Follow The Leader
by Korn

Follow The Leader by Korn
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-08-18
Overall rank: 4,634th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 243 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (78th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (761st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,634th)

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Follow The Leader is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Korn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Korn is Korn which is ranked number 2938 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 526.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Follow The Leader rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,634th | 1990s rank: 761st | 1998 rank: 78th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 243 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.


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80/100
From 06/18/2024 22:27 | #304005
The good songs on this album are them firing on all cylinders. It's On! is an absolutely epic opener, showcasing a well-refined sound that follows strongly for four or five tracks. Then the album is let down by its B-side being good at best and average at worst.

Great album but unfortunately a bit top-heavy.
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50/100
I think I like Korn. But it's difficult for me to manage them unless it's in small doses. At an hour and 10 minutes with an average song length of over 4.5 minutes (not counting the interlude/bonus track), this is much too big of a dose of Korn for me to enjoy. If "Freak on a Leash" or "Children of the Korn" came up on a shuffled metal playlist, I think I'd enjoy them, but it's hard for me to sit through more than 4 minutes at once. Usually when I like something in small doses, it means I can work my way up to enjoying it in big doses, but I just can't see myself doing that for a niche genre that hit its peak over 20 years ago.
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Rating:  
70/100
Great cover art, interesting sound textures, bit too raucous for me. Metal doesn't need rap. I read a review which describes this album as 'suburban gimmick metal', I think this fits.
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75/100
Probably more of an experimental hip-hop album than a full on rock one, it feels a bit soft for the latter and not quite committed enough to the former, but defintely has some interesting things going on even if the songs themselves are a bit dissapointing.
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From 10/24/2015 00:53 | #151934 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
All tracks are a 80/100
Album rating is 66/100
Seriously?
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Rating:  
80/100
Their best, and also the first by them I bought. I think a lot of people who bash nu metal don't really understand it, or remember what a breath of fresh air it was at the time. Trust me, this needed to happen. A great album.
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