Psychocandy
08-10-2004, 03:45 PM
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We have a winner. Already. If this is not my favorite album of 2004 come the end of the year then i'll not only eat my hat...but also my boots, my shorts and any other items of clothing within reach. I've long been a fan of Mark Lanegan. Through his time as lead singer with the glorious Screaming Trees (who I had the pleasure of seeing live) and on through his solo career. The Winding Sheet, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, I'll Take Care Of You and Field Songs are four of the finest albums i've ever heard. So I was surprised to discover that I that this could well be his best yet.
The guest list is enough to give any discerning music fan a rush to the head. P J Harvey (Hit The City and Come To Me), Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan (Strange Religion), Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers (Methamphetamine Blues), and as if that isn't enough, his fellow Queens Of The Stone Agers Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri make their presence felt throughout. Put simply this is an astonishing album.
Mark Lanegan taps into a rich seam of sonic gold and mines it for more glitterning nuggets of rock'n'roll genius than i've heard collected together for a long, long time. And the influences are many, varied and expertly incorporated. This is a seriously good album. I always expect Mark Lanegan to produce something amazing. This reaches beyond that.
5 out of 5
We have a winner. Already. If this is not my favorite album of 2004 come the end of the year then i'll not only eat my hat...but also my boots, my shorts and any other items of clothing within reach. I've long been a fan of Mark Lanegan. Through his time as lead singer with the glorious Screaming Trees (who I had the pleasure of seeing live) and on through his solo career. The Winding Sheet, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, I'll Take Care Of You and Field Songs are four of the finest albums i've ever heard. So I was surprised to discover that I that this could well be his best yet.
The guest list is enough to give any discerning music fan a rush to the head. P J Harvey (Hit The City and Come To Me), Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan (Strange Religion), Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers (Methamphetamine Blues), and as if that isn't enough, his fellow Queens Of The Stone Agers Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri make their presence felt throughout. Put simply this is an astonishing album.
Mark Lanegan taps into a rich seam of sonic gold and mines it for more glitterning nuggets of rock'n'roll genius than i've heard collected together for a long, long time. And the influences are many, varied and expertly incorporated. This is a seriously good album. I always expect Mark Lanegan to produce something amazing. This reaches beyond that.
5 out of 5