Info

Label: Battery Records (01241-46001-2RE), Psychopathic Records (01241-46001-2RE)

Format: CD, Album, Repress

Country: US

Released: 1997

Barcode: 0 1241-46001-2 7

Extra info:

COMPANIES

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) – Zomba Recording Corporation
Manufactured By – Zomba Recording Corporation
Pressed By – Sonopress USA – 85373-01
Recorded At – The Fun House
Mixed At – The Fun House
Recorded At – The Disc Ltd.
Mixed At – The Disc Ltd.
Recorded At – Pulsar Studios
Mixed At – Pulsar Studios
Recorded At – Cynder Block Studios
Mixed At – Cynder Block Studios

CREDITS

Engineer [Engineered By] – Laura Grabb (tracks: 11)
Guitar [Guitars By] – Crazy Doug (tracks: 4), Dave Greenberg (tracks: 4), M. Niles* (tracks: 4), Rich Murrell (tracks: 16)
Lyrics By [Additional] – Rev. Rich Murrell* (tracks: 15)
Programmed By, Engineer [Engineered By] – Mike E. Clark (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Mike E. Clark (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Written-By [Lyrics] – Edgar Allan Poe (tracks: 13), ICP* (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Written-By [Music] – Errol Brown (tracks: 16)
Written-By [Music], Producer [Produced By] – D. Greenburg* (tracks: 4), H. Dodd* (tracks: 4), ICP* (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), M. Niles* (tracks: 4), Mike E. Clark (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

NOTES

The third studio album by Southwest Detroit rap group Insane Clown Posse
The third of the original six Joker's Card albums

This version is a 1997 reissue. The original Riddle Box album was released in October of 1995

Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

[The following text is from the album's booklet]

[PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS]

RIDDLE BOX

TIME FLOWS LIKE A DARK HORDE CONSUMING ALL IN ITS PATH. MAN LIVES HIS LIFE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. JUST AS DAY BECOMES NIGHT, ALL LIFE FADES INTO DEATH. IN DEATH EACH PERSON WILL BE JUDGED FOR HIS DEEDS PERFORMED WHILE ALIVE. THERE ARE FEW WHO WALK A LIFE OF PURPOSE AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO TROD THE PATH OF GREED. THEIR SOULS ARE HOST TO DEMONS. TIME SLOWS NEAR EACH PERSON'S END. THOSE WHOSE DEEDS WERE EVIL GRASP ONTO LIFE AS LONG AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT AWAITS THEM IN THE AFTERLIFE, THEY FEEL FOR THEM IT IS A HORROR BEYOND WORDS. TIME STOPS IN THIS WORLD, AS THE HEART BECOMES STILL AND THE SOUL LEAVES THE BODY. IN THE AFTERLIFE TIME IS ETERNAL AND EVEN IN DEATH IT IS BUT A NEW BEGINNING. FOR YOU SEE, WHEN YOU STEP INTO DEATH YOUR SOUL STEPS UPON THE FLOOR OF A DARK CHAMBER AND YOU LOOK TO SEE IT EMPTY, EXCEPT FOR A STRANGE LOOKING BOX ON AN OLD WOODEN TABLE. ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX YOU WILL SEE A PAINTED QUESTION MARK FADED WITH TIME AND A TWISTED CRANK HANDLE ON ITS SIDE. TURNING THE HANDLE, A SHARP HARMONIC TUNE WILL FILL THE AIR. FOR THE EVIL ONES THIS SOUND WILL BE A DEAFENING NOISE REVERBERATING OFF THE WALLS AND BUILDING INTO A CLIMATIC TERROR. BUT THE SURPRISE IS WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS AS YOU KEEP SLOWLY TURNNG THE HANDLE...
AND THEN THE TOP OF THE BOX POPS.
FOR THE FEW THEY WILL SEE A VISION OF GOD WITH A WASH OF GOLDEN LIGHT WARMING THEIR SOULS AS THEY STEP FORTH INTO ETERNAL PEACE. FOR MOST THEY WILL SEE A FOG SEEPING FROM THE BOX, STRIPPING THEIR SANITY AS THEY WITNESS AN IMAGE OF HELL SPAWNED AND FORMED FROM THEIR OWN EVIL: A HIDEOUS REFLECTION OF THEIR DEMENTED SOULS. THE FLOOR OF THE ROOM BEGINS FALLING AWAY AS THEY PLUMMET INTO A BOTTOMLESS PIT FULL OF SHADOWY CREATURES, FOREVER TO BE LOST IN A SINISTER VOID. WHAT WILL BE IN STORE FOR YOU IS THE MYSTERY. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER. FOR KNOW, YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF... THE MIGHTY RIDDLEBOX.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO...
GOD. THANK YOU MOSTLY FOR THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE LIVING AND FOR GIVING US THE GIFT TO ENTERTAIN. LIFE ON EARTH CAN BE WACK AND ENTERTAINMENT IS LIKE AN ESCAPE FROM ALL OF THIS. ENTERTAINMENT FOR US IS A WORLD THAT WE CAN JUMP IN AND OUT OF. TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE YOUR WORLD AND STEP INTO ANOTHER S A GIFT WE WILL FOREVER BE THANKFUL FOR. THANK YOU GOD. ALSO: LINDA & RON, DONNA & ROGER, SUE AND THE REST OF THE ENTIRE ABBISS FAMILY. ALSO: THERESA & TONY, ANGELA, SARAH, DANIEL, AMANDA, AND THE REST OF OUR CLOSEST PEOPLES: JUMP STEADY, MINI C, KARI, NATE THE MACK, TALL JESS, RUDE BOY, LAY LOW, JAMASA, MICHAEL THOMAS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST... LADY BEGGIS, MICKY, REST IN PEACE.

