9.0: Live

Recording and production

While producing their second DVD Disasterpieces in 2002, the band members of Slipknot were inspired to produce a live album after noticing how well they performed when they knew they were being recorded. music for the live album was recorded during the tour. The tracks on 9.0: Live were compiled from performances in Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Las Vegas, Phoenix, New York City, and Dallas.

Percussionist Shawn Crahan said the band made an effort to pay more attention to detail than usual during the tour, noting, "when you've got a microphone hanging onto your every note, you tend to give maybe 115 percent instead of 110 percent". It also contains tracks that are rarely played live, such as "Iowa" and "Get This",

Promotion

Before the album's release, a sample from the live recording of "The Nameless" was made available on the Internet through the band's record label. Slipknot attended a signing session at a Best Buy store in New York City the day of 9.0: Lives release, on November 1, 2005. A music video featuring the live recording of "The Nameless" was created to promote the album. Head of marketing at Roadrunner Records, Bob Johnsen, stated that the price of 9.0: Live was reduced in an effort to give "added value", resulting in the double-disc album being "two hours of music for the price of one". Johnsen continued, stating that as with most live albums, 9.0: Live targeted the "band's most hard-core fans. It's a complete immersion in the band". The album booklet includes 24 pages, most with pictures of band members.

Reception

Critical reception of 9.0: Live was generally positive. Reviewing for AllMusic, Johnny Loftus commented that the fans' relationship with Slipknot is "what unifies the performances" on the live album. He said that throughout the band's history, they have never compromised, and they had become "metal stars the real way, through relentless touring, embracing fan support, and penning some truly brutal songs". Adrien Begrand of PopMatters called 9.0: Live a "very worthy live album", and complimented the band for gaining success the "old-fashioned way, building a strong reputation as an extremely potent live act". Begrand noted the band's relationship with their "extremely devoted fans" as a strong point, and that the band's fans are "arguably the most fervently loyal bunch since the early days of Metallica two decades ago". Blair Fischer of the Chicago Tribune gave the album "three volume levels", writing, "The most amazing feat is that nine genetic defectives can congeal for such synchronous brain-damaged fury". Billboard reviewer Christa Titus wrote that Slipknot was "relentless in its delivery" of their live performances, calling the album "an overwhelming frenzy of sound and fury".

Some critics commented that the album is not as appealing to audiences who are unfamiliar with the band. Saul Austerlitz from The Boston Globe wrote that the album was "intended to cater primarily to rabid fans", commenting that those who are not fans of Slipknot will probably "find the experience of listening to both discs of 9.0: Live roughly comparable to being hit in the head repeatedly with a two-by-four two hours of sludgy, indistinguishable songs, punctuated by profane outbursts about how the idiot media [...] has ignored and abused them".

9.0: Live debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 charts in the United States, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. The album also premiered in the top 50 in five other countries. On December 9, 2005, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Track listing

All songs credited to Slipknot and, as noted, were recorded live.

Personnel

Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.

Slipknot

• (#8) Corey Taylor – lead vocals
• (#7) Mick Thomson – guitars
• (#6) Shawn Crahan – percussion, backing vocals
• (#5) Craig Jones – samples, media, keyboards
• (#4) Jim Root – guitars
• (#3) Chris Fehn – percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "The Nameless"
• (#2) Paul Gray – bass, backing vocals
• (#1) Joey Jordison – drums
• (#0) Sid Wilson – turntables

Production

• Dave Nichols – recording
• Colin Richardson – mixing
• Matt Hyde – assistant mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Artwork

• Michael Boland – design
• Shigeo Kikuchi – photography
• Eddie Sung – black and white images
• Ash Newell – back cover image

Management

• Monte Conner – A&R
• Cory Brennan – management
• Rick Roskin – North America booking agent
• John Jackson – worldwide booking agent
• Bob Johnsen – marketing
• Ed Rivadavia – digital marketing

Charts

Certifications

References

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