| Chamber Music | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Coal Chamber |
| Cover: | Coal_Chamber-Chamber_Music.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1998–1999 |
| Studio: | Long View Farms (North Brookfield, Massachusetts)
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| Genre: | Nu metal, gothic metal[1] |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Producer: | Josh Abraham |
| Prev Title: | Coal Chamber |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Dark Days |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Chamber Music is the second studio album by American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released on Roadrunner Records on September 7, 1999. The album has industrial elements, most notably on their cover of "Shock the Monkey". The shift in sound was influenced by the involvement of several keyboardists, such as Jay Gordon and Amir Derakh of Orgy, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit and production assistance from Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. It is their second-most successful record and achieved moderate commercial and positive critical success.
With this record, Coal Chamber purposely distanced their sound from that of Korn who they were often compared to because of the prominent influence on Coal Chamber's debut album.[2] Many of the songs on Chamber Music are notably more melodic than that of its predecessor. Their cover of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey", featuring guest vocals by Ozzy Osbourne, helped launch the band into the mainstream music scene as well. A music video was produced for "Shock the Monkey", and the song received notable radio airplay for a time. The album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 48,000 copies in its first week;[3] it had sold over 272,000 copies in the US by March 2002.[4]
The song "What's in Your Mind?" opens with a lengthy example of backmasking. The song "Tyler's Song" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Scream 3.
All songs written by Mike Cox/B. Dez Fafara/Rayna Foss/Miguel Rascón except where noted.
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 70 |
| US Billboard 200[5] | 22 |