Untitled
by Korn
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2007
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Their best since 1999's "Issues."
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  2. Billboard
    80
    Korn is one step closer to crafting an album built for arenas and headphones alike.
  3. The New York Times
    70
    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.
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    The California band's doomy gothic arias sound unsettling and bold once more. [Sep 2007, p.91]
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  6. Blender
    60
    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').
  7. Rolling Stone
    50
    This album sounds like his band's final aria--the death scene.
  8. Village Voice
    50
    Much of the music bears little resemblance to the down-tuned chug-and-glug found on the band's early records.
  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    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.
  10. Drowned In Sound
    50
    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.
  11. Hot Press
    50
    What the world needs now is love, sweet love. Instead we get a new Korn album. Oh well.
  12. AllMusic
    40
    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.
  13. PopMatters
    40
    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.
  14. Sputnikmusic
    40
    Korn feel tired, bland and dated.
  15. NOW Magazine
    40
    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.
  16. Spin
    40
    Even with precisely triggered drums and sensuously distorted bass lines, the band seems stuck in place. [Sep 2007, p.138]
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  17. The A.V. Club
    25
    Untitled should make no sense to any sentient being older than 18, but that isn't ageism, it's practical marketing

Awards & Rankings

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#30 Most Discussed Album of 2007
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#83 Most Shared Album of 2007

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 178 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 128 out of 178
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 178
  3. Negative: 26 out of 178
  1. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    7
    When Korn released "See You" in 2005, I hated it so much that I've stopped listening to the band all together... then when they announcedWhen Korn released "See You" in 2005, I hated it so much that I've stopped listening to the band all together... then when they announced "Korn III" in 2010, I've decided to check out this album sometimes called "Korn II", "Evolution" or "we're so uninspired that we don't know how to call this". The album was a big surprise to me, because I didn't hate it. I've actually liked what I've heard. Untitled is an experimental album but not sh**** experimental like "See You" was. We get a couple of amazing songs here like "I Will Protect You", "Killing", "Starting Over", "Evolution", "Hold On" and the bonus track "Sing Sorrow". There's also a calm song called "Kiss", which I actually really like. There's one song on Untitled that was written with the s*** pop producers from See You and that's "Love and Luxury"... this song is wack and hard to listen to. Also another b-side from this "Overture or Obituary" is a nice song... it should have been included on the standard version of the album. All in all this album is not a tragedy... it's a good piece of music... it's not a full on nu-metal record, but it has nu moments and the experiments for most of the album actually work... I wish "See You" never existed and this was the album Korn would release in 2005... then I wouldn't have to stop listening to the band for 5 years... Pickens approves!… Full Review »
  2. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    7
    When Korn released "See You" in 2005, I hated it so much that I've stopped listening to the band all together... then when they announcedWhen Korn released "See You" in 2005, I hated it so much that I've stopped listening to the band all together... then when they announced "Korn III" in 2010, I've decided to check out this album sometimes called "Korn II", "Evolution" or "we're so uninspired that we don't know how to call this". The album was a big surprise to me, because I didn't hate it. I've actually liked what I've heard. Untitled is an experimental album but not sh**** experimental like "See You" was. We get a couple of amazing songs here like "I Will Protect You", "Killing", "Starting Over", "Evolution", "Hold On" and the bonus track "Sing Sorrow". There's also a calm song called "Kiss", which I actually really like. There's one song on Untitled that was written with the s*** pop producers from See You and that's "Love and Luxury"... this song is wack and hard to listen to. Also another b-side from this "Overture or Obituary" is a nice song... it should have been included on the standard version of the album. All in all this album is not a tragedy... it's a good piece of music... it's not a full on nu-metal record, but it has nu moments and the experiments for most of the album actually work... I wish "See You" never existed and this was the album Korn would release in 2005... then I wouldn't have to stop listening to the band for 5 years... Pickens approves!… Full Review »
  3. Garys2o
    Dec 6, 2022
    10
    Nice album. It's possible to see to inspiration of the band for innovate. I really like this
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