''Cold'' is the debut studio album by American

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. The album produced two singles: "Go Away" and "Give".

Background

Regarding the album's producer

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, vocalist

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stated "Ross is, to me, the best metal producer you can get. He just drags the heaviness out of everything, like with Slipknot. It's amazing what he does. When you record with Ross one time, you gotta give it your all. You have to go off like you would onstage." When they began recording the album in 1997, Cold were known as Grundig. During the recording process, Ward learned that German stereo manufacturer

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was trying to sue him and the band for $300,000 over use of its name. Ward reflected "I thought, what are you talking about? We don't have any money. Everybody was throwing names around.

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guitarist, said he had a great idea: Cold. It was the perfect name. It fits the music." The album is copyrighted from 1997, despite being released in mid-1998. It was meant to come out on November 18, 1997, but was pushed back.

Track listing

All tracks written by

Release and reception

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gave the album four out of five stars stating "Cold's songwriting isn't always great and they're too concerned with adolescent angst and horror ('Everyone Dies,' 'Insane,' 'Serial Killer,' etc.), but the band's sound is fully formed, resulting in a strong debut." Although the album didn't have excellent sales and lacked heavy promotion, it was ranked the eighth-best album of 1998 by ''

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'' magazine. A music video was shot for "Give" in 1998, featuring cameos by both Davis and Durst.

Personnel

Cold *

– vocals, guitar, percussion, piano *Kelly Hayes – guitars, backing vocals *Jeremy Marshall – bass, backing vocals *

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– drums, backing vocals Additional musicians *

– additional vocals *Chuck Johnson – additional percussion *Krystal Atkins – female vocal on "Strip Her Down" *

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– additional vocals on "Blame" and "Go Away" Production and management *Production and recording:

*Executive producer:

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*A&R for Flip:

*A&R for A&M: Larry Weintraub *Mixed by

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: All tracks except "Ugly" and "Strip Her Down" *Mixed by

: "Ugly" and "Strip Her Down" *Engineered by: Richard Kaplan *Assisted by: Chuck Johnson and Rob Agnello *Mastered by:

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Artwork * Art direction: John Otto and Cold * Photography: Matthew Barnes * Paintings: Sam McCandless

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cold (Album) Cold (band) albums 1998 debut albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Ross Robinson Flip Records (1994) albums