Wiseblood (Corrosion of Conformity album)

Wiseblood is the fifth album by Corrosion of Conformity. Its name comes from the novel Wise Blood, written by Southern Gothic author Flannery O'Connor. Metallica's lead vocalist, James Hetfield, provides his voice as backup on the album's ninth track, "Man or Ash". The song "Drowning in a Daydream" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards ceremony (which went to Tool for "Ænema").

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Wiseblood received a mixed review from Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who gave the album four stars out of five. He describes Wiseblood as the "closest Corrosion of Conformity have gotten to old-school heavy metal, yet their fondness for industrial soundbites and thrash-metal keeps the group sounding contemporary." However, Erlewine states that it "doesn't have half the hooks of its predecessor, which means it sounds great while its playing, but it disappears into the abyss once it's finished."^[1]

Despite receiving mixed reviews, Wiseblood is one of Corrosion of Conformity's most successful and best-selling albums to date, peaking at number 104 on the Billboard 200, making it their highest position so far. It also peaked at number two on the Heatseekers chart.^[2] One of the album's singles, "Drowning in a Daydream", peaked at number 27 on the Mainstream Rock chart.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"King of the Rotten"	Pepper Keenan	3:14
2.	"Long Whip / Big America"	Keenan, Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman	4:52
3.	"Wiseblood"	Keenan, Mullin	3:01
4.	"Goodbye Windows"	Keenan, Weatherman	5:41
5.	"Born Again for the Last Time"	Keenan, Mullin	4:39
6.	"Drowning in a Daydream"	Keenan, Mullin, Weatherman, Mike Dean	4:22
7.	"The Snake Has No Head" (featuring Alex Montana)	Keenan, Dean	4:13
8.	"The Door"	Keenan, Mullin, Dean	3:28
9.	"Man or Ash" (featuring James Hetfield)	Keenan, Dean	5:13
10.	"Redemption City"	Keenan, John Custer	4:51
11.	"Wishbone (Some Tomorrow)"	Keenan	3:59
12.	"Fuel"	Keenan, Mullin	2:39
13.	"Bottom Feeder (El Que Come Abajo)"	Keenan, Mullin, Weatherman, Dean	7:51
14.	"The Land of Free Disease" (japanese bonus track)	Keenan, Mullin	4:20

Personnel

Corrosion of Conformity

Pepper Keenan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Woody Weatherman – lead guitar
Mike Dean – bass guitar
Reed Mullin – drums

Additional personnel

James Hetfield - background vocals on "Man Or Ash" (uncredited)

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	104

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Drowning in a Daydream"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	27

References

1 2 "Wiseblood - Corrosion of Conformity". Allmusic.
↑ "Corrosion of Conformity - Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
↑ "Wiseblood - Corrosion of Conformity - Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.

Corrosion of Conformity

Pepper Keenan Woody Weatherman Mike Dean Reed Mullin

Karl Agell Phil Swisher Simon Bob Sinister Eric Eycke Benji Shelton Robert Stewart Jason Patterson

Studio albums	Eye for an Eye Animosity Blind Deliverance Wiseblood America's Volume Dealer In the Arms of God Corrosion of Conformity IX

EPs	Technocracy Six Songs With Mike Singing Megalodon

Live albums	Live Volume

Singles	"Vote with a Bullet" "Dance of the Dead" "Albatross" "Clean My Wounds" "Drowning in a Daydream" "Congratulations Song" "In the Arms of God" "Stonebreaker"

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