damn well that the music they're producing fills a gap in the market, nothing more [...] 'Loco' fails to spark anything more than a knowing sigh as its two-note riff wheezes in, announcing the grim 45 minutes to follow." The review also criticizes the track "Amir of the Desert", claiming "The band even try their hand at some casual racism in 'Amir of the Desert', complete with a 'comedy' indian accent that even the cast of Mrs. Brown's Boys would wince at." In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine. The album was put at number 15 on Kerrang!s list "The 21 Greatest Nu-Metal Albums of All Time" In 2021, the album was put on the list of the Revolver magazine "20 Essential Nu-Metal Albums" Track listing On The Complete Roadrunner Collection (1997–2003), "Maricon Puto" and "I" are merged into one track. The song "Pig" ends at 3:20. After 1 minute and 41 seconds of silence (3:20 – 5:01), begins an untitled hidden track in which Jonathan Davis from Korn talks at the very end. Special edition A special edition of the album was released by Roadrunner in 2005. The package includes the original album with six bonus tracks along with a bonus DVD featuring the "Loco" music video and two live concerts. The concerts are live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles in 1996, which was included in Kerrang!s 100 greatest gigs of all time, and live at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco, 1999. Bonus tracks on special edition Personnel Coal Chamber Dez Fafara – lead vocals Miguel Rascón – guitars, backing vocals Rayna Foss – bass Mike Cox – drums Additional credits Jay Baumgardner – production, mixing Marina Chavez – photography CIEL – design Monte Conner – production (2005 reissue) Giulio Constanzo – art direction (2005 reissue) Nathan "Karma" Cox – additional vocals ("Clock") Amir Derakh – engineering, mixing Laurie Es – additional design (2005 reissue) Kevin Estranda – production (2005 reissue), photography (2005 reissue)* Jay Gordon – production, mixing, additional vocals ("Oddity" & "Maricon Puto") Steven Hartong – assistant production (2005 reissue) Ted Jensen – remastering (2005 reissue) Eric Levy – additional vocals ("Sway"), additional percussion ("Maricon Puto") Lisa Lewis – mixing Chart performance Album Singles References 1997 debut albums Coal Chamber albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Jay Baumgardner ru:Coal Chamber