Review# 174The first Slipknot track I ever heard was People = Shit. And I honestly thought the line was "people eat horse shit" until I was told what the track was called! Bear in mind I was 15/16 and not quite as on to it! It took a little while for Iowa to grow on me bit after repeated plays of Left Behind slowly opened up the rest of the album I was sold for life. Iowa is a much more tidy and polished album than the self titled yet it still maintains the element of chaos and raw energy that sets Slipknot apart. This is one of those classic albums where it's difficult to pick a favourite track; there are stomping tracks like Left Behind, People = Shit and My Plague or dark doomy pieces like Gently or Skin Ticket face rippers like Heretic Anthem or Disasterpiece and not to mention the final epic sprawl of the title track itself. The album is long, Iowa is 15min on it's own and there are 13 other tracks to boot. But it is all rolled together nicely and with the aforementioned mix of sounds it definitely does not get boring.
People = Shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJIBtqunHY
Gently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFJ1gqu5Q8
Left Behind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jQKpse7Yw
Skin Ticket: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4iXx330zY
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