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	\| studio = [[The Hive (studio)\|The Hive]] ([[North Hollywood, California]])		\| studio = [[The Hive (recording studio)\|The Hive]] ([[North Hollywood, California]])
	*[[Sound City Studios\|Sound City]] ([[Van Nuys, California]])		*[[Sound City Studios\|Sound City]] ([[Van Nuys, California]])
	\| genre = *[[Alternative rock]], [[rap rock]]		\| genre = *[[Alternative rock]], [[rap rock]]
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	'''''From Chaos''''' is the sixth studio [[album]] by [[311 (band)\|311]], released on June 19, 2001. It was their first album to be released through [[Volcano Entertainment]], and their first to be recorded through their own recording studio, [[The Hive (~~place~~)\|The Hive]] in [[North Hollywood, California]]. Singles from this album include "[[You Wouldn't Believe]]", "[[I'll Be Here Awhile]]", and "[[Amber (song)\|Amber]]".		'''''From Chaos''''' is the sixth studio [[album]] by [[311 (band)\|311]], released on June 19, 2001. It was their first album to be released through [[Volcano Entertainment]], and their first to be recorded through their own recording studio, [[The Hive (recording studio)\|The Hive]] in [[North Hollywood, California]]. Singles from this album include "[[You Wouldn't Believe]]", "[[I'll Be Here Awhile]]", and "[[Amber (song)\|Amber]]".

	==Background==		==Background==
	Much of the album ''From Chaos'' was written by the band while on tour in 2000 promoting their fifth studio album [[Soundsystem (311 album)\|'Soundsystem.']] The album name 'From Chaos' was inspired by the ~~band’s~~ situation with their previous record label of seven years, Capricorn Records. According to singer Nick Hexum, they "had a lot of disagreements with Capricorn over the years and it was just time to end our relationship." The band sued Capricorn, voided their contract and signed with [[Volcano Entertainment\|Volcano records]]. The band was going through stress of legal trouble, which brought a negativity environment where albums do not get made; they did not want to make an album surrounding that subject, so most of the album is born out of "relationships and appreciating life" according to Hexum, who takes pride in being up-beat and positive.<ref>{{cite news		Much of the album ''From Chaos'' was written by the band while on tour in 2000 promoting their fifth studio album [[Soundsystem (311 album)\|'Soundsystem.']] The album name 'From Chaos' was inspired by the band's situation with their previous record label of seven years, Capricorn Records. According to singer Nick Hexum, they "had a lot of disagreements with Capricorn over the years and it was just time to end our relationship." The band sued Capricorn, voided their contract and signed with [[Volcano Entertainment\|Volcano records]]. The band was going through stress of legal trouble, which brought a negativity environment where albums do not get made; they did not want to make an album surrounding that subject, so most of the album is born out of "relationships and appreciating life" according to Hexum, who takes pride in being up-beat and positive.<ref>{{cite news
	\| author = Conrad, Ed		\| author = Conrad, Ed
	\| title = For a Band Without an Attitude, Life Is Good		\| title = For a Band Without an Attitude, Life Is Good
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	{{Music ratings		{{Music ratings
	\|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]		\|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
	\|rev1score = {{Rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref="Lunders"/>		\|rev1score = {{Rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref name="Lunders"/>
	\| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''		\| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
	\| rev2score = {{Rating\|3\|5}}<ref>{{Cite book \|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music \|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music \|publisher=MUZE Inc. \|year=2006 \|isbn= 978-0-19-531373-4 \|editor-last=Larkin \|editor-first=Colin \|editor-link=Colin Larkin \|volume=8 \|chapter=311 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/162 163]}}</ref>		\| rev2score = {{Rating\|3\|5}}<ref>{{Cite book \|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music \|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music \|publisher=MUZE Inc. \|year=2006 \|isbn= 978-0-19-531373-4 \|editor-last=Larkin \|editor-first=Colin \|editor-link=Colin Larkin \|volume=8 \|chapter=311 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/162 163]}}</ref>
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	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
	Credits adapted from ~~album’s~~ liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title= From Chaos \|year= 2001 \|type= booklet \|publisher= [[Volcano Entertainment]]}}</ref>		Credits adapted from album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title= From Chaos \|year= 2001 \|type= booklet \|publisher= [[Volcano Entertainment]]}}</ref>
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	* [[Nick Hexum]] – vocals {{small\|(lead vocals on tracks 1–12, "Bomb the Town", "We Do It Like This")}}, rhythm guitar, programming, additional engineering		* [[Nick Hexum]] – vocals {{small\|(lead vocals on tracks 1–12, "Bomb the Town", "We Do It Like This")}}, rhythm guitar, programming, additional engineering

