''Chamber Music'' is the second studio album by American

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, released on

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on September 7, 1999. The album has

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elements, most notably on their cover of "

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". The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several

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s, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of

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, DJ Lethal of

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and production assistance from

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. It is their second-most successful record and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.

Content

With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of

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who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album. Many of the songs on ''Chamber Music'' are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. Their cover of

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's "

", featuring guest vocals by

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, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A

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was produced for "Shock the Monkey", and the song received notable radio airplay for a time; the album sold over 270,000 copies in the US. The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of

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. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Cox/ B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.

Personnel

Coal Chamber

* B. Dez Fafara –

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* Meegs Rascón – guitars,

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and

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s on "Untrue" * Rayna Foss-Rose – bass * Mike "Bug" Cox –

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Production

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– mixing *

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– additional mixing * David Bianco – mixing on "Tyler's Song", "What's In Your Mind?" and "Feed My Dreams" * David "The Rave" Ogilvie – mixing on "Shock The Monkey" * Chad Fridirici –

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– engineering * Mike Parnan – additional engineering *

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– technical assistance *

Josh Abraham Josh Abraham is an American record producer, songwriter, and music executive. He has worked with artists including P!nk, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Shakira, Weezer, Linkin Park, Velvet Revolver, Carly Rae Jepsen, Adam Lambert, Alk ...

– producer

Guest musicians

* Brian Levine – strings arrangement *

–

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– programming *

– keyboards and programming *

–

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(on "Shock the Monkey") * E. Blue – keyboards and guest vocals (on "Shock the Monkey" and "My Mercy") * Anthony "Fu" Valic – additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey") *

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– additional programming (on "Shock the Monkey") *

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– guest vocals (on "Burgundy" and "My Mercy") * Jay Gordon – keyboards (on "Burgundy") *

– percussion synth (on "No Home"), keyboards (on "Notion"),

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(on "Anything But You") * Georgie the Pug – panting (on "Shari Vegas") *

– keyboards (on "Notion") *

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– freaky fractures (on "Notion")

Chart positions

Album

References

1999 albums Coal Chamber albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Josh Abraham {{1990s-metal-album-stub