Puddle of Mudd's story is every struggling musician's dream come true: armed with a fake backstage pass, frontman Wes Scantlin snuck the band's demo to a Limp Bizkit security guy at a show in their native Kansas City, and less than one year later finds his group's debut album the first release on Fred Durst's new label.
Thankfully, Come Clean sounds nothing like Limp Bizkit, but Puddle of Mudd's aggro-rock sound is indistinguishable from every other Alice in Chains- and Tool-influenced band to come along in the past few years.
The opening, "Control," milks the loud/quiet formula that's been done to death since Nirvana's demise, but adds some interesting stop-time changes during the break, while the acoustic balladry of "Drift & Die" sounds so familiar, Layne Staley should get a portion of the songwriting royalties.
In the end, this isn't a terrible debut album, but it doesn't really bring any original ideas to the nü-rock table.
And frankly, in today's already glutted metal market, that's simply not good enough.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ControlWesley Scantlin, Bradley Stewart | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Drift & DieWesley Scantlin, Jimmy Stewart | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Out of My HeadWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Nobody Told MeWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| 5 | BlurryWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 6 | She Hates MeWesley Scantlin, Jimmy Stewart | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | Bring Me DownWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | Never ChangeWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | SaidWesley Scantlin | Puddle of Mudd | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 10 | Control (Acoustic) | Puddle Of Mudd | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 42 mins | 97 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 315 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Ardito | Bass, Vocals |
| 2 | Fred Durst | Additional Production, Executive Producer, Producer |
| 3 | Scott Francisco | Assistant Engineer |
| 4 | Josh Freese | Drums, Vocals |
| 5 | John Kurzweg | Engineer, Producer |
| 6 | Steve Mixdorf | Assistant Engineer |
| 7 | Paul Phillips | Guitar, Vocals |
| 8 | Puddle of Mudd | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 9 | Wesley Scantlin | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 10 | Jordan Schur | Executive Producer |
| 11 | Les Scurry | Production Coordination |
| 12 | Robert Selvaggio | Editing, Pro-Tools |
| 13 | Bradley Stewart | Composer |
| 14 | Jimmy Stewart | Composer |
| 15 | Andy Wallace | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |