Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Know Me
3. Selah
4. Visions
5. Brown
6. One Day
7. Punks Rock
8. Breathe Babylon - P.O.D., Payable on Death, Payable on Death
9. Funk Jam
10. Preach
11. Reggae Jam
12. Full Color
13. Seeking the Wise
14. Live and Die
15. Outro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68803 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Enhanced, Original recording remastered, Special Edition

Album Description
1996 debut full length from Payable On Death. Rescue Records.

Customer Reviews

"Brown" sets a standard
This is an impressive record. While "Brown" shines as one of the best examples of the so-called "rap-core" style, it transcends the style by employing the standard elements of good music: dynamic changes of tempo and volume, employment of 2 or more interesting and distinct guitar and bass riffs within songs, theme-and-variation approaches on several riffs, tight, soulful playing and singing, and an evident commitment to their convictions. "Know Me" immediately demonstrates these elements, beginning with a slow, quiet riff and building up to the first verse delivered with full intensity, diminishing in sound and tempo into an entirely different groove and riff after the chorus and then hammering that riff home to finish the song. You'll find the same things in songs like "Visions", "Brown", "Breathe Babylon" (which has a very cool break in the middle) and most impressively on "Full Color". "Full Color" is the apex of the record, a moving testimony by singer/rapper Sonny about the death of his mother. P.O.D. lays down some interesting music and still rocks in the process. It's quite a combination.

If there's one criticism of the record, it's the sonic quality. While you won't find sound dropouts or things of that nature, the record doesn't deliver the sonic clarity listeners have come to expect. This is particularly true of the way the impact of the drumming fails to come through. In spite of this, "Brown" is well worth the price of admission. There's no comparison between the boring, repetitive stuff peddled by a band like Limp Bizkit and "Brown" by P.O.D. P.O.D. blows them out of the water.

A fan since the beggining (before they became popular)
I was shown the Brown album by one of my buddies when I was like 14 (about 7 years ago). This is one of the best albums in the genre that has ever existed (it could be THE BEST). I had a hardcore band for about two years and Preach was one of our favorite warm-up songs. I have heard the re-release, and they actually made it song a lot cleaner, just like their newer stuff. I like their newer stuff, but if you're going to buy this cd, try to get one of the original releases, they're a little more ?staticcy? The originals just have a pure sound that doesn't sound like they had 5 executives telling them "this is what's in, THIS IS the sound that you will have." Okay enough about that, BUY THIS for the songs Breath Babylon (a hardcore masterpiece- you should hear this live), Selah, Preach, Full Colour (one on the most emotional songs that I've ever heard - dedicated to all of those who have lost someone), and just about every other song on the album. Last words, you will probably never hear another P.O.D. album this good ever again.

The tougher side of P.O.D.
What this CD lacks in comparison with their later albums Southtown and Satellite is catcy melodies and catchy sounds. But what it gives you is a lot of P.O.D.'s testosterone and brute anger; it has it's moments when the power and energy are quite incredible. The only reason this album wasn't a mainstream hit is because it didn't have popular sounds that would sell to a non-harcore audience.