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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Machine|
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Static-X]] |
Cover = Static-X - Machine.JPG |
Released = [[May 22]], [[2001]] |
Recorded = October [[2000]] - January 2001|
Genre = [[Industrial metal]] |
Length = 42:55|
Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] |
Producer = |
Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|1.5}} [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfpxqq0ldhe~T1 link]
* [[Blabbermouth.net]] {{rating-10|6}} [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=46 Link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/staticx/albums/album/310912/review/5944449/machine link]
*[[Yahoo! Music]] (mixed) [http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12033218 link]|
Last album = ''[[Wisconsin Death Trip (album)|Wisconsin Death Trip]]''<br/>(1999)|
This album = '''''Machine'''''<br/>(2001) |
Next album = ''[[Shadow Zone]]''<br/>(2003)|
}}
'''''Machine''''' is the second [[Studio album|studio album]] from the [[United States|American]] [[Industrial metal]] band [[Static-X]], released on [[May 22]], [[2001 in music|2001]] and recorded at [[Studio 508]], in [[Los Angeles, California]]. The album has sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S. and is widely considered Static-X's heaviest album. It was also the last album with drummer [[Ken Jay]] and the only Static-X album to be recorded as a 3-piece, since guitarist [[Tripp Eisen]] did not join the group until after the album's recording.
The song "[[Black and White (Static-X song)|Black and White]]" provided the album's first [[Single (music)|single]] and [[Music video|music video]], and a second single would be found in "[[This Is Not|This Is Not]]." The song "[[Cold (Static-X song)|Cold]]" also had a video made for it, and tied in with the film ''[[Queen of the Damned (film)|Queen of the Damned]]''. It was featured on that film's [[Queen of the Damned Soundtrack Album|soundtrack album]], as was the exclusive ''"Not Meant for Me"'', performed by [[Wayne Static]].
==Track listing==
'''All releases''':
#"Bien Venidos" – 0:21
#"Get to the Gone" – 2:49
#"Permanence" – 4:01
#"[[Black and White (Static-X song)|Black and White]]" – 3:50
#"[[This Is Not]]" – 2:57
#"[[Otsego Undead]]" – 3:29
#"[[Cold (Static-X song)|Cold]]" – 3:40
#"Structural Defect" – 3:39
#"...In a Bag" – 4:21
#"Burn to Burn" – 4:17
#"Machine" – 3:27
#"A Dios Alma Perdida" – 5:58
'''Bonus Tracks''':
#"Anything But This" - 4:03 (Japanese edition only)
#"Sweat of the Bud" (Live) - 3:24 (Japanese edition only)
== Chart Positions ==
=== Album ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2001
|align="left" valign="top"|The [[Billboard 200]]
|align="left" valign="top"|#11
|-
|}
=== Singles ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Single
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2001
|align="left" valign="top"|"Black and White"
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|align="left" valign="top"|#35
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2001
|align="left" valign="top"|"This Is Not"
|align="left" valign="top"|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left" valign="top"|#36
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="left" valign="top"|"Cold"
|align="left" valign="top"|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left" valign="top"|#29
|-
|}
== Production ==
In the unreleased Static-X [[DVD]] ''[[Where the Hell Are We and What Day Is It... This Is Static-X]]'', it was commented that the songs for this album would have [[guitar solo]]s; however, this was not the case.
The opening sample of the track "''A Dios Alma Perdida''," a synthetic arrangement with a filtered voice speaking in what sounds at times like [[English language|English]] (notably closing with an eerie "It's me!"), is from the 1978 film ''[[Laserblast]]''. This sample is an abbreviated version of a conversation between the aliens in that movie.
== Personnel ==
*[[Static-X]]
**[[Wayne Static]] - [[vocals]], [[guitars]], [[keyboards]], [[programming]]
**[[Tony Campos]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[background vocals]]
**[[Ken Jay]] - [[drums]]
**[[Tripp Eisen]] - [[guitars]] (it should be noted that Koichi Fukuda wrote the guitars, but Tripp performed them)
**[[Koichi Fukuda]] - additional guitars, writing credit
== References ==
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[[Category:2001 albums]]
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[[Category:Warner Bros. Records albums]]
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