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{{Infobox album
| name = From Chaos
| type = studio
| artist = [[311 (band)|311]]
| cover = Fromchaos.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 19, 2001
| recorded = December 2000 – March 2001
| venue =
| studio = [[The Hive (studio)|The Hive]] ([[North Hollywood, California]])
*[[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] ([[Van Nuys, California]])
| genre = *[[Alternative rock]], [[rap rock]]
| length = 39:49
| label = [[Volcano Entertainment]]
| producer = [[311 (band)|311]], [[Ron Saint Germain]]
| prev_title = [[Soundsystem (311 album)|Soundsystem]]
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = [[Evolver (311 album)|Evolver]]
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = From Chaos
| type = studio
| single1 = [[You Wouldn't Believe]]
| single1date = July 3, 2001
| single2 = [[I'll Be Here Awhile]]
| single2date = 2001
| single3 = [[Amber (song)|Amber]]
| single3date = February 2002
}}
}}
'''''From Chaos''''' is the sixth studio [[album]] by [[311 (band)|311]], released on June 19, 2001. It was their first album to be released through [[Volcano Entertainment]], and their first to be recorded through their own recording studio, [[The Hive (place)|The Hive]] in [[North Hollywood, California]]. Singles from this album include "[[You Wouldn't Believe]]", "[[I'll Be Here Awhile]]", and "[[Amber (song)|Amber]]".

==Background==
Much of the album ''From Chaos'' was written by the band while on tour in 2000 promoting their fifth studio album [[Soundsystem (311 album)|'Soundsystem.']] The album name 'From Chaos' was inspired by the band’s situation with their previous record label of seven years, Capricorn Records. According to singer Nick Hexum, they "had a lot of disagreements with Capricorn over the years and it was just time to end our relationship." The band sued Capricorn, voided their contract and signed with [[Volcano Entertainment|Volcano records]]. The band was going through stress of legal trouble, which brought a negativity environment where albums do not get made; they did not want to make an album surrounding that subject, so most of the album is born out of "relationships and appreciating life" according to Hexum, who takes pride in being up-beat and positive.<ref>{{cite news
| author = Conrad, Ed
| title = For a Band Without an Attitude, Life Is Good
| quote =
| newspaper = The Record
| date = October 5, 2001
| pages = 1
| id = {{ProQuest|425364275}}
}}</ref> "Bomb the Town," "Will the World," "We Do It Like This," and "Dreamland" are [[b-sides]] from this CD. They can be heard on the bonus disc included with band video documentary ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref="Lunders"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=MUZE Inc. |year=2006 |isbn= 978-0-19-531373-4 |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |volume=8 |chapter=311 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/162 163]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Myers |first=Ben |date=August 4, 2001 |title=Albums |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |location=UK |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=864 |page=46}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/311/albums/album/306273/review/5943150/from_chaos |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=2012-02-16 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119073740/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/311/albums/album/306273/review/5943150/from_chaos |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=311|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/813 813]|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide}}</ref>
}}
The album received positive reviews from various music critics. Steve Appleford of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' writes "[the album] "From Chaos" is mostly a repeat of proven [[311 (band)|311]] formulas (even with strange new flashes of prog-rock flavor), but singers ''[[Nicholas Hexum]]'' and S.A. Martinez are earnest, energetic MC's, crooning, rapping, shouting across a thundering blend of rock, reggae, hip-hop and psychedelia. Still fresh and funky."<ref name="Appleford">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-02-ca-64472-story.html |first1=Steve |last1=Appleford |title=High-Energy 311 Lets the Good Times Roll in Universal Show |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2001-07-08 |access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref> Angelique Campbell from ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'' in Ohio writes, "[[311 (band)|311]] stays with its formula of combining funk, rock and reggae with a dash of catchy pop sensibility on From Chaos."<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, Angelique. "Recordings on Review." ''[[Dayton Daily News]]''. Jun 29 2001.</ref> Jacob Lunders, a contributor for ''[[AllMusic]]'' writes, "From Chaos astonishes and impresses with considerable energy and focus, proving itself as the album [[311 (band)|311]] has always been capable of making."<ref name="Lunders">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-chaos-mw0000004941|title=From Chaos - 311 | Album |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 19, 2025}}</ref>

