Does This Look Infected?

Composition The album is more aggressive, darker and heavier and has fewer elements of pop music than Sum 41's previous studio album, All Killer No Filler (2001) Critics have categorized the album as punk rock, The album uses elements of hardcore punk, thrash metal, horror punk, and D-beat. Ultimate Guitar editor Jorge Martins described the album, as well as its follow up, as "fantastic examples" of merging "pop punk with thrash, NWOBHM, and alt-metal" and the band in general as a band who "perfected the art of combining punk rock and metal". The song "Thanks for Nothing" also includes elements of hip hop. The music on Does This Look Infected? has been compared to bands such as the Offspring, P.O.D., Metallica, Rancid, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Bad Religion, NOFX, Green Day and Additionally, the track "Mr. Amsterdam" has drawn comparisons to the music on the album Waking the Fallen by Avenged Sevenfold, which was released the following year. The track "Billy Spleen" has drawn comparisons to post-hardcore bands Fugazi and Quicksand. Lyrics The album's lyrical topics are darker than the lyrical topics on All Killer No Filler. The song "Mr. Amsterdam" is about an embittered man. Whibley said, "'Mr. Amsterdam' is sort of about a guy who hates everything, very bitter person who kind of hates the world." He explains, "He's against the world." The song is also about the complacency of pop culture in 2002, the year that Does This Look Infected? was released, and technology that was new during the year that the album was released. == Artwork and title ==

The cover for Does This Look Infected? shows drummer Steve Jocz dressed as a zombie. It was chosen months before the title. The album's release was almost delayed because the band members did not have a name for it on time until Whibley thought of the name Does This Look Infected?. The whole band laughed at the idea and chose it. The same idea was also used on the band's EP Does This Look Infected Too?, except Jocz was replaced with Whibley, also dressed as a zombie. ==Reception==

Critical reception Does This Look Infected? has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, the album has 75 out of 100. E! Online said that it "has a clutch of songs that mix chord-y abandon with raging rock riffs--and a heck of a lot of good times". Blender also gave it a positive review, saying, "So Sum 41 have grown up... a little.... It's all relative, and, crucially, it still rocks." Commercial performance Does This Look Infected? debuted at number eight on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 17,000 copies in Canada in its first week. The album gained commercial success, with singles "The Hell Song" and "Still Waiting" mainly gaining success on the modern rock charts. The album has since sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide, but the album did not have as much success as the band's previous album "All Killer No Filler". Legacy The album was included at number 28 on Rock Sounds "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list. The band toured to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2012, and its 15th anniversary in 2018, playing the album in its entirety. Whibley himself stated he was not satisfied with how the album was mixed, stating "I’ve always, always hated the way this album sounds. I hated it in the studio and it still bothers me. The demo I made myself at home sounded better than the final mix." In February 2025, former drummer Steve Jocz ranked Does This Look Infected? as his favorite Sum 41 album he has worked on. == Track listing ==

Bonus DVD The unedited version includes a bonus DVD which is entitled ''Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's''. The DVD has footage of Sum 41's alter ego band, Pain for Pleasure, titled "Reign in Pain", as well as various humorous segments like "Going Going Gonorrhea", "Campus Invasion" and "Pizza Heist and Other Crap". Also included in the DVD are the Pain for Pleasure tracks "Reign in Pain" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2", the Autopilot Off songs "Long Way to Fall" and "Nothing Frequency", the No Warning songs "Short Fuse" and "Ill Blood", and some web-links. ==Personnel==

Sum 41 • Deryck Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar; drums on "Reign in Pain (Heavy Metal Jamboree)" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2" • Dave "Brownsound" Baksh – lead guitar, backing vocals • Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass • Steve "Stevo32" Jocz – drums; lead vocals on "Reign in Pain (Heavy Metal Jamboree)" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2"; rapping on "Thanks for Nothing" Production • Greig Nori – producer • Ben Sanders – additional vocal recording assistant • Ian Bodzasi – assistant engineer • Steve Chawley – assistant engineer • Chris Gordon – assistant engineer, additional engineer • Brian Montgomery – assistant engineer • Ross Petersen – assistant engineer • Anthony Ruotolo – assistant engineer • Owen Tamplin – assistant engineer • Phil Wakeford – assistant engineer • Josh Wilbur – Pro Tools engineer • Ed Krautner – engineer, additional engineering and mixing • Femio Hernandez – additional engineer • Joel Kazmi – additional engineer • L. Stuart Young – additional engineer • Dan Moyse – drum technician • Artie Smith – guitar technician • Tony Vanias – recording administration • Andy Wallace – mixing • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant • Tom Lord-Alge– mixing on "The Hell Song" • Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York City • Bernadette Walsh – production coordinator • Morning Breath – album design • Jonathan Mannion – photography ==Charts==

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