Consisting of Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley, bass player John Baker Saunders and Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin on drums, the Seattle-based supergroupMad Season recorded Above as their only studio album. It was released in March 1995, featuring guest vocals from Mark Lanegan. A mix of melancholy ballads and hard rock, the album proved to be a gold certified hit.
This expanded double 12" vinyl edition includes the original album in its entirety as well as three songs from the band's unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals by Mark Lanegan, a previously unreleased instrumental "Interlude," and a remixed version of Mad Season's cover of John Lennon's "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier".
Mad Season: Layne Staley (vocals, guitar); Mike McCready (acoustic & electric guitars); Barrett Martin (cello, vibraphone, marimba, acoustic bass, drums, percussion); John Baker Saunders (electric bass).
Additional personnel: Mark Lanegan (vocals); Nalgas Sin Carne (saxophone).
Recorded at Bad Animals, Seattle, Washington.
- Format: Vinyl, 2 LP
- Limited, Expanded Edition
- Remastered, 180 Gram
- Double black vinyl
- Genre: Rock, Blues
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TRACKS
A1 Wake Up 7:36
A2 X-Ray Mind 5:13
A3 River Of Deceit 5:03
B4 I'm Above 5:45
B5 Artificial Red 6:15
B6 Lifeless Dead 4:27
B7 I Don't Know Anything 5:00
C8 Long Gone Day 4:50
C9 November Hotel 7:04
C10 All Alone 4:11
C11 Interlude 0:43
C12 Locomotive 4:33
D13 Black Book Of Fear 6:05
D14 Slip Away 5:38
D15 I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Remix) 5:52
