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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Roadrunner Records
Salesrank: 46591
Released: August 19, 2003 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Giving the Devil His Due Track Listing:
1. Headstones and the Walking Dead
2. Big Truck [Hand-On-Wheel Mix]
3. Pig [Original Version]
4. Bradley [Going Postal Mix]
5. Sway [Hypno-Submissive Mix]
6. Not Living [Original Version]
7. Blisters
8. Cu Cuy [Man-To-Monster Mix]
9. Wishes
10. Apparition
11. Anxiety
12. Save Yourself
13. One Step [Chop Shop Mix]
14. Big Truck [Live]
15. I [Demo Version]
16. Oddity [Demo Version]
17. Sway [Demo Version]
18. Unspoiled [Demo Version]
19. Loco [Demo Version]
20. Babbit [Demo Version]
Giving the Devil His Due Reviews:
The demos are the only redeeming factor on a dull CD with distorted versions of the original songs 
2009-11-04 - This is a compilation of demos, remixes, soundtrack songs and a few unreleased tracks like "Headstones and the Walking Dead." It is a nice song for anyone into the band and a great way to kick off a dull CD. It sounds like a song about fame or someone that said they couldn't make it to fame.
Normally this type of compilation would be the work of some bootlegger trying to make a quick and illegal buck, and this has that same feel, which isn't a good thing. All of the "remixes" are very weak and seem to be the same song with extra distortion, which could be a good thing if you want this as a "best of CD" (if there weren't already a Best of Coal Chamber CD). Instead of being a "best of CD," the majority of this 70 minute CD can be avoided.
"Pig (Original Version)" seems to be the same track off of their debut release, minus the typical 7 extra minutes of "last track on a CD" fun. "Not Living (Original)" is still the hard edge song that explodes with heavy guitars, gritty lyrics and just oozes awesome. In all honesty, it's the same song from the "Chamber Music" CD.
The live version of "Big Truck" is a great performance and it shakes up the CD into the demo portion. It is well worth having this CD for the performance and it's not your run of the mill live song, it feels different and special.
The demos are true demos and very enjoyable. They sound and feel different than the originals (Unspoiled especially). Some have slightly different lyrics or more lyrics in general. This is where the CD gets into a good feel where you can listen to it plenty of times. In fact a CD of just these demos would have been a much more enjoyable disc.
Apparently "Giving the Devil His Due" was a way for the record label to cash in on a band's goodbye. The devil (record label) must've paid for 4 albums to be released and the band only released 3 before their breakup. The only enjoyable and redeeming factors this CD has are the demos and "Headstones and the Walking Dead." The rest is just difficult to sit through when you know the original songs are better.
Chamber Wh()res Only 
2007-07-07 - Coal Chamber have long called it quits for a while now and only the brave hearted dare tempt the ideal of a reunion. That said a plethora of new fans still seem to be surging onto the Chamber scene and buy up the short but ample discography of what the once mighty Coal Chamber had accomplished in its short run. This album is kind of the marking point of the demise of Coal Chamber and thus the first reason Chamber Wh()res will and must own this.
Truth be told this isn't all that bad of an album, If your a fan of pretty much everything Coal Chamber ever recorded. If you are a new Chamber fan looking to buy your first Chamber C.D. don't.. Either buy the self titled or Chamber Music(my personal favorite). The album it self is a collection of songs never before heard or released, rare remixes that really aren't all that much different from the originals except for new sounds heard here and there on the tracks and of course original versions of classic CC tracks. Oh and of course the live recording of the CC anthem Big Truck, Which is decent but quality is fairly rough.
In a simplistic no jazzy wording way of teling you, Only get this if you are a fan of Coal Chambers music. All others go listen to one of the three studio albums until your mind is warped into being a fan then buy this.
Please a weak piece
2007-02-16 - Buy their greatest hits or their first three albums pretty much. Dont bother with these B-Sides, which can be good if properlly chosen, mixed and such but man some gay songs on here, gay versions of good songs, good songs ive heard many times before on their first 3 albums and thats pretty much it. Not very worthy of my cd collection besides the Coal Chamber name on it and cool cover. Most certainly not a good showcase of CC's talent or their awsome music. Dont buy it and dont dare buy it as their first album u may be turned off completely.
