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This is the album information and other stuff:

Released: June 29, 1999
Genre: Heavy metal
Length: 60 min 21 s
Record label: Roadrunner Records
Producer: Ross Robinson

Fact from the album's making

-Although James Root is credited as a guitarist alongside Mick Thomson, most of his tracks were recorded by his predecessor, Josh Brainard. Josh left shortly after recording the album and it's he who appears on the album cover, not James.

-The title "742617000027" comes from the UPC of their first album, Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.

-Josh Brainard (former Slipknot guitarist) recorded every song on Slipknot except "Purity". Josh departed the band shortly before the band finished recording, allowing James Root, whom replaced Josh to finish the last song, Purity. Purity later was only distributed on a limited amount of CD's due to a lawsuit that threatened the band.

-The album is often referred by fans as "Slipknot S/T", much like Metallica's eponymous album is called the "Black Album", probably to avoid misunderstanding when talking about Slipknot or their first widely released album.

-A slightly different version of Wait and Bleed, called Wait and Bleed (Terry Date Mix) is featured on the Scream 3 soundtrack.


Album positions

1999 Slipknot      Heatseekers           No. 1
2000 Slipknot      The Billboard 200        No. 51 
2001 Slipknot      Top Independent Albums      No. 6
 
Single positions

2000 Wait And Bleed   Mainstream Rock Tracks    No. 34

Personnel

Corey (8) - Vocals
Mick (7) - Guitars
Sid (0) - Turntables
Shawn (6) - Custom Percussion
Paul (2) - Bass
Joey (1) - Drums
Chris (3) - Custom Percussion
James (4) - Guitar
Craig (5) - Samples
Ross Robinson - Producer
Chuck Johnson - Engineer
Rob Agnello - Second Engineer
Sean McMahon - Mixing
Eddy Schreyer - Mastering

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