Sickness

The only thing I don't like about this album is that there are no guitar solos to be found anywhere. I guess that fits with the fact that this was Disturbed's first album, which came out when the whole nu-metal thing was in full force. There were some good nu-metal bands (like these guys, Mudvayne, and System of a Down), but for the most part I felt many bands of this type were kinda sealing their own fate. With any kind of rock band, you have to have a guitarist who is good enough to play anything. I never understood the nu-metal preference to avoid guitar solos. It just seems like they were taking the easy way out somehow. Anyway, this album is good in spike of that. The cover of Shout by Tears for Fears established Disturbed's tradition for making metal covers of songs that you wouldn't think would sound good as metal, but do.

Hark back with me, if you will, a full ten years ago this month. A then yet little-known band by the name of Disturbed hit the "nu-metal" scene with their debut album The Sickness and slowly took the rock world by storm. Their unique spin on a genre of music that was, at the time, slowly becoming stale and predictable with a swarm of Korn-wannabes stepping up was certainly refreshing. Granted their sound wasn't TOO original, but it was definitely a break from what was becoming popular. The band (vocalist David Draiman, guitarist Dan Donegan, then-bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak...who has since been replaced by John Moyer, formerly of the Union Underground...and drummer Mike Wengren) formed a powerhouse quartet, and that was evidenced by such pulsating, rhythm-driven singles as "Stupify," "Voices," and the anthemic "Down With The Sickness."A decade and three more studio albums (Believe, Ten Thousand Fists, and Indestructible) later, not a whole lot has changed. The band's sound has improved by leaps and bounds since the original release of The Sickness, with Draiman's vocal abilities more pronounced than ever before and Donegan's ever-impressive soloing, but through it all they have remained true to the style that got them where they are today. With this re-release of their debut record, the band is symbolically saying "thank you" to all of the fans who have been with them since day one. The remastering of this album makes it sound like it could have been released last month instead of ten years ago.Songs like the singles I mentioned above, as well as "The Game," "Fear," "Shout 2000," and "Droppin' Plates," sound as great and are as fun to rock out to as they were when The Sickness originally came out. But this release is more than just another useless double-dip that so many bands are fond of. Along with the original twelve tracks are: a special lenticular piece which alternates between the album's original cover and an image of the band's mascot "The Guy," a code for the band's website [...] which grants users access to clips of the recording process for their yet to be released fifth album, and two bonus tracks, "God of the Mind" and "A Welcome Burden." Granted these two additional songs were available on a couple different movie soundtracks several years ago, but it is nice to have them here as well. If you've never heard either of these, give them a listen as they are certainly among the finest in the group's catalog. The only surprise here was that the release listed Fuzz as one of the members of the band after he has long parted ways with them, but I assume this was done solely for maintaining the debut album's integrity amongst fans.The band, in the liner notes, thanks its fans for all of the support over the last ten years. No, thank you Disturbed, for crafting some of the most memorable and rocking modern metal tunes of the past decade.

I have been a fan of Disturbed Since Day 1. They are my favorite band - along with PanterA.Even if you don't like heavy metal that much i would still give this a shot. some of my friends only like rap and HATE metal with a passion. I showed them disturbed, and they cant stop listening to it. This CD is a great Debut album and every song on here is amazing in my opinion. I would also like to reccomend all of their other albums, as they are all amazing as well.This 10th anniversary edition is even better. If you are reading this review, PICK THIS UP RIGHT NOW GO AND BUY IT!!!It comes with:- all 12 songs on the original album, and they are all remastered. This isn't like normal remastering, where it sounds the same. You can really tell the difference if you listen to both the original songs, and the remastered one. Sound like brand new songs!- 2 Bonus tracks : God of The Mind, and A Welcome Burden - both very nice tracks- A card with a code on the back - if you go to the official site, you can redeem the code for a download of their DVD : Decade of Disturbed. Very cool DVD shows very early footage of the band, how they formed, how they came up with some ideas, live concerts, playing with other bands such as pantera, many cool footage clips and documentaries. You can download it in several formats:1. You can download it to just open and watch on your PC2. You can download it so that you can copy the data on a blank DVD (you can get at walmart) and play in your DVD player.3. You can download it so that you can put it on Itunes and watch it on you Ipod Touch, Ipad, Iphone, Apple TV, or any other apple device.- A very cool holographic cover. It changes from the original album cover, to their 1st image of their mascot, named the guy, as a grining face.Very cool.Out of 10, I would have to give this album a 20, Because it is my 3rd most favorite album of all time.GO AND BUY IT!!!

The cd is great. I’m starting to get into Disturbed and am slowly collecting their catalog. However every cd I get from Amazon is cracked. Every single one !

just makes you get up and go..or run..!!

