Follow the Leader (Korn album) Puns

THIS ROUND IS OVER. GO VOTE ON ROUND 10

How it works: Vote for your LEAST favorite album out of the remaining albums. The one with the most votes will get eliminated. I'll post an updated version each day until one album is left remaining.

1. Self Titled

2. L̶i̶f̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶e̶a̶c̶h̶y̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 7]

3. Follow the Leader

4. Issues

5. Untouchables

6. T̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶L̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶i̶r̶r̶o̶r̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 6]

7. S̶e̶e̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶O̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶O̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶i̶d̶e̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 5]

8. U̶n̶t̶i̶t̶l̶e̶d̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 3]

9. K̶o̶r̶n̶ ̶I̶I̶I̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 1]

10. T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶T̶o̶t̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 2]

11. T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶r̶a̶d̶i̶g̶m̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶f̶t̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 4]

12. T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶e̶r̶e̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶u̶f̶f̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 8]

Mine is Korn (1994). I do have others, but I’m just getting back into the band after almost a year and need to listen to the albums I have a again to determine my true favourite. I remember not liking Life Is Peachy, found it a bit underwhelming? Is that just me?

I currently own: Korn Life Is Peachy Follow The Leader (vinyl) Greatest Hits

Edit: wow, good job with the title, me.

1. Korn (10/10) - best track*: blind, shoots and ladders, lies, faget and Daddy

2. follow the Leaders (10/10) - best track*: freak on a leash, dead bodies everywhere, b.b.k, children of the koRn nd my gift to you

3. isuess (10/10) - best track*: dead (intro), beg for me, Hey Daddy, trash, let's get this party started and dirty

4. take a look in the mirror (8/10) - best track*: right now, break some off, let's di this now, play me, did my time and y'all wsnt a single

5. the serenity of suffering (8/10) - best track*: rotting in vain, the hating, die yet another night, black Is the soul and Baby (bonus track)

6. the nothing (8/10) - best track*: this loss, the end begins, h@rder, Gravity of discomfort, finally free, cold, idiosyncrasy and surrender to failure

7. Life Is peachy (7.8/10) - best track*: twist, mr Rogers, kill you and no Place to hide

8. untouchables (7.5/10) - best track*: here to stay, hating, One more time, bottled up insidie, thoughtless and alone i break

9. see you on the otherside (7/10) - best track*: hypocrities, throw me away, coming undone, getting off, liar, tearjacker and 10 or a 2 way

10. kornIII: Remember Who you are (6.5/10) - best track*: oildale (leave me alone), lead the parade, move on, let the guilt go, never around, are you ready to live? and trapped underneath the status (bonus track)

11. the paradigm shift (6.5) - best track*: love & meth, paranoid and aroused and never never

12. the Path of totality (5.8/10) - best track*: Chaos lives in everything, get up! And Way too far

13. untitled (4/10) - best track*: Evolution and killing

*Best track= best track for me.

So about a month, Jonathan Davis did an interview where he was asked about doing more songs from the record, or at least being ask about KoRn performing longer shows. Jon answered back specially stating that /his voice would likely give out if he were to do more songs than the normal set list/. I forget where it was posted, but someone did post a thread about it on this subreddit about 2 months ago.

That line stuck with me the most, mainly because this is going to heavily impact the production of KoRn’s future albums and their live shows. It seems that ever since Head returning, every album so far as produce a moderate amount of songs for their live shows. Then when a new album comes, they drop most, if not all and only keep hit songs while ignoring most of their latest work.

Tbh, while I understand JD’s concern on his voice. He is getting up there in age and he can’t be screaming every night for 2 hours. However, I can’t help but to think how this will impact KoRn’s future albums. Their live shows help make their album impactful and if KoRn ends up only playing 3 songs from their latest album, only to drop them when the next one comes out? I’m not sure how I can be hyped for the next one if I know there will be a slim chance the new songs will last longer.

It almost feels like KoRn is beating a dead horse at this point, but that’s just how I feel. Anyone else getting similar vibes?

Ok, so stick with me on this one. I am an old school korn fan. Got into them around LIP time.

I think there was something special about the music that came out between albums LIP and FTL. It was the most 'korn' sounding Korn there has ever been to me. Songs like "Kick the PA" and "Proud" (I know Proud was on the demo for LIP and I don't know if it was recorded for the final LIP - but the single that was released falls into what im saying), "I can Remember", "Camel Song", "Jingle Balls (was recorded during FTL). I would not include "Sean Olsen" in this, as that seems more like 1st album sound

These songs have this sound, the guitars that go back n forth, sounding like hip hop - cypress hill like samples, JDs voice, the way Fieldy plays back between the guitars and Davids drums. Even the drum sounds we get from David. It all seems more life is peachy, However, the writing and the production seems more like Follow the leader. Brighter, more open, cleaner... more focused? Some of it, is like full on LIP sounding stuff, but with the introduction to the guitar effects you hear on Follow The Leader....

