Confession (Ill Niño album)

Confession is the second album released by the American heavy metal band Ill Niño. The album debuted at #37 in the Billboard Top 200 with first week sales of 27,863.^[4] It is their most successful album to date, selling more than 600,000 copies worldwide by 2023.^[5] It was the first album to not feature Marc Rizzo, who left during recording to join Soulfly, and also the first to feature Ahrue Luster, formerly of Machine Head.

Confession
Studio album by Ill Niño
Released	September 30, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Studio	Water Music Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey and Mirror Image Recorders in New York City
Genre	Alternative metal nu metal Latin metal
Length	47:07
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Bob Marlette Dave Chavarri
Ill Niño chronology
Revolution Revolución (2001) Confession (2003) One Nation Underground (2005)
Singles from Confession
"How Can I Live" Released: July 22, 2003 "This Time's for Real" Released: January 20, 2004 "Cleansing" Released: 2005[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	Not rated[2]
Exclaim!	Positive[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Cristian Machado^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Te Amo...I Hate You"	Machado, Chavarri, Paisante, Pina	3:33
2.	"How Can I Live"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	3:17
3.	"Two (Vaya Con Dios)"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina	3:23
4.	"Unframed"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina	3:23
5.	"Cleansing"	Machado, Chavarri, Paisante, Pina	3:45
6.	"This Time's for Real"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	3:27
7.	"Lifeless...Life..."	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	2:47
8.	"Numb"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	4:06
9.	"Have You Ever Felt?" (feat. Max Illidge of 40 Below Summer)	Machado, Chavarri, Paisante, Pina	3:18
10.	"When It Cuts"	Machado, Chavarri, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	2:48
11.	"Letting Go"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina	3:18
12.	"All the Right Words"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	4:08
13.	"Re-Birth"	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	2:54
14.	"How Can I Live" (Spanish Version)	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	3:08

French edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"How Can I Live" (Single mix)	Marlette, Chavarri, Machado, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	2:57
16.	"I'll Find a Way"	Chavarri, Machado, Rizzo	3:59
17.	"Someone Or Something" (Also Japanese edition bonus track)	Machado, Chavarri, Marlette, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	3:06

iTunes Bonus Track Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Make Me Feel"	Machado, Chavarri, Marlette, Paisante, Pina, Rizzo	3:08
16.	"Clear"	Chavarri, Machado, Rizzo	3:59
17.	"Forever"		3:09

Notes:

• The iTunes bonus tracks "Make Me Feel" and "Clear" are the same as "Someone or Something" and "I'll Find a Way", respectively. They seemingly retained their demo titles on iTunes for unknown reasons.
• A fan-made compilation titled Demo Sessions includes three demo tracks from the album's recording sessions, "Make Me Feel" (with different lyrics), "About Them" and "Every Day". It also includes acoustic performances of "How Can I Live" and "This Time's for Real", recorded live at the AAF studios.
• "Have You Ever Felt?" is featured in the game Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for the Xbox 360.
• "When It Cuts" is featured in the PlayStation Portable game Infected.
• "How Can I Live" is featured in the horror film Freddy vs. Jason and appears on the soundtrack.
• "I'll Find a Way" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Cave, titled "I'll Find the Way".

Personnel

Ill Niño

• Cristian Machado – vocals
• Ahrue Luster – lead guitar
• Jardel Paisante – rhythm guitar
• Laz Piña – bass guitar
• Omar Clavijo – keyboards, turntables, programming
• Danny Couto – percussion
• Dave Chavarri – drums

Additional personnel

• Joe Rodriguez – additional percussion
• Marc Rizzo – additional guitar/ acoustic guitar (on tracks 2, 4, 6–8, 10–17)
• Max Illidge – additional vocals (on track 9) (40 Below Summer, Black Market Hero)
• Mikey Doling – additional guitar (on track 3) (Snot, ex-Soulfly, ex-Abloom, currently Invitro)
• Bob Marlette – additional piano (on tracks 8, 12, 15, 17)

Production

• Bob Marlette – producer, engineering
• Jay Baumgardner – mixing
• Michael Barbiero – mixing
• Michael Koch – engineering
• Dan Korneff – digital editing, engineering
• Jerry Farley – digital editing
• John Bender – assistant engineering
• Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography
• Julian Joyce – assistant engineering
• Lynde Kusnetz – creative director
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Confession

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7]	95
French Albums (SNEP)[8]	90
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	67
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10]	57
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11]	229
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	118
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[13]	14
US Billboard 200[14]	37