Audio Secrecy

Name	Audio Secrecy
Type	studio
Artist	Stone Sour
Cover	Stone sour.jpg
Released	September 7, 2010
Recorded	2010 at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre	Alternative metal, post-grunge
Length	54:0465:25 (digipack edition), 68:40 (iTunes Pre-order Special Edition)
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Nick Raskulinecz
Last album	Live in Moscow(2007)
This album	Audio Secrecy(2010)

}} Audio Secrecy is the third studio album by American rock band Stone Sour. It was recorded and produced by the band and Nick Raskulinecz at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. On June 10, the band released a free download of "Mission Statement", which was later released as a single on iTunes. The first official single, "Say You'll Haunt Me", however, was released on July 6, 2010. Audio Secrecy is also the first studio album by Stone Sour that does not feature a spoken word track, with "Omega" and "The Frozen" previously released on Stone Sour and Come What(ever) May, respectively, with "The Frozen" being a bonus track. It is also the only Stone Sour album not to feature the "Parental Advisory" sticker.

Track listing

Unreleased songs

At least two more songs were created during the Audio Secrecy recording sessions. One of them is called "The Pessimist". The song is mentioned in the official Stone Sour biography. "For guitarist Josh Rand, the track 'The Pessimist' holds a special significance. 'It's the heaviest song we've done up to this point. I spent a day and a half studying the Hindu scale for the lead. The guitar solo for that song has a very Eastern sound.' The song sees Rand shredding with a precise, powerful solo that's melodic and metallic. All the while, it preserves a unique feel." Rand stated that they will release the song in the future, but they don´t know when or how yet.

There's also a recording of a spoken word by Corey Taylor, just like Omega and The Frozen on the previous records. A statement about this by Corey Taylor on MTV UK on Twitter: "I recorded one but we just decided not to release it ~Corey"

Critical reception

Audio Secrecy received generally positive reviews from music critics. Tim Grierson of About.com compared the band to Slipknot stating that Stone Sour delivers loud and powerful love songs and that the album in whole displayed Corey Taylor's flexibility in music.

Chart positions

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !|Chart (2010) !Peakposition |- |Australian Albums Chart |align="center"|5 |- |German Albums Chart |align="center"|3 |- |German LP-Downloads Chart |style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |Italian Albums Chart |align="center"|89 |- |UK Albums Chart |align="center"|6 |- |UK Rock Chart |align="center"|1 |- |Billboard 200 |align="center"|6 |}

Personnel

;Stone Sour

Corey Taylor - lead vocals, guitar, piano, guitar solo on "Pieces"

James Root - lead guitar, keyboard,

Josh Rand - rhythm guitar

Shawn Economaki - bass guitar

Roy Mayorga - drums, percussions

;Production

Nick Raskulinecz - producer, engineering

Ted Jensen - mastering

Chris Lord-Alge - mixing

Randy Staub - mixing

Zach Blackstone - assistant mixing

Paul Fig - engineering

Nathan Yarborough - assistant engineering

Monte Conner - A&R;

Pete Ganbarg - A&R;

Steve Blacke - strings arrangement, strings

John Nicholson - drum technician

P.R. Brown - art direction, design, photography

References

# duzeka.pl, Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy review. Retrieved 2010-09-08

External links

Category:2010 albums Category:Stone Sour albums Category:Roadrunner Records albums