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AlbumE · 2002

Stone Sour

by Stone Sour

Stone Sour is a 2002 rock album by Stone Sour. It runs 13 tracks across 51 minutes on Roadrunner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 2 ratings.

Rock · Hard Rock · Metal

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13
Tracks
51 min
Runtime
111 bpm
Tempo
A# minor
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13 tracks · 51 min

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Stone Sour is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Stone Sour. It was recorded and produced by the band and Tom Tatman at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was released on August 27, 2002, through Roadrunner Records. Writing for the album began in 2000 while vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root were still actively involved in their other band, Slipknot. Work began on the album after Slipknot had gone on hiatus following touring in support of their second album Iowa. Following the release of the album, Stone Sour went on to promote it for almost a year; releasing three singles and touring in several regions, including the United States and several countries in Europe. The album received generally positive reviews. It was praised for showing a diversity in Taylor's vocals, which was not presented in Slipknot's early albums. It was also certified Gold in the United States and two singles from the album received Grammy Award nominations for Best Metal Performance in consecutive years.

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In 2000, Josh Rand contacted Corey Taylor after he had returned from touring in Japan with his other band Slipknot about material he had been working on. Speaking about the experience, Taylor said, "we just started writing stuff and it started to happen". The duo wrote 14 songs and began working in a studio on some demos. Taylor added that it got to a point were he said to Rand, "I think we're going to have to put a real band together, because this is just too serious!" After further enlisting the help of Joel Ekman and previous Stone Sour members Shawn Economaki and Jim Root, the band began working on the album at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Before the release of the album, the band went through several different names, most notably Superego, before later announcing that they would use their original name Stone Sour.

In brief

Is Stone Sour good?
Riffiter listeners rate Stone Sour 3.5/5 from 2 ratings.
When was Stone Sour released?
Stone Sour was released in 2002 on Roadrunner Records.
How many tracks are on Stone Sour?
Stone Sour has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
What genre is Stone Sour?
Stone Sour is catalogued under Rock, Hard Rock, Metal.
What BPM is Stone Sour?
Stone Sour runs at a median tempo of 111 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Stone Sour?
Listeners of Stone Sour also rate Toxicity by System of a Down, We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot, Metamorphosis by Papa Roach.