Title of Record

Filter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JZC4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (241 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,118 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"Hey Man, Nice Shot" may have been a fluke hit, but Filter's Richard Patrick has spent four years working on the follow-up album, mastering enough sonic variety to ensure that Filter stick around the moshpit. Programmer Brian Liesegang is gone, but Patrick continues on, picking up the slack and yielding nothing. Crowd reaction is impossible to anticipate, but at 70 minutes, Title of Record is an exhaustive collection of hyperkinetic guitars, subliminal melodies and thunderous dynamics--which is to say, it sports plenty of hard rock aggression, but is firmly rooted in the pop experience that keeps the songs in your head. "It's Gonna Kill Me" has a stalker's vibe in its techno-metal roots, while "Take a Picture" and "Captain Bligh" are radio-friendly unit shifters that suggest that underneath the technology rests a beating, and often bruised, human heart. --Rob O'Connor

Product Description

Australian edition of the 1999 sophomore outing by this NIN-ish industrial rock duo comprised of Richard Patrick and Brian Liesegang. Contains 13 tracks, including the single 'Welcome To The Fold', and two bonus tracks NOT on the U.S. release, 'Jurassitol --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give it a chance., March 19, 2003

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Christian Zimmerman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Title of Record (Audio CD)

Every genre of popular music has its own set of unwritten rules, from punk's avoidance of the mainstream to pop's emphasis on looks as much as talent. Perhaps the foremost rule of the industrial genre is that "real" industrial fans are to dismiss the crop of bands that emerged in the wake of Nine Inch Nails as derivative, and thus to be dismissed as "industrial lite." However, Filter's second album, TITLE OF RECORD, once again proves that unwritten rules are generally stupid.

With this album, Richard Patrick has loosed most of the chains that tied him to Trent Reznor's work. Rather, any remaining similarities occur simply because both artists are working in the same genre. Make no mistake, this is an industrial album, but instead of using the ragged distortion that made SHORT BUS repetitive, here Patrick is more inclined to create swirling atmospheric effects for what are otherwise straightforward rock songs. Of course, the fact that this album has atmosphere does not change the fact that most of these songs are really freakin' loud, and sound best when played that way (especially "Welcome To The Fold," which is definitely the best track here).

Derivative? Maybe. But when you're this good, who cares?

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album of "99", December 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Title of Record (Audio CD)

Back in 1995 when "Hey Man Nice Shot" was relesed I instantly became hooked on their album "Short Bus". Now 4 years later they continue to create some of the best tunes I have ever heard. They have matured into a newer and better sound than their previous recordings. Highlights of this album include Captain Bligh, Take a Picture, I Will Lead You, and I'm Not The Only One. If you are coming into the world of filter as either a new or old fan you will love their stuff as much as I do. Pick yourself up a copy of both albums and see what I mean.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Filter's Got It All: Big Guitars and Raw Emotion, February 24, 2000

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Brent Larson (My Chair) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Title of Record (Audio CD)

Filter's second LP, Title of Record is leagues ahead of its predecessor, Short Bus. Robert Patrick even manages to craft an irresistible hook sometimes ("The Best Things"). As stated in the title of this review, Filter frontman Robert Patrick displays some very powerful emotion on this album. There's a lot of cathartic screaming on tracks like "It's Gonna Kill Me," while wearing his heart on his sleeve on "Take a Picture" and "Miss Blue." The latter track dabbles in neo-psychadelia and traces of the Beatles can be heard. One of the album's stand-outs is "I'm Not the Only One," for which Patrick layed the vocals after his then girlfriend dumped him on the phone. He then punched a hole in his wall, causing serious injury to his hand, rewrote the lyrics, and sung them. Real, honest pain shines through here. It begins slow and wistful, and culminates with a thunderous wall of guitars and Patrick's trademark screams. Filter also utilizes a lot of electronica on Title of Record, but they never let it overshadow the song. It makes songs like "It's Gonna Kill Me" even better. The electronics aren't always there, however. There are great guitar-driven songs like "I Will Lead You" and "Welcome to the Fold."

In a time when unimpressive, unoriginal, boredome inducing bands like Creed sit atop rock's throne, it's nice to see a band and an album with such intense and subdued emotion.