Issues (Korn album)

During one of the band's recording sessions, journalist Chris Connelly asked about how the recording was coming along, to which drummer David Silveria responded that it "Sounds like the music is a little more simplified and heavier. Kind of heavier grooves, more than the last couple. So kind of more similar to the beginning, except Jon is a much better singer now, so it's all coming together." In October 1999, Korn posted "Falling Away from Me" on their website as a free MP3 download, although it was against the advice of its attorneys. A statement on the band's site relates: "We're so psyched about [the new album] that we wanted to give all you guys, the true Korn fans—a gift from us." Also at this time, the band attempted to start an online chain email, by posting the letter online and asking fans to email the letter to 10 other people and to then sign the "I Downloaded the Korn Single for Free" guestbook on the band's site. For each person who signed, Korn donated 25 cents to the charities Childhelp USA and Children of the Night. It raised over $250,000. The album featured four different covers each designed by Korn fans as part of an MTV contest (the winning cover, submitted in a pizza box, was designed by Alfredo Carlos; another album cover for special limited edition of the album features a cartoonish half-caricature for the band). There was also a fifth cover selected for the limited tour edition of the album. ==Release and commercial performance==

Issues went to number 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 575,000 copies, preventing both Dr. Dre's 2001 (which sold 516,000) and Celine Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song from going to number 1. To celebrate the release of Issues, Korn performed the entire album in its running order at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. On December 22, 1999, a month after the album's release date, Issues was certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of 2003 According to Nielsen Soundscan, Issues sold at least 3,200,000 copies in the United States. On Billboard year-end chart for the year 2000, Issues was at number 19. As of 2023 Issues has sold an estimated 13 million copies worldwide. Three songs from Issues were released as singles: "Falling Away from Me", "Make Me Bad", and "Somebody Someone". On December 25, 1999, "Falling Away from Me" went to number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. "Falling Away from Me" was on that chart for sixteen weeks. "Falling Away from Me" also went to number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart and number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. On April 22, 2000, "Make Me Bad" went to number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. "Make Me Bad" was on that chart for 12 weeks. "Make Me Bad" also went to number 9 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart ==Promotion and touring==

In October 1999, Korn appeared as themselves in the South Park episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", with "Falling Away From Me" being played at the end of the episode. The episode was a parody of Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and depicted the band as having a chicken-like creature named Nibblet, which was a parody of Scooby-Doo. The promotional touring cycle began with a performance on November 15, 1999, at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.. This concert saw Korn become one of the first major rock acts to play the venue, which was traditionally used by black soul and R&B musicians. While the tour was happening in March 2000, drummer David Silveria suffered a wrist injury. This led to Mike Bordin stepping in to finish the touring cycle, playing nearly 100 shows with Korn over a five month period, including shows at that year's Summer Sanitarium Tour. Korn were followed on their Sick and Twisted Tour by the MTV show Diary, with this episode being filmed in February 2000, and airing the following month. The episode also featured cameos from Brian 'Head' Welch's then-wife Rebekah Landis and their daughter Jennea, who they had in 1998. Welch and Landis divorced the following year, with Welch taking custody of the child due to Landis's meth addiction. ==Critical reception==

The album received mixed reviews. According to the band in the booklet that comes with Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 album, they did not want to be part of a popular trend and wanted to do their own thing. The band admits that with Brendan O'Brien working alongside them, they were more focused during recording because he didn't let them just fool around and party, so there was a lot less drinking this time around. In 2021, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 by Metal Hammer magazine. In 2025, Loudwire included the album in her list of "the top 50 nu-metal albums of all time", ranking it fifteenth. ==Track listing==

All songs written by Korn. ;Notes ==All Mixed Up (EP)==

All Mixed Up is an EP by Korn released as a bonus disc alongside the album Issues featuring previously unreleased mixes and a previously unreleased song. The EP was made available for purchase separately on February 9, 2001. Track listing ==Personnel==

Korn • Jonathan Davis – vocals, bagpipes, additional drums on "Dead", "Trash", "4U", "It's Gonna Go Away", "Wish You Could Be Me" and "Dirty", additional drum programming • Fieldy – bass guitar, additional drum programming • Munky – guitars • Head – guitars • David Silveria – drums Additional personnel • Jeffy Lube – additional drum programming • Brendan O'Brien – producer, mixing • Nick DiDia – recording • Tobias Miller – additional engineering, editing • Stephen Marcussen – mastering • Andrew Garver – digitally editing • Bryan Cook – assisting • Karl Egsieker – assisting • Ryan Williams – engineering • Jeff Kwatinetz – executive producer • The Firm – executive producers ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts ==Certifications==