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. It was their first album since the death of vocalist Dave Williams as well as the only album to feature replacement vocalist Jason Jones. The album debuted at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The album cover features porn star

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elements than Drowning Pool's previous album, '' Sinner''. Jones left the band soon after the album's release because of personal and musical differences. "Step Up” is the only song from ''Desensitized'' that is played live during today's performances. "Step Up" was featured in the 2004 film ''

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. It was also featured in the compilation album '' MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2''.

Writing and recording

Writing for the album began in 2003. Recording began towards the end of the year and was finished in March 2004. Jason Jones said most of his songs are about the struggle when he was living as a homeless man "People were like, 'Look at this fucking homeless guy,'" "It's a struggle, man, and a lot of my songs are about the struggle." Of "Cast Me Aside", Jason Jones remarked: "You get a rash of calls from people you haven't heard from in 10-12 years who are suddenly wanting to kick it again. I was like "Where the fuck were you?" You know... that whole shit of everyone loves you when you're on top kinda thing."

Track listing

Personnel

Drowning Pool * Stevie Benton – bass * Jason Jones – vocals * Mike Luce – drums * C. J. Pierce – guitar Production * Produced and recorded by

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* Mixed by

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* Additional engineering by Tadpole and James Murray * Assistant engineer at Groovemaster Recording: James Winans * Assistant engineers at

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: Jason Cupp and Alex Pavlides * Assistant engineer at

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: Misha Rajaratnam * Guitar tech: Tony McQuaid * Recorded at Groovemaster Recording in Chicago, Illinois, and Ocean Studios in Burbank, California * Mixed at

in Vancouver, Canada * Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering in Hollywood, California * Demos / Pre-production by Ben Schigel at Last Beat Studios in Dallas, Texas * Band photos: Clay Patrick McBride * Cover star:

Writing and recording

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

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