Album · Papa Roach
Infest by Papa Roach
Infest is an album by Papa Roach, released in 2000. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 89 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Last Resort”, on 61 lists and voted number one five times.
Infest was Papa Roach's second album and their leap to the majors, released on DreamWorks in 2000 with Jay Baumgardner producing. It's nu metal with its fists up: rapped vocals, hip-hop bounce in the rhythms, and guitars that land like a slammed door.
David Buckner's drums and Tobin Esperance's bass keep the floor shaking while the riffs grind and lurch overhead. "Last Resort" is the one everybody knows, a frantic, wound-up rush that never lets go of your collar, and "Broken Home" and "Between Angels and Insects" keep the pressure on.
It paid off in a big way. Infest climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard 200, finished as the 20th best-selling album of 2000 in the US and landed the band a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. In December 2024 it was certified four times platinum, which makes it their biggest seller.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Infest on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last Resort | 61 | #1 | 5 | 2000–2026 | |
| 2 | Broken Home | 17 | #23 | – | 2000–2002 | |
| 3 | Between Angels and Insects | 11 | #16 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.