Blackout (Hed PE album)

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Blackout
Blackout cover.jpg
Studio album by
Hed PE
ReleasedMarch 18, 2003
Recorded2002
StudioThe Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey / Studio West, San Diego, California / Cello Studios, Hollywood, California / Chunky Style Music, Los Angeles, California / NRG Recording Services, North Hollywood, California
Genre Nu metal, [1] rap metal [2]
Length49:46
Label Jive
Music for Nations
Volcano
Producer Machine, Steve Thompson, Mike Bradford
Hed PE chronology
Broke
(2000)		Blackout
(2003)		 Only in Amerika
(2004)
Singles from Blackout
  1. "Blackout"
    Released: February 4, 2003
  2. "Other Side"
    Released: June 17, 2003

Blackout is the third studio album by American rock band Hed PE. Released on March 18, 2003, Blackout peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200, selling 28,000 copies in its first week, [3] while its title track peaked at number 21 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at number 32 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. [4] A second single, "Other Side", peaked at number 40 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. [5] The album also peaked at number 102 in the United Kingdom. [6] The song "Get Away" is featured in NASCAR Thunder 2003 produced by EA Sports. Sonny Mayo is credited playing guitar, but didn't play according to an interview with Good Company. This is the last release by the band to have two Guitarists, after Chizad quit in 2002.

Contents

Production

Jared Gomes later reflected unfavorably on the album's production, claiming that the label was trying to achieve commercial success by forcing a nu metal sound. [7] Gomes stated in 2011, "all my decisions were being overlooked by the record company I was under when producing it… causing me to hold back on things, change song structures and all other kinds of shit in order to try and get into the radio friendly scene to fit in with the nu-metal movement… and as I complied I grew to dislike what I was becoming." [7] Eventually, Gomes said, he would try to make the band's next album, Only in Amerika as uncommercial as possible, to provoke people lyrically as a backlash against the more commercial sound of Blackout. [7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Melodic.net Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Allmusic's Johnny Loftus wrote that "While it expands on melodic elements that had previously played a supporting role in the band's sound, Blackout also delivers truckloads of crushing guitar and pounding rhythm. And whether or not it is the presence of a top-line producer, (hed) pe have figured out a way to imbue their aggressive mix of heavy rock and hip-hop with some serious hooks." [8]

Legacy

Beatdust described the band as "becoming another Limp Bizkit clone" with Blackout and the previous album Broke , which were recorded to pay back the losses owed to the label to recoup the commercial failure of the band's 1997 self-titled debut album. [9] Jared Gomes has dismissed the album as "corporate junk". [10]

Track listing

Blackout
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Suck it Up" (used in the EA Sports video game Madden NFL 2003 )Jahred; Mawk3:56
2."Bury Me"Jahred; Mawk3:05
3."Dangerous"Chad; Jahred; Wes3:26
4."Blackout" (used in the EA Sports video game MVP Baseball 2003 )Jahred3:53
5."Get Away" (used in the EA Sports video game NASCAR Thunder 2003 )Jahred; Mawk3:18
6."Crazy Life"B.C.; Chad; Dj Product; Jahred; Mawk; Wes3:43
7."Half the Man"Chad; Jahred; Wes4:42
8."The Only One"B.C.; Chad; DJ Product; Jahred; Mawk; Wes3:33
9."Other Side"Jahred; Mawk3:36
10."Flesh and Bone"B.C.; DJ Product; Jahred; Mawk; Wes3:48
11."Octopussy"Wes0:44
12."Carnivale"Jahred; Wes3:59
13."Fallen"Jahred; Wes4:01
14."Revelations"Jahred; Wes4:10
Total length:49:46
UK & Japanese Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
15."Dracula"4:13

Personnel

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  2. 1 2 Melodic.net review
  3. ↑ "50 Cent Still on Top". Rolling Stone . March 26, 2003.
  4. ↑ "Charts and awards for Blackout". Allmusic . Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  5. ↑ American singles chart [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Zobbel.de - Search within 'H' section
  7. 1 2 3 Dillinger, Moses (January 24, 2011). "(HED) P.e". Beat Magazine. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
  8. 1 2 AllMusic review
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