''Disclaimer II'' is the second studio album by South African
rock band
Seether
Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion wi ...
. It is a recompilation of the band's first album, ''
Disclaimer
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'', from 2002. Although the 12 tracks from the original album are present, they have been slightly remixed and differ from the original. Also, the majority of the remixed tracks feature additional lead guitar melodies with the addition of a permanent lead guitarist to the band's line-up prior to the release of the album. This is also the first Seether album to feature contributions from their current drummer John Humphrey. In Europe, the album includes four tracks more than its predecessor; in the United States, the album has eight extra tracks, some of which had been previously released on soundtracks, such as "Hang On," which had been featured on the 2003
''Daredevil'' soundtrack and "Out of My Way," which had been featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 horror film ''
Freddy vs. Jason'' as well as the 2017 film
Transformers: The Last Knight. "Fine Again" also appeared on ''
Madden NFL 2003'' and ''
1080° Avalanche''.
A primary reason for the reworking of ''Disclaimer'' was the popularity of "
Broken." Originally a simple acoustic ballad, it was remade into an electric, duet version with vocals by
Evanescence
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frontwoman
Amy Lee
Amy Lynn Hartzler (; born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, and lead songwriter of the rock band Evanescence. Alongside her contributions with the band, Lee has also particip ...
, who was dating Seether frontman
Shaun Morgan
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (, born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Seether.
Early life
Morgan spent most of his early life in South Africa.Bottomley, CSeether: South Af ...
at the time. This new version was originally featured on the 2004 ''
''Punisher'' soundtrack'' and had an accompanying music video. Both the US and European releases include the new rendition of "Broken," and ''Disclaimer II'' subsequently became Seether's most successful album commercially. The song "Sold Me", also from ''The Punisher'' soundtrack, was used for
WWE's
Bad Blood pay per view, along with WWE also using "Out of My Way" as the entrance theme of
Zach Gowen. The song "Take Me Away" is an acoustic version of a track from their first independent album (originally as Saron Gas), ''Fragile'' (2000).
Background
The idea of releasing ''Disclaimer II'' was a record label decision. Shaun Morgan didn't want to include the new version of "Broken" with Amy Lee on the first album, because he thought the first album was finished. Eventually, the band and the label came to a compromise; they recorded extra tracks for the album, as they wanted to include it as a bonus CD. Instead, the label discontinued the first barcode on the first album (which is why ''Disclaimer II'' is considered Seether's second album) and they had to add the new version of "Broken", as it was part of the deal.
Track listing
All songs written by
Shaun Morgan
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (, born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Seether.
Early life
Morgan spent most of his early life in South Africa.Bottomley, CSeether: South Af ...
and
Dale Stewart.
*Tracks 1 – 12 are the same as on the original ''
Disclaimer
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'' album, although slightly reworked. Tracks 13 – 20 did not appear on the original ''
Disclaimer
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'' album.
Personnel
Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.
Seether
*
Shaun Morgan
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (, born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Seether.
Early life
Morgan spent most of his early life in South Africa.Bottomley, CSeether: South Af ...
– lead vocals and rhythm guitar
*
Dale Stewart – bass guitar and backing vocals
*
Pat Callahan
Pat Callahan is a guitarist, best known for his work with the band Seether from October 2002 to June 2006.
During his career with Seether, Callahan received gold records for the band's successful work on the albums ''Disclaimer'', ''Disclaimer ...
– additional guitar
Additional musicians
* John Humphrey – drums
(tracks 13-17, 20)
*
Josh Freese – drums
(tracks 1-12)
* Dave Cohoe – drums
(track 18)
*
Nick Oshiro – drums
(track 19)
* Amy Lee – vocals and string arrangement
(track 20)
* Double G — string arrangement
(track 20)
Production
*
Jay Baumgardner — producer
(tracks 1-17, 19, 20), mixing
(track 19)
* Jon Berkowitz — assistant mix engineer
* Dan Certa — engineer
* Alex Gibson — strings engineer
(track 20)
*
Emily Lazar
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— mastering
*
Bob Marlette
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— producer, and engineer
(tracks 13-17, 20), mixing
(tracks 1-17, 20)
* Jeff Moses — assistant engineer
* Jeremy Parker — assistant engineer
* Sid Riggs — Protools recording engineer
(tracks 13-17), Protools mix engineer
*
Ulrich Wild — producer and mixing
(track 18)
Charts
Certifications
References
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2004 albums
Seether albums
Wind-up Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Marlette
Sequel albums