This was my first fancy colored vinyl album I have bought, and I was worried it wasn't going to sound great. Luckily it sounds excellent, and does look really cool. I also usually don't like an entire album crammed onto one LP disc, but I don't really have any complaints on this one - it seems to have been mastered well and sounds really good. This is a fun listen and really gets the blood pumping. Going to have to get more Disturbed albums!

Disc was fine but the case was broken when delivered lucky me I had the case from the cd I was replacing to put it in but getting a broken case was not good, cd works fine which is what i bought it for

Listen to it all the time

所謂2000年代に氾濫したNU-METALのジャンルの中でも、System of a down・Slipknotと共に、頭一つ抜きん出たクオリティの1stアルバムだと思う。それはバンドの根底にヘヴィメタルへの愛が有ったからに違いない。その証拠にこの1st以降はラップは封印され、どんどんヘヴィメタル側の音楽へ舵を切った音楽性に変化している。しかし、この作品はNU-METALと言う、今ではほぼ絶滅してしまったジャンルの作品の中でも非常に高いクオリティの高い作品でありユニークでもある。特に4曲目の「Down with the sickness」におけるラップの使い方は、流行に合わせただけの付け焼き刃的な歌い方では無く、メタルの攻撃的な面を引き出す為に効果的に使われた珍しい曲だと思う。アルバム全体を通してもラップで歌う部分はリンプなんかよりずっと少なく良質なメタル曲が多く収録されている。リリース10周年記念として、あの「テッドジェンセン」がリマスタリングを手がけており、原盤よりベース音とシンセによる細かい音がよりハッキリ聞こえる様になってます。ジャケットは角度を変えると絵柄が変わる仕様になっており、ボーナス曲も変更されてます。 現在は無期限活動中止宣言が出てしまいましたが、復帰してまた骨太のメタルを聴かせて欲しいです。

I freakin love this Album and when I saw this on my friends youtube channel I new I had to get this record. Awesome sound I love the coke bottle vinyl.

Great cd

Sarà pure vero che il Nu Metal è invecchiato presto e male, ma quale genere musicale “devastante” non ha raggiunto l’apice velocemente per poi bruciarsi immediatamente? Se si pensa ai primi album di Deftones, Korn e band affini e quanto distanti sembrano ora quelle sonorità è roba da far riflettere. Dicevo che è invecchiato male, però a ormai vent’anni dal “botto” del 2000, si possono fare delle considerazioni (personalissime). Ogni volta che metto su (nell’impianto) un album di una band (a caso) Nu Metal mi ritrovo ad andare di handbanging che le vertebre del mio collo urlano pietà! Quando smetto, però, inizio a pensare a tutta quella musica (che inizia a diventare tanta) ascoltata a partire dai miei 15 anni, e soprattutto a “Epic” dei Faith No More, che mi sconvolse gli ascolti di adolescente. Da allora, tipo imprinting, qualsiasi miscuglio musicale mi ha esaltato, che fosse il rap che parla con il metal, la tecno che appesantisce il punk, l’elettronica che potenzia il soul, hardcore con venature reggae, il funk che ritrova il blues, qualsiasi cosa fosse “meticcia” mi ha attirato (e mi attira). A guardarci bene, a mio parere, c’è come un filo che unisce quegli esperimenti di metà anni ’80 a quello che è venuto dopo (e che continua ad esistere). E ogni scoperta, o riscoperta, o riascolto mi trova in prima fila, of course! Ma bando alle ciance (che ne faccio troppe), sto leggendo un libro sulle band e gli album di Nu Metal (è pieno di refusi non è scritto benissimo, ma colpisce l’obiettivo), così leggo dei Disturbed, e l’album consigliato è questo “The Sickness”. Occhio, la partenza ti spezza in due il collo (leggi sopra), “Voices” la traccia d’apertura è letteralmente devastante (la adoro, come aodro la versione live che è presente in questa versione dell’album). Con la seconda canzone “The Game” si ritorna nel solco del Nu Metal fatto di elettronica e metal, con accelerazioni e stop e go repentini, con il cantato che passa dalla melodia all’urlo (chi ha ascoltato le band Nu Metal conosce anche i canoni del genere), e quella che viene dopo “Stupify” resta nel solco tra cantato e rappato che affascina (mi affascina). Commento soltanto le canzoni che mi piacciono di più e Conflict è una di queste dove la rabbia si percepisce tutta quando si pronuncia incessantemente “Enemy” , ma rimango a bocca aperta nell’ascoltare la cover di “Shout” dei tears For Fears, quella canzoncina così dolce dei miei undici anni che mi ritrovo ad urlare sulle note di chitarre al limite della distorsione ed una voce cavernosa che ci rappa un po’ su. Wow! Come dare un senso al titolo dell’album “Sickness” e al nome della band “Disturbed”. Anche se sappiamo benissimo che è soltanto l’approccio che deve apparire “disturbante e malato”, per il resto ci si trova ad ascoltare una buona band, che ha scritto un buon album, e che a contribuito al movimento. Promossi sotto tutti i punti di vista.