Year of the Spider

Year of the Spider is the third studio album by Floridian post-grunge/hard rock quintet Cold. It was released on May 13, 2003 through Geffen Records. The album produced two singles, "Stupid Girl" and "Suffocate." Early pressings of the album were shipped with a DVD and a temporary tattoo of the Cold spider logo. The DVD included the making of (as well as the actual) the video for "Stupid Girl," fan testimonials, and some home video shot during the recording of the album. This is also the last album with guitarists Terry Balsamo and Kelly Hayes.

With producer Howard Benson on hand, Year of the Spider is arguably more commercial than its predecessor, 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage. It features a variety of guitar styles, violin and cello, and digital effects as well as a number of power ballads. While still dwelling on topics like drug abuse and relationships, the album also explores rape ("Sad Happy"), the deaths of grunge music icons ("The Day Seattle Died"), and blatant criticism ("Kill the Music Industry").

The intro song "Remedy" was used as the theme for WWE Backlash 2003 as well.

[edit] Track listing

"Remedy" – 2:57
"Suffocate" – 3:39 (featuring Sierra Swan)
"Cure My Tragedy (A Letter to God)" – 3:55
"Stupid Girl" – 3:09 (verse lyrics and opening guitar riff written by Rivers Cuomo of Weezer)
"Don't Belong" – 3:40
"Wasted Years" – 4:07
"Whatever You Became" – 3:45
"Sad Happy" – 3:36
"Rain Song" – 3:37
"The Day Seattle Died" – 3:34
"Change the World" – 4:01
"Black Sunday" – 4:30
"Kill the Music Industry" – 19:23
- "Gone Away" (hidden track, begins at 16:06 after 13:13 of silence- a reference to the superstitious nature of their previous effort 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage) - 3:07

[edit] Personnel

Terry Balsamo - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Howard Benson - Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Soloist
Adam Daniel - Digital Editing
Fred Durst - A&R
Samuel Fischer - Violin
Julie Gigante - Violin
Jason Harter - Art Direction, Design
Kelly Hayes - Guitar
Olaf Heine - Photography
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Vince Jones - Digital Editing
Roland Kato - Viola
Armen Ksajikian - Cello
Jason Lader - Digital Editing
Ana Landauer - Violin
Songa Lee - Violin
Phillipe Levy - Violin
Jenn Littleton - A&R
Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
David Low - Cello, Contractor
Deborah Lurie - Conductor, String Arrangements, Synthesizer Strings
Eric Miller - Engineer, Digital Editing
Martie Muhoberac - Production Coordination
Simon Oswell - Viola
Mike Plotnikoff - Engineer, Digital Editing
Mark Robertson - Concertmaster
Jordan Schur - Executive Producer, A&R
Les Scurry - Production Coordination
David Speltz - Cello
Casey Stone - Engineer
Sierra Swan - Vocals
Michael Valerio - Bass
Evan Wilson - Viola

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	3

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Stupid Girl"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
2003	"Stupid Girl"	Modern Rock Tracks	6
2003	"Stupid Girl"	The Billboard Hot 100	87
2003	"Suffocate"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	17
2003	"Suffocate"	Modern Rock Tracks	21