THANKS TO PSYCHOPATHIC RECORDS AND ITS ELITE TEAM OF NINJAS.....
ALEX ABBISS, A.K.A. THE BOSS - NECKS SNAP AT THE SNAP OF HIS FINGERS. MASTER OF THE MONEY TECHNIQUE, HE SIMPLY HIRES PEOPLE TO KICK YOUR ASS. ROBERT LEE - MASTER OF THE SILENT SNAKE STYLE, YOU NEVER EVEN KNOW HE'S THERE UNTIL HE ALL OF A SUDDEN PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE FOR NO REASON. CRAZY DOUG - CREATOR OF THE DRUNKEN WOLF TECHNIQUE. HE GETS DRUNK AND ACTS LIKE A WILD WOLF... SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVE. BILL BILL - MASTER OF THE DEMOLITION. HE BUILDS CARS FROM SCRAP METAL THEN DRIVES THEM INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM IMMEDIATELY KILLING YOUR FAMILY. NERDY NATHAN - ALTHOUGH HE HAS NEVER KILLED, HE HAS READ AND WRITTEN MANY A BOOK ON THE SUBJECT. KELLY THE SPUDLER - MASTER OF THE MILITARY DEATH SNAP. HE HAS LEARNED THIS TECHNIQUE THROUGH HIS CAREER IN THE ARMY, MARINES, AND TWO MONTH STINT WITH THE WARRENDALE CUB SCOUTS,,, DEADLY INDEED. DAVE THE WOMANIZER - MASTER OF THE PLAYER STYLE, HIS TECHNIQUE IS AS FOLLOWS: HE SIMPLY FINDS A WOMAN, TALKS HER INTO HAVING SEX, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY LEAVES HER AFTERWARD. ALTHOUGH THIS TECHNIQUE IS NOT VERY HARMFUL TO HIS VICTIMS, IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO HIMSELF. CHRIS THE SCARLET - LURES YOU IN WITH HER SEXUAL PROWESS UNTIL SHE HAS YOU NAKED BEFORE HER, AND THEN SHE SUDDENLY REVEALS THAT SHE'S REALLY A SUBURBAN GANGSTA AND SHE AND HER POSSE THEN KICKS YOUR NAKED ASS. AND THE REST OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC SWAT TEAM: BENNY "TIGER CHILD," STEFAN, KEVIN "BILLY'S FRIEND," WADE, ALLEN, TOM, BRAD THE FUDGE PACKER, JASON WHO'S CURRENTLY ENJOYING GREAT SUCCESS WITH HIS BAND "LIVE," RUDE BOY, NATE THE MACK, TIM THE WOLF, GREG THE WOLF, JEREMY WOLFY, AND THE REST OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC NINJAS.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JIVE & BATTERY RECORDS... THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON INVOLVED IN OUR SHIT. EVERYBODY FROM JIVE, BATTERY & B.M.G.
THANK YOU MOSTLY TO JEFF FENSTER FOR BELIEVING IN THE WICKED MADNESS FROM THE START!

