did My Time" and a few other songs are very classic Korn by now, really cool, but most of the album doesn't hold up that well anymore. It sounds aggressive and heavy, and that's great, but it lacks originality. I'd say it's a good record, it really is, but not as good as the previous 5 albums.
  7. Sep 24, 2015
    8
    Take a Look in the Mirror doesn't have the same grand sound that its predecessor Untouchables has, but what it lacks in grandness is its raw and intense sound that makes Korn a great, fearful and foreboding force in the world of the much-despised world of nu metal.
  8. Sep 13, 2015
    10
    This album is really heavy!All the songs are very good, especially Did My Time and Counting On Me! They wanted to make a heavy record and they did it.
    Great job!
  9. Nov 8, 2014
    10
    Underated Album, KoRn Rules, "Right Now" Is The Best Of The Band, Maybe The Most Brutal Album Ever Made By KoRn m/ Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  10. Oct 21, 2014
    10
    This is the best Korn album ever!!! Korn is back with a super heavy album that is by far BETTER than follow the leader, This is the best album they have ever came out with....nuf said...
  11. Aug 13, 2014
    10
    I love it and shows how KoRn is heavy , it maybe the heaviest album they have or maybe its untitled but I love this album the songs are heavy and fits right in with Jonathan's vocals and you are able to hear more of Fieldy's bass it has more power.
  12. Feb 20, 2012
    7
    An unfairly criticised effort from the nu-metal piece: TALITM reaffirms the faded fact that the genre can still sound as heavy as anything and keep enough groove to maintain its fans. 'Counting on Me', 'Break Some Off' and 'Right Now' are fantastic brutal tracks that prevent angry youthfulness from leaving the band.
  13. Aug 3, 2011
    10
    i like this album .its dark ,sad, its a bit trashy and i like it. but i think that i like it because my favorite band is nirvana ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  14. Jul 7, 2011
    7
    Back to basics... that was what the approach was supposed to be for the album "back to our heavy, aggressive roots" It does not quite reach the aim. But that doesnt mean TALITM is a bad album.
    Instrumentally and lyrically speaking, it does throwback to perhaps Follow The Leader, and in ways, Life is Peachy, but essentially, its a halfway album. It has all the Korn aspects we know and love.
    Back to basics... that was what the approach was supposed to be for the album "back to our heavy, aggressive roots" It does not quite reach the aim. But that doesnt mean TALITM is a bad album.
    Instrumentally and lyrically speaking, it does throwback to perhaps Follow The Leader, and in ways, Life is Peachy, but essentially, its a halfway album. It has all the Korn aspects we know and love. The bagpipes come out again. Jonathan does scatting. And there are pounding aggressive low end bass lines.
    All too recycled in this effort. But all in all, its a solid album.
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  15. NagyS.
    Jun 24, 2007
    10
    omg, it's amazing....great job !!
  16. KevinA.
    May 22, 2007
    9
    I liked a good majority of songs on this alblum although I do have to admit they fell of pace with this alblum
  17. DavidC
    Feb 21, 2007
    10
    this was korn going back to there roots a dark raw sound that has not been heard since LIFE IS PEACHY... thanx guys thanx for everything
  18. markp
    Aug 17, 2006
    10
    korn kicks ASS!!!!!
  19. RageMcTurpentine
    May 21, 2006
    10
    No comment needed, just sick and tired of hearing Korn and genre in the same sentence.
  20. RaymanQ
    Feb 23, 2006
    10
    First KoRn album I ever heard, and personally my favorite. I'm not saying the best, just my favorite. Songs like Counting On Me really dig deep inside.
  21. AzzA
    Dec 29, 2005
    10
    Great album - fantastic energy throughout, the most Death Metal of all Korn's releases
  22. patricks
    Dec 23, 2005
    10
    Best album ever. Whole new sound for Korn. I have listened from the beginning and this is my favorite.
  23. GoodDayMyChildTricky
    Nov 9, 2005
    7
    The Best Album From KoRn
  24. edm
    Jul 5, 2005
    10
    if u lyk metal, and i mean hevy metal, dis is da album 4 u. 4 me fanty i luv suf dat. 'Did My Time' roks my world if u dont lyk it i wil eat ur kids!
  25. somebodysomeone
    Feb 15, 2005
    9
    v good album back to basics for korn but i do agree wat G R said that jon davis tends to be screamin more on this album were the haunitin tone usally in his voice would have been better off. i think anyway
  26. andyp
    Dec 24, 2004
    9
    - Back to their Roots - death metallish vocals very effective - hard hitting tracks - excellent riffs
  27. GR
    Nov 29, 2004
    8
    I'm a die hard fan of KoRn. Of this album, sorta.. John Davis can really sing, but his voice isn't like the haunting tone it normally is. He seems to be screaming all the time, not so much as singing in his normal fashion. Other than that there's kickass guitar and Did My Time is one of their best songs they've made yet.
  28. JoshS
    Nov 16, 2004
    8
    not too bad overall a little bit wingy but keeping alive th old korn in them very mature in their vocal and instrumental overall a very good album
  29. Dan
    Nov 14, 2004
    8
    kinda cool they went back to the style of the first album on this 1. its good stuff. i give it an 8 because 'follow the leader' and 'untouchables' are better.
  30. AnthonyW
    Jul 20, 2004
    10
    Fuck all those who oppose KoRn! This has gotta be the best cd yet! KoRn are the Gods of rock......keep it up, HELL YEAH!
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. ‘Take A Look In The Mirror’ doesn’t just sound like a bad album, it sounds like a broken record.
  2. All fine in principle, except we've heard it all a million times before.
  3. Blender
    40
    Korn are ultra-confident, forgoing the blandishments of heavy-rock virtuoso conceptualist Michael Beinhorn, who produced their last album. [Mar 2004, p.121]