Sinner (Drowning Pool album)

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Sinner is the debut studio album by the American rock band Drowning Pool, released on June 5, 2001, by Wind-up Records. It is considered to be the band's most popular album,Template:According to whom being certified platinum in the same year that it was released. This is the only studio album by the band to feature original lead singer Dave Williams. While touring in support of Sinner, he died on August 14, 2002, from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart. Drowning Pool released a reissue of the album called the "Unlucky 13th Anniversary Edition" in 2014.<ref name="Jam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was put at No. 25 on Metal DescentTemplate:'s list of "The 25 Best Alternative Metal Albums".<ref name="Descent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Writing and recording

Dave Williams explained how the album got its name in an MTV interview: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

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Williams also remarked on the track order: "We wanted to start with 'Sinner' and end with 'Sermon'. We covered all the bases on religion and bad relationships."

On "Sermon", Mike Luce stated: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

"We're fans of the 80s and back in the day there used to be that whole undertone .... oh, if you play that song backwards, you'll hear this message! So I guess I could tell you what it says. It really doesn't say anything. It recites a lyric from the same song, from 'Sermon.' We just play it backwards at the end of the song. It's just a homage. A tribute back to the old school. [...] It was completely done on a whim and we took a line that Davie (Williams) sang and just ran it in reverse at the tail end of the song. Just kind of a ... here you go. No hidden meaning; you don't have to play the song backwards to hear it. We'll just play it right out here for you."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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"Those last couple of rehearsals, we worked up a new song [Heroes Sleeping]. And I didn't even remember finishing the song. We actually did the song all the way through. So it's totally a gem of a find. Definitely, it's an emotional song to hear. 'Heroes Sleeping,' it's about other musicians who had passed away before us. That was Dave's [angle] on the lyrical content. Then literally just a few weeks later, he passed away. The song's kind of about him now. So I'm glad we can share that with our fans."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Track listing

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Personnel

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Dave Williams – vocals
C. J. Pierce – guitars
Stevie Benton – bass
Mike Luce – drums

Production

Jay Baumgardner – production, mixing at NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California
James Murray – engineering
J.D. Andrew – assistant engineering
Tom Baker – mastering at Precision Mastering, Hollywood, California
Stig – guitar tech
Ross – drum tech at Drum Doctors

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