"Take a Look in the Mirror is the best Korn CD since their first album. Korn is once again pissed off, and it reflects in the music and lyrics. There is a certain raw simplistic brutal sound that resonates through Take a Look in the Mirror, similair to that of Korn's first album. I have to admit, I was not looking forward to hearing this album, becasue of Issues and Untouchables, but I was surprised. This album is brutal."
Awesome album
Pete | The Glass Prison | 08/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Release Date: November 21, 2003
Label: Sony
Summary:
KoRn's latest album, which is a disappointment because of how well their previous albums were, still is a good and heavy album. The album starts with the second single, "Right Now", which is a good and heavy way to start an album. The next song, "Break Some Off", is the loudest and heaviest song on the album. "Counting On Me" and "Here It Comes Again" are good songs, that's all I can say about them, as with "Deep Inside". Continuing along, we come across the album's first single "Did My Time", which is just plain awesome! The next song, "Everything I've Known", has similar vocals to "Did My Time". They recently made a video for the song and it's cool, in my opinion. The next song, "Play Me", is the only song on the album I don't like that much, as it has a guest rapper and I hate rap. "Alive", "Let's Do This Now", and "I'm Done" are also very good songs and "Alive", along with the album's first two singles, is my favorite song on the album. The next song, "Y'all Want A Single", funny enough, IS the next single. It also is the the on the album with the most cursing, at 68 cuss words! The next song "When Will This End?" is another good song, but that's all I can say. There's a secret: Go into 9:45 in "When Will This End?" you get a bonus: A live cover of "One" by Metallica! From that song you get awesome vocals from Jonathan Davis. Bottom line: This album is just plain brilliant!
Song Listing/Ratings:
1.Right Now-5/5
2.Break Some Off-5/5
3.Counting On Me-5/5
4.Here It Comes Again-5/5
5.Deep Inside-5/5
6.Did My Time-5/5
7.Everything I've Known-5/5
8.Play Me-3/5
9.Alive-5/5
10.Let's Do This Now-5/5
11.I'm Done-5/5
12.Y'all Want A Single-5/5
13.When Will This End?/One (live)-5/5
Overall: 68/70=97%
KoRn will remain my favorite band no matter how bad they get.
KoRn:
-Jonathan Davis: Vocals/Bagpipes
-Brian "Head" Welch: Guitar/Vocals
-James "Munky" Shaffer: Guitar
-Fieldy: Bass
-David Silveria: Drums/Percussion
Best song: Did My Time
Worst Song: Play Me
Heaviest song: Break Some Off
Lightest song: Did My Time
Song with most swearing: Y'all Wanna Single"
From a HUGE KoRn freak
John Long | Woodbine, MD USA | 01/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"KoRn has been a band that has done so well in the past decade, with 4 awsome records and one speed bump, this is their Prime. This CD features some amazeing songs like: Everything Ive Known or Here it Comes Again. They definetly went back to their old roots...but something this great always has somethings wrong with it. In the past KoRn had been this semi Metal-Rap band, only because they had these really cool, creepy, 80's horror like "hip-hop" beats. It was this sound and the heavy, "moshable" , catchy guitar riffs that got me into absoluly loveing KoRn. They did this, and did it well, up till "Untouchables" where they kinda lost grip of it. This CD, on the other hand, gathers back all the right ingrediance in makeing one hell of an album. This album is more Metal and less Nu-Metal. Anouthe iffyr thing was Jon Davises voice. It kinda gets messed up on this album. He is an excellent singer (like hell i could screame like that the way he does live....damn), but he looses his emotion, only a little. Way back when, you could tell he was pissed off on his records because he would sing through his teeth, and really, REALLY screame, unforgivingly. It maybe just my opinion, but on this record his screameing sounds fake, and distorted, and theres less then id hoped. The songs that really stand out are....well, every song except "Deep Inside" and "When Will this End". All the other songs are pure amazement!Btw, stop complaining about "Play Me". Its an awsome song, and if you could finda anouther rapper that can flow like Nas does on this record, id like to hear it!All and all, awsome record, buy it if you havent already! I am hopefull that their next record will fully reach my strict requirements.a little off-subject but: I WANT RAGE BACK! (I cant stand Audioslave!)"
ONE OF KORNS BEST ALBUMS
John Long | 04/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I think this is one of their best albums. It seems that their first two albums were more metal/nu metal and that's how I like Korn to be most of the time. ISSUES, UNTOUCHABLES, and SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE were albums that were very much alike. The band messed around with special effects with the guitars and I like that stuff, but I like the other style a little better. FOLLOW THE LEADER was an album that was unique and had it's own style. I like their self titled album, LIFE IS PEACHY and TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR. This album was one of my favorites because I like how it brings back their older style. Another thing about this album that I liked was the bass in this album. It really stood out in a way that it never did before in this band. So this one def one of my favorites by Korn and I think the band needs to do more styles like this :)"
Korn's Return to Form!!
dklotusjuggalo | Chicago, IL | 03/08/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is Korn's most underrated album. The real reason it didn't do better is that many Korn fans had fallen off by then. Untouchables was not an album many could listen to straight through.
With Take A Look In The Mirror, the boys tried to tap into what made them big early on...and they greatly succeed. This album is dark and full of energy. Even the packaging is reminiscent of the early days.
"Right Now" is a perfect lead-off track. It's full of energy and reminds me of "good god". "Break Some Off" is the same way.
"Counting on Me" slows things down a bit, but is such a great song. Nice and dark. Even the collab with Nas is tight. Many diss because they don't like rap, but "Play Me" is a hard track. The chorus says it all.
"Alive" is from their early days, and is what "Need To" was supposed to be on their first album. Probably my favorite song on here.
"Y'all want a single" is a great diss to the suits who wanted Korn to write a single. Do yourself a favor and check out the video.
"When Will this end" is a great close to a great album. I only wish they would have kept their signature sound. They went pretty soft on See You on the Other Side. This is the only "must buy" from Korn after Issues."