Issues by Korn, album cover

Album

Issues

Released16 November 1999

LabelEpic

Popularity75.2

Also cited15 November 1999

nu metal alternative metal heavy metal industrial rock

Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗Podcast cover

Issues is the fourth studio album by the American nu metal band Korn, arriving in November 1999 on Epic, with Immortal also credited as a label. It followed Follow the Leader (1998) and came before Untouchables (2002), so it sits right in the middle of the band's most commercially active stretch, working in the nu metal and alternative metal territory they had helped define.

The record was taken out on the road throughout 2000 on the Sick and Twisted Tour, which proved a highly successful run for the band. If you want to hear where Korn stood as the nineties turned into the new millennium, Issues is a good place to start, and it makes a natural companion to the albums either side of it.

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Podcast · Episode 25 · 1 h 26 min

Korn – Issues

0:00 / 1:25:45

Unraveling Korn’s Issues: Nu-Metal’s Defining Album

Album deep dive

Unraveling Korn’s Issues: Nu-Metal’s Defining Album

27 October 2024

Issues: tracklist, credits and charts

16 tracks · 53:15

Tracklist

1DeadDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria1:12
2Falling Away From MeDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria4:31
3TrashDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:27
44 UDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria1:42
5Beg for MeDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:54
6Make Me BadDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:55
7It’s Gonna Go AwayDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria1:31
8Wake UpDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria4:08
9Am I Going CrazyDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria0:59
10Hey DaddyDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:44
11Somebody SomeoneDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:47
12No WayDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria4:08
13Let’s Get This Party StartedDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:41
14Wish You Could Be MeDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria1:07
15CountingDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria3:38
16DirtyDavis, Fieldy, Head, Munky, Silveria7:50

Produced by: Brendan O’Brien
Executive producer: Jeffrey Kwatinetz
Recorded at: A&M (Hollywood, California), Southern Tracks (Atlanta, Georgia)
Recorded: July–September 1999
Mixed by: Brendan O’Brien
Engineered by: Karl Egsieker, Tobias Miller, Ryan Williams, Bryan Cook, Nick DiDia
Mastered by: Stephen Marcussen
Artwork: Alfredo Carlos, Jamil Clarke, Brad Lambert, Aimée Macauley, Vince Queau
Photography: Kevin Kerslake
Label: Epic
Length: 53:15

Line-up

Jonathan Davis · bagpipe, vocals, membranophone
Fieldy · bass guitar · guest
Head · electric guitar · guest
Jeffy Lube · drum machine · guest
Munky · electric guitar · guest
David Silveria · membranophone · guest

Singles

“Falling Away from Me” · 6 December 1999
“Make Me Bad” · 1 February 2000

Peak chart positions

Chart	Peak
US Billboard 200 · 1999	1
UK Albums Chart · 1999	37
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1999	1
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 1999	1
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 1999	2
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) · 1999	2
New Zealand Albums · 1999	2
Portuguese Albums (AFP) · 1999	2
Finnish Albums · 1999	4
Greek Albums · 1999	6

All 24 charts

European Albums (European Top 100 Albums) · 1999	8
German Albums · 1999	9
Norwegian Albums · 1999	10
French Albums · 1999	12
Austrian Albums · 1999	13
Dutch Albums · 1999	13
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1999	19
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 1999	28
Hungarian Albums · 1999	28
Scottish Albums · 1999	37
Italian Albums · 1999	41
Swedish Albums · 1999	42
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 1999	44
Swiss Albums · 1999	86

Certifications

Region	Certification
Australia · 1999	2× Platinum
Canada · 1999	2× Platinum
Germany · 2001	Gold
Mexico · 2001	Gold
Netherlands · 2000	Gold
New Zealand · 1999	Platinum
Poland · 2001	Gold
United Kingdom · 2013	Gold
United States · 1999	3× Platinum

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia 1999-11-16 vs 1999-11-15 (musicbrainz)

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	15 November 1999
Wikipedia infobox	16 November 1999
Wikidata	1999
US release	16 November 1999	earliest US date
UK / Europe release	15 November 1999	earliest UK or European date

15 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
—	US	Epic	886978795427	other
1999	AU	Epic	9399700068627	other
1999	US	BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.		other
1999	MX	Epic	7509949635920	other
15 November 1999	XE	Epic	5099749635920	original
16 November 1999	US	Epic	074646371015	other
16 November 1999	US	Epic	074646371022	other
16 November 1999	US	Epic	074646223925	other
16 November 1999	XE	Epic	5099749635999	other
22 November 1999	US	Immortal Records		other
2000	XE	Epic	5099749785069	other
1 January 2000	JP	Epic Records	4988010811389	other
3 August 2011	JP	Epic	4547366060409	other
9 April 2015	XE	Music on Vinyl	8713748980122	other
2016	XW	Epic	074646371022	other

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fanarttv	1000×1000	upscaled