Candyass

1998 studio album by Orgy

Candyass
Studio album by Orgy
Released	August 18, 1998
Studio	Donner Pass Cabin, Truckee, California N.R.G. Studios, North Hollywood, California Josh's Garage, Hollywood, California Westlake Audio, West Hollywood, California
Genre	Industrial rock industrial metal nu metal
Length	48:10
Label	Warner Bros. Reprise Elementree
Producer	Josh Abraham Orgy
Orgy chronology
Candyass (1998) Vapor Transmission (2000)
Singles from Candyass
"Stitches" Released: 1998 (original) "Blue Monday" Released: December 14, 1998[a]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Candyass is the debut album by American industrial rock band Orgy. It was released on August 18, 1998.^[3][4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Orgy (Jay Gordon, Amir Derakh, Bobby Hewitt, and Ryan Shuck), except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Social Enemies"	Orgy, Josh Abraham, Troy Van Leeuwen	4:06
2.	"Stitches"		3:19
3.	"Dissention"	Orgy, Paige Haley	3:32
4.	"Platinum"		3:43
5.	"Fetisha"		4:02
6.	"Fiend"		4:30
7.	"Blue Monday" (New Order cover)	Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris	4:28
8.	"Gender"		4:28
9.	"All the Same"	Orgy, Haley	4:04
10.	"Pantomime"	Orgy, Haley	4:28
11.	"Revival"	Orgy, Jonathan Davis	4:11
12.	"Dizzy"		3:23
Total length:			48:10

Singles

• "Blue Monday" release date: February 9, 1999
• "Stitches" release date: November 23, 1999

Personnel

• Jay Gordon – vocals, programming, additional synthesizers
• Bobby Hewitt – drums
• Paige Haley – bass guitar
• Ryan Shuck – guitars
• Amir Derakh – additional engineering, guitars
• Chad Fridirici – engineering, mixing on "Gender", pro-tool editing
• Josh Abraham – production, additional engineering, programming, additional synthesizers
• Dave Ogilvie – mixing
• David Kahne – mixing on "Stiches", "Fetisha"
• Jay Baumgardner – mixing on "Pantomime"
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Brian Virtue – assistant engineer
• Cope Till – assistant engineer
• Doug Trantow – assistant engineer
• Anthony Valcic – programming
• Jonathan Davis – additional vocals on "Revival"
• Elijah Blue Allman – additional vocals on "Revival", additional synthesizers
• Troy Van Leeuwen – additional guitars on "Social Enemies" and "Dissention"
• Steve Gerdes – art direction, design
• Joseph Cultice – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998–99) Peak position US Billboard 200[5] 32 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200[7] 97

Notes

1. The "Blue Monday" single was re-released with an altered track listing on February 9, 1999. "Stitches" was re-released November 23, 1999.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Robert Christgau review
3. Kat Iudicello (June 26, 2000). "Candy Ass: Orgy Review". PopMatters. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
4. Gavin Edwards (September 16, 1999). "Orgy's Climax". Rollingstone. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
5. "Orgy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
6. "Orgy Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
7. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.