Editing Iowa (album) (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|MC = 68/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web|title=Iowa - Slipknot|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/iowa/slipknot|website=Metacritic|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/iowa-mw0000589672|title=Iowa - Slipknot &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Things reach such a fever pitch on this album that you can't help but laugh at times. [Sep 2001, p.75]</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Artistdirect]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/slipknot-iowa-10th-anniversary-edition-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9517792|title=News|access-date=October 21, 2011|archive-date=October 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015151453/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/slipknot-iowa-10th-anniversary-edition-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9517792|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Dotmusic]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Mulvey, John|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21574.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828111014/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21574.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2001|title=SLIPKNOT - IOWA (ROADRUNNER)|work=[[Dotmusic]]|date=28 August 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5Score = C−<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Sinclair, Tom|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/09/03/iowa/|title=Iowa|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=3 September 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev6Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|author=Reed, Graham|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2681/reviews/1704-|title=Slipknot - Iowa|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=23 July 2001|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811230252/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2681/reviews/1704-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 8/10<ref>''[[NME]]''. August 25, 2001. p. 49</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Playlouder]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Luff, William|url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/364slipknot.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102215602/http://www.playlouder.com/review/364slipknot.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2001|title=Iowa - Slipknot|work=[[Playlouder]]|date=28 August 2001|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Slipknot make one hell of a racket, an abrasive amalgam of death metal blastbeats and bestial grunting. [Oct 2001, p.130]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS"/>
}}

Following the success of the band's [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]], author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow-up was intense.<ref name="RapcoreBook"/> Prior to its release, Jordison proclaimed: "Wait till you hear our fuckin' next record. It smokes our first album. The shit's twice as technical, three times as heavy."<ref name="NuWorld"/> 

Iowa earned generally favorable reviews.<ref name=MC /> The ''[[CMJ|College Music Journal]]'' reviewed it as "brutal, unrelenting, scorching..."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[CMJ|College Music Journal]] |date =October 1, 2001 |page = 13}}</ref> Many noted its heavy themes: ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' stated, "<nowiki>[It is]</nowiki> like having a plastic bag taped over your head for an hour while Satan uses your scrotum as a speedbag....<nowiki>[It]</nowiki> is over the top… you're going to be left in stitches."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date = July 2001 |page = 75}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' said that it is "Exhilarating, brutal and good."<ref name="NME50">{{cite book |title = 50 Albums of the year 2001 |publisher = NME |date = December 29, 2001 |page = 59}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' credited the album for its originality, stating that "nearly everything else in modern [[doom rock]] sounds banal."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071002075208/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/146645/review/5942405/iowa|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 2, 2007|title= Slipknot (Metal): Iowa|access-date=June 1, 2008 |last=Fricke |first=Davide |date= September 17, 2001|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In its ''Rock & Roll Yearbook'' (2001), ''Rolling Stone'' declared, "Do not discount the purgative worth of Slipknot's head-spinning riffage and singer Corey Taylor's [[Tuberculosis|consumptive]] growl in 'People = Shit' and 'The Heretic Anthem'. ''Iowa'' is the sound of hell boiling over."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=[[David Fricke|Fricke]]|magazine=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Yearbook 2001]]|issue= 885–886|date = 2001}}</ref>

Producer Robinson was praised for his work: ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' noted, "The barely relenting, tumbling noise attack marshalled by nu metal uber-producer Ross Robinson is expert."<ref>{{cite book |title = Iowa album review |publisher = [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date = November 2001 |page = 120}}</ref> Reviewing for [[Yahoo!]], John Mulvey said, "They're an evolutionary dead end, the final, absolute triumph of nu metal."<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web| last = Mulvey| first = John| title = Slipknot – Iowa | publisher=Yahoo Music| date = August 23, 2001| url = http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |access-date=March 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113104848/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html |archive-date=January 13, 2006}}</ref>

The first single, "Left Behind", was nominated for the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] at the [[44th Annual Grammy Awards|44th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2002">{{cite news|title=Slipknot's Paul Gray: "I Know System Of A Down Will Win Grammy" |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 27, 2002 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1780 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219142252/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1780 |archive-date=December 19, 2007 }}</ref> The second single, "My Plague", was nominated in 2003 for the same award at the [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|45th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="BM.Grammy2003">{{cite news|title=Grammy Awards Nominees Announced! |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=January 7, 2003 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8702 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620042948/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8702 |archive-date=June 20, 2008 }}</ref> The single "Left Behind" peaked in the top thirty for single sales the United States and the UK.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web |url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title = Billboard.com Artist Chart History – Slipknot|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Incorporated|access-date = January 26, 2008}}</ref><ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/slipknot|title=Slipknot|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> In addition, "My Plague" reached the 43rd position on the UK charts.<ref name="UKCharts" /> ''Iowa'' was ranked sixth in the "50 Albums of the year" by ''NME'' in 2001.<ref name="NME50"/> The album reached the top position on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="UKCharts" /> and the second spot on the [[ARIA Charts]] in Australia.<ref name="aus">{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Australian Charts|publisher=australian-charts.com|access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> The album reached the third spot on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Iowa – Slipknot|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2008}}</ref> and the [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]].<ref name="fin">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Slipknot&titel=Iowa&cat=a|title=Slipknot Finnish Charts|publisher=finnishcharts.com|access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> On October 10, 2001, the album was certified Platinum in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = United States|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album}} In Canada, the [[Music Canada|Canadian Recording Industry Association]] certified the album as Platinum, on September 5, 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region = Canada|title = Iowa|artist = Slipknot|type = album|certyear = 2001|certmonth = 9}} The [[British Phonographic Industry]] has certified the album as Gold in the UK.<ref name="UNcert">{{cite web |title = Iowa Certified Awards |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |date = August 24, 2001 |url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |access-date = February 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605043822/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29583 |archive-date = June 5, 2008}}</ref>

In 2009, ''Iowa'' was rated third in UK magazine ''[[Kerrang!]]''{{'}}s "The 50 Best Albums of the 21st century" reader poll.<ref>{{cite news |title = A Century of Sound |pages = 22–47 |work=Kerrang! |date = August 8, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Loudwire]]'' listed ''Iowa'' at number two in their "Top 11 albums of the 2000s" and number six in their "Top 100 albums of the 21st century".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-11-metal-albums-of-the-2000s/|title=Top 11 Metal Albums of the 2000s|website=Loudwire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/|title=The 100 Best Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century|website=Loudwire}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Iowa'' as 50th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2017/06/21/news/rolling-stone-share-choices-100-greatest-metal-albums-time/|title=Rolling Stone Share Their Choices For 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time'|date=June 21, 2017|website=Theprp.com}}</ref> Later in 2023, the same magazine ranked the album's second song, "People = Shit", number sixty on their list on "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2023-03-13 |title=The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>