Album · 2001
Iowa
by Slipknot
Iowa is a 2001 nu metal album by Slipknot. It runs 15 tracks across 71 minutes on Roadrunner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.9/5 from 16 ratings.
#39 in Best albums of 2001 · #30 in Best nu metal albums
Your rating
- 3.9 /5
- 16 ratings
- 75 /100
- 9 critics
- 15
- Tracks
- 71 min
- Runtime
- 127 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
16 ratings · avg 3.9
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Reviews
1 review
- 4.5
The heaviest album to ever debut top three on Billboard: Iowa is Slipknot at maximum hostility — nine members channeling genuine misery into percussion-driven chaos, with "People = Shit" as greeting and the fifteen-minute title track as exorcism. No melody concessions, no relief. Extremity as integrity; the genre's pressure ceiling, still.
Critics
9 publications
- Artistdirect5/5
- Playlouder4/5
- Dotmusic4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- NME8/10
- Drowned in Sound7/10
- Alternative Press3.5/5
- AllMusic3/5
- Entertainment WeeklyC−
- Metacriticaggregate68/100
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Tracklist
15 tracks · 71 min
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Also released as
Every pressing below shares this page's rating and reviews — they are the same record.
Iowa (10th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2005 · 33 tracks
- 1(515)
- 2People = Shit
- 3Disasterpiece
- 4My Plague
- 5Everything Ends
- 6The Heretic Anthem
- 7Gently
- 8Left Behind
- 9The Shape
- 10I Am Hated
- 11Skin Ticket
- 12New Abortion
- 13Metabolic
- 14Iowa
- 15My Plague (New Abuse Mix)
- 16(515) (Live in London, 2002)
- 17People = Shit (Live in London, 2002)
- 18Liberate (Live in London 2002)
- 19Left Behind (Live in London 2002)
- 20Eeyore (Live in London, 2002)
- 21Disasterpiece (Live in London 2002)
- 22Purity (Live in London 2002)
- 23Gently (Live in London 2002)
- 24Eyeless (Live in London 2002)
- 25Drum Solo (Live in London, 2002)
Videos
2 videos
Ranked by listeners
top 5 · 8 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Iowa is People = Shit — rated 4.6/5 by 11 listeners.
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About
Iowa is the second album by American metal band Slipknot. Released by Roadrunner Records on August 28, 2001, it was produced by Ross Robinson and Slipknot. The title derives from the band's home state, Iowa, which members have stated is one of their biggest sources of inspiration. With much anticipation for the band's second album following on the success of their 1999 self-titled debut, pressures on the band were high. Their relationships with each other suffered and was later described as the darkest time of their career. It was also the first time that guitarist Jim Root had been significantly involved in a Slipknot album due to his joining very late in recording of their debut album, as Root was only featured on two songs from that release. Despite troubles within the band and with Iowa's development, Slipknot promoted it for almost a year.
In brief
- Is Iowa good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Iowa 3.9/5 from 16 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Iowa?
- People = Shit, rated 4.6/5 by 11 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Iowa released?
- Iowa was released in 2001 on Roadrunner Records.
- How many tracks are on Iowa?
- Iowa has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 71 minutes.
- What genre is Iowa?
- Iowa is catalogued under Nu Metal.
- What BPM is Iowa?
- Iowa runs at a median tempo of 127 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Iowa?
- Listeners of Iowa also rate Korn by Korn, Follow the Leader by Korn, Toxicity by System of a Down.
Iowa at a glance
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Produced by
- Ross Robinson
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