However, Paul Massari of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' criticized the album, writing "[[311 (band)|311]] tries to demonstrate that it is still relevant in the era of the loud, angry rap-metal band. The death-rock power chords on tracks like "Full Ride" are plodding, and the tone of the gangsta raps is absurdly inflated."<ref name="Lunders"/> Kathryn McGuire of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' adds, "[[311 (band)|311]] slings melodramatic metal riffs and whiny verses every which way, and their once-novel fusion seems unfocused and flat."<ref name="McGuire">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/311/albums/album/306273/review/5943150/from_chaos |title=311: From Chaos : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=2012-02-16 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119073740/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/311/albums/album/306273/review/5943150/from_chaos |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}.McGuire, Kathryn. "From Chaos". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Aug 02 2001.</ref> Kristen Koba, founder of ''[[PopMatters]]'' wrote, "The whiny white boy rap, almost funky bass lines, and grinding guitar riffs just couldn't hold up in a city that offers so much innovative hip-hop and truly vital rock."<ref name="Koba">{{Cite web |last=Koba |first=Kirsten |date=n.d. |title=311: From Chaos |url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/311-from.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020223001504/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/311-from.html |archive-date=February 23, 2002 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| title1 = You Get Worked
| lyrics1 = [[Nick Hexum]], [[SA Martinez]]
| music1 = Hexum, [[Chad Sexton]]
| length1 = 2:51
| title2 = Sick Tight
| lyrics2 = Hexum, Martinez
| music2 = Hexum
| length2 = 2:44
| title3 = [[You Wouldn't Believe]]
| lyrics3 = Hexum, Martinez
| music3 = Hexum
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Full Ride
| lyrics4 = Hexum, Martinez
| music4 = Sexton
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = From Chaos
| lyrics5 = Hexum, Martinez
| music5 = Hexum
| length5 = 3:15
| title6 = I Told Myself
| lyrics6 = Hexum, Martinez
| music6 = Hexum, Sexton
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Champagne
| lyrics7 = Hexum, Martinez
| music7 = Hexum, [[Tim Mahoney (guitarist)|Tim Mahoney]]
| length7 = 3:04
| title8 = Hostile Apostle
| lyrics8 = Hexum, Martinez
| music8 = Hexum
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Wake Your Mind Up
| lyrics9 = [[will.i.am|William Adams]], [[Slimkid3|Trevant Hardson]], Hexum
| music9 = Sexton, [[Aaron Wills]]
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = [[Amber (song)|Amber]]
| lyrics10 = Hexum
| music10 = Hexum
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Uncalm
| lyrics11 = Hexum, Martinez
| music11 = Hexum, Mahoney
| length11 = 3:11
| title12 = [[I'll Be Here Awhile]]
| lyrics12 = Hexum, Martinez
| music12 = Hexum, Martinez
| length12 = 3:29
| total_length = 39:49
}}
{{track listing
| headline = B-Sides & outtakes
| title13 = Bomb the Town
| writer13 = Hexum, Martinez
| note13 = Appears on the ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]'' bonus EP
| length13 = 3:32
| title14 = Dreamland
| writer14 = Mahoney
| note14 = Appears on the ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]'' bonus EP
| length14 = 1:14
| title15 = We Do It Like This
| writer15 = Hexum, Martinez
| note15 = Appears on the ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]'' bonus EP
| length15 = 2:46
| title16 = Will the World
| writer16 = Hexum
| note16 = Appears on the ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]'' bonus EP
| length16 = 1:05
| title17 = Are You Ready? (intro at concerts)
| writer17 =
| note17 = Available via 311 website
| length17 = 1:09
| title18 = I'll Be Here Awhile (acoustic version)
| writer18 = Hexum, Martinez
| note18 = Appears on the ''[[Enlarged to Show Detail 2]]'' bonus EP and available via 311 website
| length18 =
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= From Chaos |year= 2001 |type= booklet |publisher= [[Volcano Entertainment]]}}</ref>
;311
* [[Nick Hexum]] – vocals {{small|(lead vocals on tracks 1–12, "Bomb the Town", "We Do It Like This")}}, rhythm guitar, programming, additional engineering
* Chad Sexton – drums, percussion, programming, additional engineering
* SA Martinez – vocals {{small|(lead vocals on tracks 1–9, 11, "Bomb the Town", "We Do It Like This")}}, turntables
* Tim Mahoney – lead guitar
* Aaron "P-Nut" Wills – bass

;Production
* 311 – producer
* [[Ron Saint Germain]] – producer, engineer, mixing
* Alex Rivera – additional engineering, Hive Studio tech and engineer
* Mike Terry – tracking assistant
* Geoff Walcha – mixing assistant
* Scotch Ralston – technical assistance
* [[Joe Gastwirt]] – mastering
* Matt Hunter – Hive Studio drum tech
* Ruff Stewart – Hive Studio guitar tech

==Charts==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2021}}
'''Album'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|10
|-
|}

'''Singles'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|"You Wouldn't Believe"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|7
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|"You Wouldn't Believe"
|align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left"|32
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|"I'll Be Here Awhile"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|15
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|"Amber"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|13
|-
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=311|title=From Chaos|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|access-date=July 2, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Volcano Entertainment albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Ron Saint Germain]]