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| Length = 73:26 | Label = Self-released〔 | Producer = Staind | Reviews = | Last album = | This album = ''Tormented'' (1996) | Next album = ''Dysfunction'' (1999) | }} ''Tormented'' is the debut studio album by the American rock band Staind, self-released in 1996. The album was originally only available in limited quantities in New England, United States, with the original release limited to 4,000 copies. There are cassette pressings of the album. However, only three are known to exist, making it almost impossible to find a copy. ''Tormented'' would later be re-released several times, without modification. The album was never sold in stores, and was instead sold at concerts and on their website in several forms. The album is Staind's heaviest album. In addition, ''Tormented'' includes guitar solos, which were not featured in the successive albums Dysfunction and Break The Cycle. The album contains an early version of "Mudshovel", named "Mudshuvel", the song which would propel Staind into mainstream rock success in 1999. ==Music and lyrics== The songs on ''Tormented'' are about topics such as pain, animosity, suicide and depression. The album features a gun being loaded and cocked at the start, and fired at the finish, which (along with the hidden track "The Funeral") make it something of a concept album revolving around a depressed individual who eventually commits suicide. The lyrics on ''Tormented'' are influenced by Staind member Aaron Lewis' life. Aaron Lewis spoke about it saying "My life, up to a point was shit,' begins Aaron Lewis. "But I've come a long way. I grew up in a trailer park in Vermont. That was the shit I got out of me in ''Tormented'' and ''Dysfunction'', and tailing into ''Break the Cycle''. But the title, ''Break the Cycle'', says it all."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Staind ) ''Retrieved: September 8th, 2015''〕 Allmusic described ''Tormented'' as "grittier and more raw than" Staind's "subsequent releases".〔 Staind's album ''Tormented'' has been compared to the band Pantera.〔 (November 16th, 2006). Retrieved on November 2nd, 2015〕 ''Tormented'' features singing and screaming.〔 Despite being an intense metal record, Staind's ''Tormented'' album features a soft song called "Four Walls". Staind's lead vocalist Aaron Lewis elaborated on the motivation for the musical style heard on ''Tormented'' saying In 2008, Staind guitarist Mike Mushok noted his lack of appreciation for the album: :"We have a lot of fans who say, 'I love ''Tormented''.' I'm like, 'Have you ever listened to it? Because I can't.' But that's great – that's why they're fans."〔Grierson, Tim (Staind Interview ) About.com (August 20th, 2008). Retrieved on February 24th, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tormented (Staind album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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