# 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
**13 Ways to Bleed on Stage** is the second studio album by the American rock band Cold, released on September 12, 2000.
[1](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php) The album runs 13 songs in 48 minutes.
[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/13-ways-to-bleed-onstage/1440903617)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | September 12, 2000 (United States); October 30, 2000 in Germany; November 22, 2000 in Japan[3](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=331) • [4](https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/cold/discography/japan/a-m-records/uicf-2001/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage) |
| Label and production | Flip/Geffen; produced by Adam Kasper, Chris Vrenna, and Fred Durst[1](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php) |
| Length and track count | 13 songs, 48 minutes[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/13-ways-to-bleed-onstage/1440903617) |
| Chart peak | Number 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers album chart in the issue dated October 21, 2000, its fourth week on the chart[5](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-10-21.pdf) |
| Reception | Critic score 80 (3 reviews) and user score 73 (70 ratings) on Album of the Year[1](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php) |
| Later reissue | 2024 vinyl reissue on Music On Vinyl, catalog number MOVLP 3787[6](https://www.allmusic.com/album/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mw0000620774) |
## Background and production
The album was recorded for Flip, the label of Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, who had discovered Cold and also took part in the production.
[3](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=331) The credited producers are Adam Kasper, Chris Vrenna, and Durst.
[1](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php) According to a band history summary, the main song structures for the album were written before the band entered the studio.
The record carries the ℗ line 2000 Flip/[A&M Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/a-and-m-records), reflecting the label partnership under which it was issued in the United States.
[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/13-ways-to-bleed-onstage/1440903617) A US CD pressing lists the Geffen catalog number GEFD 90726.
[7](https://brutalmetal.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=10487&CDName=13+Ways+to+Bleed+on+Stage)
## Musical style
Contemporary reviewers placed the album in the darker end of the era's heavy rock. The Blabbermouth review described a decidedly dark vibe across all the tracks, at times drawing comparisons to a heavier [Depeche Mode](https://www.edgepedia.org/depeche-mode) or U2, and called it a grower whose mature songwriting emerges with repeated listens rather than on first contact.
[8](https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/ways-to-bleed-on-stage) The same review judged it a boldly original heavy rock album that would need several listens and might therefore be considered too ambitious for the general public.
[8](https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
AllMusic's retrospective review took a cooler view, describing the band's 2000 album as uniform, post-Creed slow balladry and lazy power-chording, while conceding that the melancholic piano arpeggios of "She Said" are a highlight of its texture.
[6](https://www.allmusic.com/album/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mw0000620774) The same review found enough decent hooks in "End of the World" and "Just Got Wicked" to make the album appealing even to optimistic listeners.
[9](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mr0000640491) Other named tracks from the album's tracklist include "Send in the Clowns", "Same Drug", "Anti-Love Song", "Confession", "Sick of Man", and "Outerspace".
[10](https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/cold/discography/united-states/flip/606949-077228/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
## Chart performance and reception
Commercially, the album registered on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, the chart that tracks developing artists' album sales. In the issue dated October 21, 2000, roughly a month after release, it stood at number 14 in its fourth week on that chart, credited to Flip/Geffen 49072/Interscope.
[5](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-10-21.pdf) The single "End of the World", issued with the album title as its catalog listing on Flip/Geffen/Interscope, appeared at number 30 on a [Billboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-magazine) singles chart in the issue dated July 14, 2001.
[11](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-07-14.pdf)
On the review-aggregation site Album of the Year, the album holds a critic score of 80 based on 3 reviews and a user score of 73 based on 70 ratings.
[1](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php) A Sputnikmusic review judged the album better constructed than the band's later record *Year of the Spider*, while noting that some of its experimentation does not always prevail.
[12](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51831/Cold-13-Ways-to-Bleed-On-Stage/)
## Later releases
The album has remained in print across formats. It was issued on CD in 2000 and later on 12-inch vinyl, which the HMV store lists among its vinyl catalog.
[13](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage) AllMusic's release listing records a 2024 LP edition on the reissue label Music On Vinyl under catalog number MOVLP 3787.
[6](https://www.allmusic.com/album/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mw0000620774) Regional editions followed the US release closely, including a German release dated October 30, 2000
[3](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=331) and a Japanese edition on A&M Records dated November 22, 2000.
[4](https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/cold/discography/japan/a-m-records/uicf-2001/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
## References
1. [13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, Album of the Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/123689-cold-13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage.php)
2. [13 Ways to Bleed Onstage, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/13-ways-to-bleed-onstage/1440903617)
3. [Cold – 13 ways to bleed on stage, Plattentests.de](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=331)
4. [13 Ways to Bleed On Stage – Cold (Japan, A&M Records), Onam Records](https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/cold/discography/japan/a-m-records/uicf-2001/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
5. [Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart, issue dated October 21, 2000, World Radio History](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-10-21.pdf)
6. [Cold: 13 Ways To Bleed on Stage, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mw0000620774)
7. [Cold – 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage CD, BrutalMetal](https://brutalmetal.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=10487&CDName=13+Ways+to+Bleed+on+Stage)
8. [Review: 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, Blabbermouth.net](https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
9. [13 Ways To Bleed on Stage release info, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage-mr0000640491)
10. [13 Ways to Bleed On Stage – Cold (US, Flip), Onam Records](https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/cold/discography/united-states/flip/606949-077228/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
11. [Billboard, issue dated July 14, 2001, World Radio History](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-07-14.pdf)
12. [Cold – 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage review, Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51831/Cold-13-Ways-to-Bleed-On-Stage/)
13. [13 Ways to Bleed On Stage vinyl, HMV Store](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)
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