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No One
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End of the World
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13 Ways to Bleed on Stage is the second studio album by the American rock band Cold, released on September 12, 2000. With four popular singles, it gained substantial commercial success, achieving gold status, and landed Cold in the mainstream rock scene.
Background and recording
About a year prior to recording 13 Ways, the band enlisted guitarist Terry Balsamo; frontman Scooter Ward, who had sung and played guitar, wanted to focus solely on singing. After trying a few musicians from Los Angeles, Cold chose fellow Jacksonville native Balsamo, who'd played with its members since the age of 18.
The main song structures for 13 Ways were written prior to entering the studio. Using C tuning (the main tuning used in Cold's catalog), the band then experimented with various sounds and dynamics in the studio. Balsamo primarily used an Ibanez RG570 and Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier.http://www.ibanez.co.jp/artist/interview.php?interview_id=19 Artist Interview - Terry Balsamo January 1, 2006 Ibanez March 26, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180927020042/http://www.ibanez.co.jp/artist/interview.php?interview_id=19 2018-09-27
It is often considered as Cold's darkest record. The album has a Parental advisory on the cover art for strong language and dark graphic themes such as drug addiction and its consequences, relationship troubles, and social indifference. Guest vocalists include Aaron Lewis of Staind and Sierra Swan who would also appear on the band's next album.
Album art
Cold's second album marked the first appearance of the band's spider logo and corresponding text. Its CD booklet design depicts a tattered old book held shut with rubber bands. The liner notes feature morbid figure illustrations and imagery of X-Acto knives and other cutting utensils.
Touring and promotion
Following the album's release, Cold toured for a year and a half to promote it. They embarked on a three-week tour with 3 Doors Down and a month with Marilyn Manson before joining Limp Bizkit and DMX on the Anger Management Tour for a few weeks. Cold (along with the Offspring, Weezer, Social Distortion, Incubus and Adema) was on the bill for the first annual Inland Invasion, which took place on August 25, 2001, and was hosted by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ.http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2001/08/25/kroq-inland-invasion-2001/ KROQ Inland Invasion 2001 KROQ 2001-08-25 2013-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102124204/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2001/08/25/kroq-inland-invasion-2001/ 2013-11-02 dead
Singles for the album included "Just Got Wicked", "End of the World", "No One" and "Bleed". All of the said tracks had music videos which saw moderate airplay on MTV2. The majority of singles from 13 Ways also received significant radio play and were instrumental in launching Cold into the mainstream music scene.
"Just Got Wicked" appears on MTV: The Return of the Rock, Vol. 2, ECW: Extreme Music Vol. 2: Anarchy Rocks, and the soundtrack to the video game Jet Grind Radio. "No One" is featured on the soundtrack to the film A Walk to Remember.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #174 on the Billboard 200,https://books.google.com/books?id=NBAEAAAAMBAJ Billboard 200 2000-09-30 Billboard 112 40 selling 6,251 copies in its first week.https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2003/05/26/daily5.html Cold album has hot debut John Snow May 28, 2003 Jacksonville Business Journal 2022-02-12 It later peaked at #98, staying on the chart for 27 weeks.Cold https://www.billboard.com/artist/cold/ 2022-02-12 Billboard en-US Five months after its release, it had sold 81,046 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan.Sludge Scans For February 2001 Metal Sludge http://metalsludge.tv/classic/?p=30347 2022-02-12 en-US
In February 2002, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies.Gold & Platinum https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ 2022-02-12 RIAA en-US
As of 2003, the album has sold 467,000 copies in the US.2003-02-12 Cold Readies New Album, Tour https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cold-readies-new-album-tour-72343/ 2022-02-12 Billboard en-US
Accolades
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Track listing
Scooter Ward Cold Just Got Wicked 4:00 She Said 4:08 No One featuring Sierra Swan 3:17 End of the World 3:04 Confession 3:49 It's All Good 3:43 Send in the Clowns featuring Aaron Lewis 4:13 Same Drug 3:43 Anti-Love Song 3:10 Witch featuring Sierra Swan 3:48 Sick of Man 4:04 Outerspace 3:37 Bleed featuring Aaron Lewis) (also known as "Thirteen" after 9/11 3:57
Japanese edition Ghost in Here Demo 2:48 Bizarre Demo 3:29
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.13 Ways to Bleed on Stage 2000 booklet Flip/Geffen
Cold
Scooter Ward – vocals, keyboards, piano, guitars
Sam McCandless – drums
Kelly Hayes – guitar
Terry Balsamo – guitar
Jeremy Marshall – bass
Additional personnel
Aaron Lewis – additional vocals on "Send in the Clowns" and "Bleed"
Sierra Swan – additional vocals on "No One" and "Witch"
Production
Producers: Cold, Adam Kasper, Chris Vrenna (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11), Fred Durst (track 2)
Engineers: Chris Vrenna (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11), Sam Hofstedt (tracks 7, 10, 12, 13)
Programming: Chris Vrenna
Mixing: David J. Holman (tracks 1, 2, 4–13), Tom Lord-Alge (track 3)
Mastering: Louis F. Hemsey
Executive producer: Jordan Schur
Art direction: Stefan G. Bucher and Cold
Production coordination: Les Scurry
Creative director: Joe Mama-Nitzberg
Photography: Myriam Santos Kayda, Jason Timss
Charts
Chart (2000) Peak positionScotland 77 2000-09-17 true December 24, 2025UK2 85 2000-09-17 true December 24, 2025Billboard200 98 Cold true November 9, 2021US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/cold/chart-history/tln/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211117153718/https://www.billboard.com/artist/cold/chart-history/tln/ Cold Chart History (Heatseekers Albums) Billboard November 17, 2021 December 24, 2025 1
Certifications
United States album Cold 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage Gold 2000 2002 November 9, 2021
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Acoustic EP
An acoustic EP was released as a free bonus disc with the purchase of 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage.
Track listing
"No One (Acoustic)" – 3:16
"End of the World (Acoustic)" – 3:37
"Just Got Wicked (Acoustic)" – 3:59
Track 1 & 3
Mixed by Ross Hogarth at Master Control
Produced by Cold
Track 2
Mixed by David J. Holman
Produced by Cold
Credits
All Songs Mastered by Louis F. Hemsey
Executive Producer – Jordan Schur
All Songs Written by Cold
Published by Into Everything Music
2001 Flip/Geffen Records
References
Category:Cold (band) albums
Category:2000 albums
Category:Geffen Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Adam Kasper
Category:Albums produced by Chris Vrenna
Category:Flip Records (1994) albums
Category:Albums produced by Fred Durst