Controversy

The album caused controversy due to its profane lyrics without a Parental Advisory Label. After listening to his son's copy of the album, a father in the U.S. complained to Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

, who sold him the album, that the lyrics were offensive. Wal-Mart and Kmart

Kmart

Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...

 took the album off the shelves. The band and its record label later added a Parental Advisory sticker to the album, and some stores ordered amended copies of the album. Erna commented on the situation to Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

magazine, stating, "Our record has been in the marketplace for more than a year now without a parental advisory sticker and this is the one and only complaint…. Stickers and lyrics are by nature subjective…. We have decided to put a sticker on the record". This controversy did not hurt album sales, but according to Erna, helped, stating, "It's almost taunting kids to go out and get the record to see what we're saying on it".

Personnel

• Sully Erna
  Sully Erna
  Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna , is an American vocalist and primary songwriter for the American heavy metal band, Godsmack. Erna is also a guitarist and drummer, performing these both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skylar Brooke Erna and an older sister named Maria.-Early...
  
   – vocals, guitar, drums, producer, additional keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Tony Rombola
  Tony Rombola
  Tony Rombola is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based heavy metal band Godsmack since the mid-1990s...
  
   – lead guitars, additional vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Robbie Merrill
  Robbie Merrill
  Robbie Merrill is an American bass guitar player, best known for his work with the heavy metal band Godsmack....
  
   – bass
• Tommy Stewart
  Tommy Stewart
  Tommy Stewart is an American rock drummer, currently for the rock band Lo-Pro. He is probably best known for his stint with heavy metal band Godsmack...
  
   – drums (touring drummer)
• Mudrock – coproducer, engineering, additional percussion
• Joseph M. Palmaccio
  Joseph M. Palmaccio
  Joseph M. Palmaccio is an American mastering engineer born in rural South Carolina.Palmaccio has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and has won 3 in the Best Historical Album category for mastering...
  
   – mastering
• Girl on Cd Layout – Toni Tiller
• Photography – Dale May

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1999	Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	2
	The Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	22
2000	Catalog Albums Chart	1

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
1999	"Whatever"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
		Alternative Songs	19
	"Keep Away"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
		Alternative Songs	31
2000	"Voodoo"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
		Alternative Songs	6
	"Bad Religion"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
		Alternative Songs	32

Certification

Release details

Country	Date	Label
United States	August 25, 1998	Republic/Universal
Japan	May 30, 2000	Republic