Studio Album · No. 6
Take a Look in the Mirror Songwriting Credits by KoRn
Produced by Jonathan Davis, Frank Filipetti · Engineered by Frank Filipetti (engineering and mixing)
Holds writing credit on 13 of 13 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether KoRn carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 3
Take a Look in the Mirror was produced and mixed by Jonathan Davis and Frank Filipetti, the first Korn album produced by the band themselves without an outside producer. Filipetti, who had recorded Untouchables, handled both engineering and mixing duties. The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with 179,000 first-week copies and sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States with an additional 2 million outside the US, totaling approximately 3 million globally. It was also the last album to feature Brian "Head" Welch until The Paradigm Shift (2013). No singles from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
Take a Look in the Mirror is the sixth studio album by Korn, released in November 2003 on Epic Records and produced by Howard Benson, a return to a rawer, more aggressive sound after the elaborate production of Untouchables, recorded quickly and released in the year following the departure of original guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch's announcement of his born-again Christian conversion. Davis wrote all lyrics; 'Right Now,' 'Y'All Want a Single,' 'Narcissistic Cannibal,' and 'Did My Time' are among the principal tracks. The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with 135,000 first-week sales, a significant commercial decline from the Issues peak, and has been certified gold in the United States. Take a Look in the Mirror is generally regarded as a transitional album reflecting the band's commercial and personal difficulties of the period rather than a peak creative statement. The album's commercial decline reflected both the broader collapse of nu-metal's mainstream standing in 2003 and the internal turbulence of the band's lineup instability, but its raw, direct quality has been subsequently reassessed as evidence of genuine creative honesty at a difficult moment in the band's history.