13 Ways to Bleed on Stage

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13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
Cold - 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage.jpg
Studio album by
Cold
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
RecordedFebruary–June 2000
StudioAmethyst Digital, Los Angeles, California
Studio X, Seattle, Washington [1]
Genre
Length48:31
Label
Producer
Cold chronology
Cold
(1998)		13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
(2000)		 Year of the Spider
(2003)
Singles from 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
  1. "Just Got Wicked"/"Confession"
    Released: 2000
  2. "No One"
    Released: 2000
  3. "End of the World"
    Released: 2001
  4. "Bleed"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
PopMatters mixed [2]
Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

13 Ways to Bleed on Stage is the second studio album by American rock band Cold, released on September 12, 2000. With four popular singles, it gained substantial commercial success, achieving gold status, and landed Cold in the mainstream rock scene.

Contents

Background and recording

About a year prior to recording 13 Ways, the band enlisted guitarist Terry Balsamo; frontman Scooter Ward, who had sung and played guitar, wanted to focus solely on singing. After trying a few musicians from Los Angeles, Cold chose fellow Jacksonville native Balsamo, who'd played with its members since the age of 18.

The main song structures for 13 Ways were written prior to entering the studio. Using C tuning (the main tuning used in Cold's catalog), the band then experimented with various sounds and dynamics in the studio. Balsamo primarily used an Ibanez RG570 and Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier. [8]

It is often considered as Cold's darkest record. The album has a Parental advisory on the cover art for strong language and dark graphic themes such as drug addiction and its consequences, relationship troubles, and social indifference. Guest vocalists include Aaron Lewis of Staind and Sierra Swan who would also appear on the band's next album.

Album art

Cold's second album marked the first appearance of the band's spider logo and corresponding text. Its CD booklet design depicts a tattered old book held shut with rubber bands. The liner notes feature morbid figure illustrations and imagery of X-Acto knives and other cutting utensils.

Touring and promotion

Following the album's release, Cold toured for a year and a half to promote it. They embarked on a three-week tour with 3 Doors Down and a month with Marilyn Manson before joining Limp Bizkit and DMX on the Anger Management Tour for a few weeks. Cold (along with the Offspring, Weezer, Social Distortion, Incubus and Adema) was on the bill for the first annual Inland Invasion, which took place on August 25, 2001, and was hosted by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ. [9]

Singles for the album included "Just Got Wicked", "End of the World", "No One" and "Bleed". All of the said tracks had music videos which saw moderate airplay on MTV2. The majority of singles from 13 Ways also received significant radio play and were instrumental in launching Cold into the mainstream music scene.

"Just Got Wicked" appears on MTV: The Return of the Rock, Vol. 2, ECW: Extreme Music Vol. 2: Anarchy Rocks, and the soundtrack to the video game Jet Grind Radio . "No One" is featured on the soundtrack to the film A Walk to Remember .

Commercial performance

The album debuted at #174 on the Billboard 200, [10] selling 6,251 copies in its first week. [11] It later peaked at #98, staying on the chart for 27 weeks. [12] Five months after its release, it had sold 81,046 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan. [13]

In February 2002, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies. [14]

As of 2003, the album has sold 467,000 copies in the US. [15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Scooter Ward; all music is composed by Cold

No.TitleLength
1."Just Got Wicked"4:00
2."She Said"4:08
3."No One" (featuring Sierra Swan)3:17
4."End of the World"3:04
5."Confession"3:49
6."It's All Good"3:43
7."Send in the Clowns" (featuring Aaron Lewis)4:13
8."Same Drug"3:43
9."Anti-Love Song"3:10
10."Witch" (featuring Sierra Swan)3:48
11."Sick of Man"4:04
12."Outerspace"3:37
13."Bleed" (featuring Aaron Lewis) (also known as "Thirteen" after 9/11)3:57
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
14."Ghost in Here" (Demo)2:48
15."Bizarre" (Demo)3:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. [16]

Cold

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [17] 98
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Acoustic EP

An acoustic EP was released as a free bonus disc with the purchase of 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage.

Track listing

  1. "No One (Acoustic)" – 3:16
  2. "End of the World (Acoustic)" – 3:37
  3. "Just Got Wicked (Acoustic)" – 3:59

Track 1 & 3

  • Mixed by Ross Hogarth at Master Control
  • Produced by Cold

Track 2

  • Mixed by David J. Holman
  • Produced by Cold

Credits

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