Desensitized (Drowning Pool)
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| Studio album by Drowning Pool | ||||
| Released | April 20, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | December 2003–March 2004 | |||
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| Length | 38:38 | |||
| Label | Wind-up | |||
| Producer | Johnny K | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
Desensitized is the second studio album by American rock band Drowning Pool. It was their first album since the death of vocalist Dave Williams as well as the only album to feature replacement vocalist Jason Jones. The album debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The album cover features porn star Jesse Jane. Desensitized shows less nu metal elements than Drowning Pool's previous album Sinner.
Jones left the band soon after the album's release because of personal and musical differences. "Step Up", "Think" and "Hate" are songs from Desensitized that are played during live performances today. "Step Up" was featured in the 2004 film The Punisher and was also featured in the compilation album MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2.
Writing for the album began in 2003. Recording began towards the end of the year and was finished in March 2004.
Jason Jones said most of his songs are about the struggle when he was living as a homeless "People were like, 'Look at this f---ing homeless guy,'" "It's a struggle, man, and a lot of my songs are about the struggle."
Jason Jones on Cast Me Aside "You get a rash of calls from people you haven't heard from in 10-12 years who are suddenly wanting to kick it again. I was like "Where the f--- were you?" You know... that whole shit of everyone loves you when you're on top kinda thing."
All tracks written by S. Benton, J. Jones, M. Luce, and C. J. Pierce.
Walls (from Step Up single)
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