Album · Drowning Pool
Desensitized by Drowning Pool
Desensitized is an album by Drowning Pool, released in 2004. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Step Up”, on 2 lists with a best position of #28.
Desensitized, Drowning Pool's second album, arrived on Wind-up in 2004, the record the Dallas band had to make after losing singer Dave Williams to heart disease in 2002. C.J. Pierce on guitar, Stevie Benton on bass and Mike Luce on drums pushed on with a new frontman, Jason Jones, and producer Johnny K, and the record opened at number 17 on the Billboard 200.
It's alternative metal built for the pit: heavy, lurching riffs, pummeling drums and Jones barking over the top. "Step Up" got the widest exposure, turning up in The Punisher and serving as the theme for WrestleMania XX, while "Love and War" and "Killin' Me" kept the pressure on. Jones didn't stay long; he quit soon after it came out, over personal and musical differences, which leaves Desensitized as the only Drowning Pool album with his voice on it. Sinner came before it and Full Circle after.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Desensitized on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Up | 2 | #28 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Love and War | 1 | #50 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Killin' Me | 1 | #211 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.