Year of the Spider

Year of the Spider
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 2003
RecordedSeptember–December 2002
Studio
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Length63:43
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Cold chronology
13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
(2000)
Year of the Spider
(2003)
A Different Kind of Pain
(2005)
Singles from Year of the Spider
  1. "Stupid Girl"
    Released: March 18, 2003
  2. "Suffocate"
    Released: June 10, 2003
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AllMusic
Blender
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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Rolling Stone
USA Today

Year of the Spider is the third studio album by American rock band Cold. It was released on May 13, 2003, through Geffen Records. The album was Cold's most commercially successful, debuting at number three on the Billboard album charts, with over 101,000 copies sold in its first week. Early pressings of Year of the Spider were shipped with a DVD and a temporary tattoo of the Cold spider logo. The DVD included the making of the (as well as the actual) video for "Stupid Girl", fan testimonials, and some home video shot during the recording of the album. This is also the last album with guitarists Terry Balsamo and Kelly Hayes.