MUCH LUV GOES OUT TO...
MIKE CLARK, WITHOUT YOU OUR RECORDS WOULD SOUND LIKE.... SOMEBODY STUCK A MICROPHONE UP THEIR BUTT AND THEN RAN UP AND DOWN A LONG STAIRCASE RECORDING ALL THE SOUNDS IT MADE, AND THEN THEY TRIED TO LAY A RAP TO IT. MIKE CLARK, YOU ARE THE SHIT: RICH, A.K.A. THE FUCKIN PIMP, YOU GOT SKILLZ TO PAY YOUR GREAT GRAND CHILDREN'S BILLS. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP IN THE STUDIO; STEFAN AND JASON FOR YOUR SHOW TACTICS; MAN AT LARGE: YOU HAVE BEEN THE SHIT, YOU ARE THE SHIT, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE SHIT. WHEN YOU DIE YOUR TOMBSTONE WILL READ... "THE SHIT;" JOSH, FOR YOUR NINJA-ASS PHOTOS AND OTHER SKILLS; JAVIER AVILA, FOR YOUR HELP IN NEW YORK AND JUST BEING DOWN WITH THE CLOWN 4 LIFE. CLARK KENT, DAVE GREENBURG, FOR YOUR EXCELLENT MIX; GARY ARNETT, SERIOUSLY THE BEST AT WHAT HE DOES. THANK YOU FOR THE MANY TIMES YOU'V E SAVED OUR ASSES! DAN CHRISTIE, FOR HOOKIN' UP THE RIDDLE CLOWN. BOB ALFRED WHOSE PHOTO SKILLZ ARE SO IN EFFECT HE COULD CHASE DOWN A TORNADO, CATCH IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS, TIE IT DOWN, AND TAKE SNAP SHOTS OF IT TRYING TO ESCAPE. MUCH PROPS TO THE GOLDEN GOLDIES... ROLD GOLD, GOLD DOUBLE B, GOLDEN GRAM, THE GOLDEN SPUD, GOLDEN FRANK, THE GOLDEN WARRIOR, GOLDEN TOBY, GOLDEN TEETH, GOLD D, GOLD DIGGER, GOLDEN ROCKS, GOLDEN SPACKALANTIE, AND GOLDEN JELL E - THE REAL GOLDEN PIMPS. LOOK FOR THEIR DEBUT L.P. ENTITLED... "GIMME THEM FUCKIN' NUGGETS BITCH OR I'LL PUNCH YOUR FUCKIN' FACE," THE ALBUM. TOM, "LEADER OF A FRESH ASS LIFE" ROBINSON, FOR HIS NINJA EDITING SKILLZ; FRANK AND ERIC & SCHIZOPHRENIC RECORDINGS, IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT YOU AND SCHIZOPHRENIC BEFORE, WE WOULD HAVE SOLD TOM OUT A LONG TIME AGO; BRUCE LORFEL, THE MAN OF MANY SKILLZ, MANY CONNECTIONS, MANY IDEAS, AND MANY TITTIE BARS!THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING US TO THE WORLD; VINCE WILLIAMS AND CREW AT CREATIVE PRINT; MICHAEL RAND; LINDSEY FELDMAN, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SO MUCH HEART AND TIME INTO US; RON GEDDISH; A PARTNER THAT WE CAN TRUST IN THIS SNAKIN' BUSINESS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND TAUGHT US TOO; BUBBA FELIX, THANKS FOR NEVER HOEIN' US OUT, EXCEPT FOR GWAR THAT ONE TIME... BITCH; THE BUMPIN' UGLYS; ESHAM AND NATAS; JAMES AND REEL LIFE PRODUCTIONS: THE PATHMAKERS OF THIS WICKET SHIT! CHUCKY MUTHA FUCKY, THE FUCKIN' BITCH PULLER; LOURA GRABB, WHOSE SKILLS SEEM TO KEEP GROWING LIKE A CHIA PET ON NINJA PILLS; KAREN CHITA - WE'LL NEVER FORGET ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US; PAUL AT HEMP HOP RECORDS; FINK "THE EAST SIDE G;" CAPITOL E.; DOWN BOYS; AWESOME DRE; COUP DETROIT; PROJECT BORN; RUKKUS; BASS ASSOCIATION; DANNY K: THE FUCKIN' FREE STYLE FREAK MASTER LYRICAL LYRICIST! EVERYONE WHO IS DOWN AND WHO HELPED US OUT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH; AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OUR FUCKIN' HOMIES TO THE END: THE ICP FAN CLUB! 13,000 AND GROWING PIMPIN'-ASS JUGGALOS LIKE "JOHN PRENTICE" FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS!!! OH, LET US NOT FORGET
THE..........................L.O.R.A.X.
ONE MORE THANG, TO THOSE WHO WAS DOWN WITH US BUT THEN ABANDONED US WHEN THE ROAD AHEAD LOOKED ROCKY FOR YOUR WEAK ASS TO GRIP...

-DEDICATED TO THE BUTTERFLY-

THERE WILL BE SIX FACES OF THE DEAD CARNIVAL

AFTER ALL SIX HAVE RISEN THE END WILL CONSUME US ALL.

"I'm Coming Home" contains a sample from "Confetti Day" (Errol Brown) as recorded by Hot Chocolate

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Ⓟ & © 1995
Manufactured in the United States
Printed in the United States
Zomba Recording Corporation, 137-139 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001

BARCODES AND IDENTIFIERS

Barcode: 0 1241-46001-2 7
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 01241460012 + + 85373-01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 01241460012 + + 09207-03
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L027
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1070