It's been three years for Mudvayne, three years when metal started to reject its "rap" and "nu" prefixes.
At first, Lost and Found reflects that realignment.
Vocalist Chad Gray and his mates have nixed the nicknames and makeup for their third Epic full-length, and they try to focus on songs instead of heavy music shtick.
However, they equate getting real with the melodramatic plead that interrupts the razor-sharp main part of "Choices," and Gray can't overcome lines like "IMN"'s "No one/No one could ever understand/This life." The song is about suicide, which is very serious.
But yelling "F*ck this sh*t!" over thudding rhythms just isn't very powerful anymore.
They nail it on opener "Determined" -- one of Mudvayne's all-time strongest tracks, it's a fist-swinging blast of modernized thrash.
But Lost and Found soon falls into the familiar, busting no-one-understands-me lyrics and matching moments of refreshing rawness to stretches of stereotypical "corporate metal," a non-genre that's risen up to accept loud rock refugees and the harder side of post-grunge.
The energy in "Determined" and "Just" is sapped by the meandering "TV Radio" and "Fall into Sleep," and ultimately Mudvayne gets lost between thrash and diluted Slipknot devotion.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeterminedC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | Pushing ThroughC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | IMNC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 05:51 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 4 | Fall Into SleepC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | Rain. Sun. Gone.C. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 6 | ChoicesC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 08:05 | 18 MB | 61 MB |
| 7 | Forget to RememberC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | TV RadioC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | JustC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | All That You AreC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 06:11 | 14 MB | 41 MB |
| 11 | Pulling the StringC. S. Gray, Ryan Martinie, Matt McDonough, Greg Tribbett | Mudvayne | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 12 | Happy_ | Mudvayne | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 53 mins | 122 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 401 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howie Abrams | Publishing |
| 2 | H. Baker | Photography |
| 3 | Richard Blackstone | Publishing |
| 4 | Mike Boden | Assistant Engineer |
| 5 | Andrés Fernández | Collaboration |
| 6 | Dave Fortman | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 7 | Devun Fortman | Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | Erinn Fortman | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Leah Germinaro | Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | C. S. Gray | Composer |
| 11 | Chad Gray | Vocals |
| 12 | Charles T. Gray | Vocals |
| 13 | Scott Greer | Product Manager |
| 14 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 15 | Kelly "Dread" Liebelt | Assistant Engineer |
| 16 | Ute Linhart | Merchandising |
| 17 | Aimee MacAuley | Art Direction |
| 18 | Aimée MaCaulley | Art Direction |
| 19 | Ryan Martinie | Bass, Composer |
| 20 | Matt McDonough | Composer, Drums |
| 21 | Mudvayne | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 22 | Jeremy Parker | Engineer |
| 23 | Phil Sarna | Management |
| 24 | Mark Scribner | Management |
| 25 | Felix Sebacious | Merchandising |
| 26 | Mauricio Serna | Assistant Engineer |
| 27 | Anthony Terrebonne | Assistant Engineer |
| 28 | Tony Terrebonne | Assistant Engineer |
| 29 | Greg Tribbett | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 30 | Kaz Utsunomiya | A&R |
| 31 | Nitin Vadukul | Photography |
| 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). |