Above

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Mad SeasonAbove: Expanded Editionon 180g 2LP w/ Bonus Tracks
Includes the Original Album plus 3 Songs from the Band’s Unfinished 2nd Album w/ Newly Recorded Vocals by Mark Lanegan, a Previously Unreleased Instrumental & Remixed Version of a Cover of John Lennon’s “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier”
1995’sAboveis the lone album from the Seattle supergroupMad Seasonfeaturing vocalistLayne Staley(Alice In Chains), guitaristMike McCready(Pearl Jam), bassistJohn Baker Saunders, and drummerBarrett Martin(Screaming Trees). Screaming Trees vocalistMark Laneganand saxophonistNalgas Sin Carnealso make appearances here as well.
Staley’s haunting sincerity is supported masterfully by the group’s beautiful melodies and inviting hooks throughout the 10-song set which offers fans just enough of what they have come to love about the members’ respective groups to go along with something altogether different. Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, WA with producerBrett Eliason,Abovewas certified gold on the strength of the popular singles “River of Deceit,” “I Don’t Know Anything” and “Long Gone Day.”
This expanded double 12″ vinyl edition fromSony/Legacyincludes theoriginal album in its entiretyas well asthree songs from the band’s unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals by Mark Lanegan, apreviously unreleased instrumental, “Interlude,”and aremixed version of Mad Season’s cover of John Lennon’s “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier.”
Mad SeasonAbove: Expanded EditionTrack Listing:
LP11. Wake Up2. X-Ray Mind3. River of Deceit4. I’m Above5. Artificial Red6. Lifeless Dead7. I Don’t Know Anything
LP21. Long Gone Day2. November Hotel3. All Alone4. Interlude5. Locomotive6. Black Book of Fear7. Slip Away8. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier