The Sickness
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The cover of The Sickness.
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| Studio album by Disturbed | ||||
| Released | March 7, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 1999 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal | |||
| Length | 47:18 | |||
| Label | Giant, Reprise | |||
| Producer | Johnny K, Disturbed | |||
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| Singles from The Sickness | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
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| Spin | 5/10 |
The Sickness is the debut studio album by American metal band Disturbed. The album was released on March 7, 2000. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 chart and it has spent a total of 103 weeks on that chart, as of June 2010. It is, to date, Disturbed's only album to not hit number one on the Billboard 200.The Sickness has been certified 4x platinum by the RIAA, with around 4,248,000 copies sold in the United States alone as of 2011, making it the band's most successful album.
On March 23, 2010, a reissue of the album was released, that was remastered and slightly remixed and includes B-sides, new artwork, and exclusive online content. This reissue celebrates the tenth anniversary of the release of the album and is available for the first time in vinyl format. Disturbed's guitarist, Dan Donegan, commented on the reissue: "[...] it's the album that put us on the map and launched our career. So we went back into the studio and we remixed it, we're having it remastered, we're gonna put a couple of bonus tracks on there and touch up some of the packaging and the artwork. Just a little collector's item, a little tribute to that album for the fans".
The two songs included in the reissue, "God of the Mind" and "A Welcome Burden", are also included in a B-side compilation called The Lost Children.
The album received positive reviews upon release. Steve Huey from Allmusic commented " But even if it has a few less-than-compelling moments, The Sickness overall comes off as the work of a band who really doesn't have far to go to achieve total control of its sound and compositional skills, and that makes it a terrific debut album."
In 2013, Loudwire featured The Sickness in their "Top 25 Debut Hard Rock Albums" list, placing the album at number 24.
All tracks written by Disturbed, except for "Shout 2000" composed by Ian Stanley and Roland Orzabal.
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