All Wound Up...

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All Wound Up...
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1997
Recorded1996
StudioNew Alliance Studios, Boston, Massachusetts
Genre
Length54:28
Label E. K.
Producer
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All Wound Up...
(1997)
Godsmack
(1998)
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All Wound Up... is the debut studio album by American rock band Godsmack. [2] [3] It was released independently through the band's own record label, E. K. Records Company, in February 1997. [4] The album was pressed four different times before being picked up by Republic Records/Universal Records in June 1998. [4] It was slightly edited and remixed (with some unlicensed samples removed), fully remastered and given a new artwork and layout, and re-released by the major record labels as Godsmack in August 1998. [2] [3] [5] The band never considered this to be a demo release; they considered it the same release as Godsmack. [2] [3] [5]

Contents

Different editions

According to the album's liner notes, frontman Sully Erna performed all of the drums on the album because the band's original drummer, Tommy Stewart, had departed before the recording session. [6] The band's second drummer, Joe D'Arco, only joined after the album was recorded, though he later recorded the bonus track "Whatever" with the band in February 1998. [6] When D'Arco was fired in April 1998, his name was not removed from the 1998 re-presses of the album, but Stewart was eventually given credit when the album was re-issued as Godsmack.

Four different versions of this album exist. The first and the second edition only differ because of a member misprint in the booklet. The misprint of the first edition mentions "Tony" (Rombola) also on drums. That's corrected in the second edition, where you can read "Joe" (D'Arco) on drums. The third edition's characteristic feature is an added bonus CD with the track "Whatever" included on it. The fourth edition differs from all the others in two cases: The hidden track at the end of the eleventh track, "Witch Hunt", is removed and a twelfth track, "Whatever" (also not mentioned elsewhere on the release), is added. "Going Down" later appeared on the soundtrack to the film Mission: Impossible 2 as well as the band's second studio album Awake .

Track differences to the album Godsmack

Beside slight overall differences concerning the mix, there are some more significant differences between All Wound Up... and Godsmack .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Moon Baby"4:22
2."Immune"4:47
3."Time Bomb"3:56
4."Keep Away"5:05
5."Situation"5:31
6."Stress"5:02
7."Bad Religion"3:39
8."Get Up, Get Out!"5:31
9."Now or Never"5:04
10."Going Down"3:29
11."Voodoo" (includes hidden track "Witch Hunt" on first, second and third edition, starting at 5:37)4:36
Total length:54:28
Bonus track (only on fourth edition)
No.TitleLength
12."Whatever"3:25
Bonus CD (only available with the third edition)
No.TitleLength
12."Whatever"3:25

Personnel

References

  1. All Wound Up... at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 3 Redmon, Jess (February 1999). "Godsmack Interview". Alt Rock World. Archived from the original on October 1, 1999. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Carriere, Nicola (December 16, 1999). "Godsmack Interview". Broken Silence. Archived from the original on April 26, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "All Wound Up..." The Best I Ever Had. May 1998. Archived from the original on March 11, 2000. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "We are putting out the same CD". Blast to the Moon. August 1998. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  6. 1 2 All Wound Up... liner notes. E. K. Records Company. 1997.