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Year of the Spider
Studio album by Cold
Released	May 13, 2003
Recorded	September - December 2002 at Bay 7, Studio City
Genre	Alternative Metal
Length	64:00
Label	Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Cold, Howard Benson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Cold chronology
13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000)	Year of the Spider (2003)	A Different Kind of Pain (2005)

Year of the Spider is the third studio album by Floridian post-grunge/hard rock quintet Cold. It was released on May 13th, 2003 through Geffen Records. The album produced two singles, which were Stupid Girl and Suffocate. Early pressings of the album were shipped with a DVD and a temporary tattoo of the Cold spider. The DVD included the making of (as well as the actual) the video for "Stupid Girl", fan testimonials, and some home video shot during the recording of the album.

1. "Remedy" – 2:57
2. "Suffocate" – 3:39 (featuring Sierra Swan)
3. "Cure My Tragedy (A Letter to God)" – 3:55
4. "Stupid Girl" – 3:09 (featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer on opening guitar)
5. "Don't Belong" – 3:40
6. "Wasted Years" – 4:07
7. "Whatever You Became" – 3:45
8. "Sad Happy" – 3:36
9. "Rain Song" – 3:37
10. "The Day Seattle Died" – 3:34
11. "Change the World" – 4:01
12. "Black Sunday" – 4:30
13. "Kill the Music Industry" – 19:23
    • "Gone Away" (hidden track, begins at 16:06 after 13:13 of silence- a reference to the superstitious nature of their previous effort 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage) - 3:07

• Terry Balsamo - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
• Howard Benson - Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Soloist
• Adam Daniel - Digital Editing
• Fred Durst - A&R
• Samuel Fischer - Violin
• Julie Gigante - Violin
• Jason Harter - Art Direction, Design
• Kelly Hayes - Guitar
• Olaf Heine - Photography
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Vince Jones - Digital Editing
• Roland Kato - Viola
• Armen Ksajikian - Cello
• Jason Lader - Digital Editing
• Ana Landauer - Violin
• Songa Lee - Violin
• Phillipe Levy - Violin
• Jenn Littleton - A&R
• Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
• David Low - Cello, Contractor
• Deborah Lurie - Conductor, String Arrangements, Synthesizer Strings
• Eric Miller - Engineer, Digital Editing
• Martie Muhoberac - Production Coordination
• Simon Oswell - Viola
• Mike Plotnikoff - Engineer, Digital Editing
• Mark Robertson - Concertmaster
• Jordan Schur - Executive Producer, A&R
• Les Scurry - Production Coordination
• David Speltz - Cello
• Casey Stone - Engineer
• Sierra Swan - Vocals
• Michael Valerio - Bass
• Evan Wilson - Viola

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)