Does NOT Give Coal Chamber their Dues! 
2006-02-02 - There have been a few B-sides by this band floating around on soundtracks and whatnot and those few B-sides, "BLISTERS" in particular, are worth the purchase of this CD, but if your looking to the rest of the CD for validation you may come up short. The opening track and the only NEW track "HEADSTONES AND THE WALKING DEAD" is a decent track but to know it's the LAST original Coal Chamber song it's kinda a let down. The other B-sides like "WISHES" and "ANXIETY" are good but the real let down is the remixes which, in my opinion are not even remixes...They sound almost identical to the originals. The demo's for songs like "NOT LIVING" and "PIG" as well as "SWAY" and "UNSPOILED" are decent, the best demo cut being "LOCO" which has a lot more crunch to it. All and all it's nice to have the B-sides on one CD rather than spread out over a few soundtracks but if you think about it, the Bride of Chucky soundtrack (which boast the best B-side, BLISTERS) has quite a few other great songs by other kick @$$ bands so all and all that might be a better buy. It's just a little depressing to expect so much and get so little.
not how chamber should be remembered
2006-01-01 - the fact that this is the most likely the last 'original' album by coal chamber is a downer coz this shouldn't be the way to remember them by the releasing of b-sides and whatnot. now, i do like this cd. its actually good to have i guess all of their rare tracks in one place.
but i do take issue with some of this. for example, the first track. if you download it off the official roadrunner records site and just listen to it, you can't really tell what dez is saying. you understand the majority of it, with some parts leaving you scratching your head. its only here while reading the lyrics it gives you an idea that dez's ego is really kicking in and taking multiple potshots at his bandmates (at the time their future was up in the air and no one knew what was what). its disrespectful in a manner to use a coal chamber song as a "f**k you" to the people who made the music. also, its old music with dez's new vocal style...it just doesn't work.
then there the "remixes"...they can hardly be construed as remixes as there is barely anything there that is different. if anything most of the songs have tiny portions that are minutely different with the rest sounding like an album version. if anything, it's almost like a lord-alge remix, barely anything different but requiring a listen to both back to back to hear a difference. but there is a difference that you can hear, but not much. "el cu cuy" is an example of that, it just sounds like the album version with the beginning removed. now, the only one that truly sounds like a remix would be "sway" with guest vocals by jay gordon and ryan shuck of orgy. the "bradley" remix is not that great and i do deduct points coz it's an edit. imagine, an edit on an album with a p.a.
but, the remixes are listenable and good as long as you think of them as alternate versions, not remixes. the original version of "pig" sounds exactly like the album version...its weird. then you got the stuff that were soundtrack exclusives. you have the phenomanal original version of "not living" that was on 'strangeland'. its absolutely great. then theres "blisters" that was on 'bride of chucky'...again another great track.
then there's some unreleased stuff like 'anxiety', 'save yourself' that are pretty good. but i'm confused coz i knew about 'anxiety' since '97 or so before 'chamber music' came out. apparently it was on the loco single, but here in the booklet it says 'dark days outtake'. the live version of 'big truck' is nice but it bothers me that i don't know when it was recorded...but since its the last track before the demos, i imagine it was somewhat recent.
now the demos are not all that spectactular. its hard to listen to them and not draw a comparision to what ended up on the debut. it does make you appreciate the debut just a bit more and how it turned out coz if those songs weren't fine tuned, the demo versions are most likely what we would've had. an example is 'loco'...dez's vocals are no near as good as the debut. in fact, its dez's vocals that no more near as good on any of them...its almost as if getting dumped on the day of recording vocal tracks for the debut did him a favor. the music is great though. the one demo thats truly good is 'babbit'. why? coz we've never heard it before and there is nothing to compare it to. it stands on its own and it is great. in fact, the beginning is pretty good...it's pretty jaw-dropping.
in the end, when its over...its just a sad ending to what was a great band. especially when listening to demos...it's difficult to imagine the band recording them trying to get a record deal ended up going out with a whimper instead a bang. shame.