Anyways - with no real time line knowledge, I have led my self to believe this all happened between albums (not the writing, but the recording) and to me it is the perfect korn sound.

What do you think? What is your favorite Korn sound / Era? Any songs from that era that I missed?

Just list your opinions in the comments below.

Here's mine to start it off (not counting interludes):

Korn: Fav-Daddy, Least-Lies

LIP: Fav-Lost, Least-Porno Creep

FTL: Fav-Dead Bodies Everywhere, Least-All In The Family

Issues: Fav-Let's Get This Party Started, Least-Beg For Me

Untouchables: Fav-Thoughtless, Least-I'm Hiding

TALITM: Fav-When Will This End, Least-Play Me

SYOTOS: Fav-Open Up, Least-10 Or A Two-Way

Untitled: Fav-Evolution, Least-Love And Luxury

RWYA: Fav-Pop A Pill, Least-Let The Guilt Go

TPOT: Fav-Get Up, Least-Sanctuary

TPS: Fav-Love And Meth, Least-Mass Hysteria

TSOS: Fav-Insane, Least-Everything Falls Apart

I know this may sound dumb, especially coming from a guy who isn’t that familiar with his music terms, but the main thing that hooks me in is a vocal that has this kind of "flavour", like this little ring that makes it feel so much more complete, makes it stand out from most of the other bands that just sound kinda bland/generic, even a lot of the main ones, or put me off by screaming all of the lyrics. A good energetic guitar is of course appreciated but it’s just been really hard lately to find any new music with a vocal like that. Are there any other good bands that fit this memo and is there a name for this "flavour"?

In my opinion this is in their top 5 albums but that is just me personally. I want to know what everyone thinks of the nothing and where they would rank it in all of korn’s albums

do you guys think korn will ever do a Follow the Leader, Life is Peachy, or Issues album tour? honestly i'd be so fucking hyped for a life is peachy full album show. even follow the leader. I just wonder how realistic it is for them to do that. ive also seen somewhere munky has talked fondly of doing a full issues setlist in a video. i know theyve already perfomed issues in its entirety in apollo99 but just imagine them performing FTL or LIP in entirety. If they did LIP, they should bring David back to play that record just out of respect in my opinion.

Pretty cool, dont ya think?

Other then the scatted parts which songs and their parts could be consided: sing-rapping, scream rapping, spoken word rap and non commital rap off korns first two albums.

Just confused because the non scatted parts I’ve always found to hard to tell if Jonathan was singing or incorporating some kind of rap, it always seems subtle and unclear.

How it'll work: Each day I'll listen to a Korn album, multiple times if need be. I will rate each song and the album in total based on multiple factors. I want to flesh out my rating system, it'll be at the bottom of this post, so please help me decide how I'll rate songs.

About me: I'm a metalhead, plain and simple. I enjoy many different genres though, and I will remain unbiased for my reviews. For example, I am not the biggest fan of dubstep. However, I understand that just because I'm not a fan of a song or genre it does not mean it's bad. Music is subjective.

Tomorrow's Album: Korn (1993)

Rating System for a Song:

Drums: -/10

Guitar: -/10

Bass: -/10

Vocals: -/10

Lyrics: -/10

Memorableness: -/10

Short Description of things I liked and disliked about the song.

Album Rating System:

Memorableness: -/10

My Personal Enjoyment of said album: -/10

Average Score: -/10 (calculated by adding up every song's score then dividing by how many songs the album has).

That is all.

THIS ROUND IS OVER. GO COMMENT ON ROUND 7

How it works: Vote for your LEAST favorite album out of the remaining albums. The one with the most votes will get eliminated. I'll post an updated version each day until one album is left remaining.

1. Self Titled

2. Life Is Peachy

3. Follow the Leader

4. Issues

5. Untouchables

6. Take A Look In the Mirror

7. S̶e̶e̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶O̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶O̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶i̶d̶e̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 5]

8. U̶n̶t̶i̶t̶l̶e̶d̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 3]

9. K̶o̶r̶n̶ ̶I̶I̶I̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 1]

10. T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶T̶o̶t̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 2]

11. T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶r̶a̶d̶i̶g̶m̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶f̶t̶ [ELIMINATED IN ROUND 4]

12. The Serenity of Suffering

Feel free to disagree but just know that you are wrong