Untouchables (album)

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Untouchables
Unto album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Korn
ReleasedJune 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)
RecordedApril–November 2001
StudioConway Studios (Hollywood, California)
The Village (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length65:00
Label
Producer
Korn chronology
Issues
(1999)		Untouchables
(2002)		 Take a Look in the Mirror
(2003)
Alternative cover
Untouchables re-release w DVD.jpg
Limited edition with bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Here to Stay"4:31
2."Make Believe"4:37
3."Blame"3:51
4."Hollow Life"4:09
5."Bottled Up Inside"4:00
6."Thoughtless"4:32
7."Hating"5:10
8."One More Time"4:39
9."Alone I Break"4:16
10."Embrace"4:27
11."Beat It Upright"4:15
12."Wake Up Hate"3:12
13."I'm Hiding"3:57
14."No One's There"
  • "Here to Stay (T-Ray's Mix)" (hidden track on limited edition)
9:24
Total length:65:00

Notes

Bonus DVD
  1. "Here to Stay (Live at Hammerstein)"
  2. "Here to Stay (Performance Version)"
  3. "Thoughtless (Performance Version)"
  4. "Got the Life (Live at Hammerstein)"
2002 leaked version track listing
No.TitleLength
1."From Your Heart" (original title for "Blame")3:54
2."Chasing Me" (original title for "Make Believe")4:42
3."Full of Sorrow" (original title for "Bottled Up Inside")4:03
4."Tear Me Down" (original title for "Thoughtless")4:35
5."In Place" (original version of "Embrace", contains an extra outro that was removed in worldwide release)4:49
6."I Want to Be Gone" (original version of "I'm Hiding", contains an extended final chorus that was shortened in worldwide release)4:33
7."Here to Stay"4:32
8."Falling Through Time" (original title for "Hollow Life")4:10
9."All My Hate" (original version of "Wake Up Hate", contains an extended final chorus that was shortened in worldwide release)3:28
10."Leave This Place" (original title for "No One's There")5:02
11."Corners of My Mind" (original title for "One More Time")4:42
12."Help Me Stay Alive" (original version of "Beat It Upright", contains an extra intro that was removed in worldwide release)4:25
13."Make It Go Away" (original title for "Alone I Break")4:18
14."Everything That I Could Find" (original title for "Hating")5:09
Total length:62:22

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [81] Platinum70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [82] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [83] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [84] Platinum1,000,000^
Venezuela [85] Gold10,000 [85]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

Notes

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