this ... holds up
― na (NA), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
i am shocked but i am listening to it for the first time in probably 20 years and it is great
def holds up. comes out swinging too.
― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
Loved the hell out of this album/band back in the day. Sickman is their Dazed & Confused.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
Amazing album. wtf voted for iron gland tho? that's taking Slayer worship too far
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
I would have gone with Down in A Hole, I think. I battle with Staley's voice over a whole album, but song by song AIC still rule.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this definitely still holds up, but I think a lot of major American alternative rock records from the '90s still hold up.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
Big shout for Sean Kinney - fabulous drummer.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
AiC lost a lot when the bassist quit
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
Hang on... I thought Starr was fired?
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
Either way, Mike Inez's bass on the Unplugged album is lovely.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
no he quit. xp
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 21:02 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I've heard the official line was that he quit, but I'm sure Starr himself is on record as saying he was fired.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
he didnt want to tour was what he said at the time
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
AiC had the best vocal harmonies... like the pre-chorus in “hate to feel”
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
Ah yeah, just looked it up... he later said he was fired due to drugs, which is quite something when you think about it.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
I saw them live in this era and expected them to R.O.C.K. and they were really stiff, awkward and boring except for the bass player who did the hair whirl-whip thing a lot.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
this is the best album
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:55 (three years ago) link
i love that someone voted for iron gland
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
probably me because I vote for anything tangentially related to Slayer
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
hard to vote against "Would?". that song walloped me upside the head the first time I heard it as a kid, that chorus, but that "IF! I! WOULD! COULD! YOU?" ......chills
"Rain When I Die"'s chorus is majestic, but Cantrell does some fine work on this one as well.
always loved the verse of "Dam That River" a ton, plus the fuckin solo and the riff underneath it....
ooof i love this alb
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
would’ve gone for “sickman” in this poll. bad trip
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:03 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, the AHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH part
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:14 (three years ago) link
always loved how they had cool vocal harmonies on like every track, it was like the Crosby Stills and Nash of stoner rock except Layne was Crosby and Stills and Jerry was Nash and actually no they weren't that makes no sense
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:15 (three years ago) link
I think "Down in a HOle" is the first song off of this I ever heard.
"Them Bones" was the second and I was fairly shocked as at the time I'd only heard DIAH and the Jar of Flies album and didn't realize they were so heavy
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
So fucking good. Has to be “would?” but... yeah great album.
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
Thanks to discovering this thread I ... may actually revisit this record for the first time in 15-20 years.
― We’re Up All Night To Get Lochte (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 4 February 2021 10:25 (three years ago) link
Rain When I Die has a fantastic vocal performance from poor old Layne.
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 4 February 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
this is the best album― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:55 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:55 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:23 (three years ago) link
I get the chorus from "Rain When I Die" pop in my head whenever I'm driving and it starts to rain
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:25 (three years ago) link
I think it's Down in A Hole but could be convinced it's Rooster. Fantastic album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
Love it but Rooster is a total momentum killer (maybe i've just heard it way too many times)
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:42 (three years ago) link
Dam That River was always my least favourite track on this killer album,
― chap, Thursday, 4 February 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
used to love Rooster, Angry Chair and God Smack but they definitely weren't my faves on returning to it the other week
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
Which gland were they talking about? Can someone explain to me the joke?
― peace, man, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
idk, between that and "God Am", I think they liked really bad puns and absurdism
just like that bonus track on Sap which featured Sean Kinney screaming word salad into a megaphone
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
I sang "Junkhead" at karaoke once, the audience found it very depressing. such a heavy-assed song
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
"rooster" has been somewhat diminished by overplay but also i sometimes think... "rooster" was a hit???? lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
i think it's still harrowing in sequence though
always took Iron Gland as a vamp on Iron Man tbh
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
Rooster's verses were some of Layne's finest singing.
definitely a strange hit. 90s alt rock radio allowed for some quirkier hits to emerge, esp Soundgarden's Superunknown tracks and their weird time signatures/tunings.
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
if there's one song I don't *love* outright, it's probably "Hate to Feel". I still like it, but it feels very disjointed, like riding a wooden roller-coaster that stops working periodically
i'm with the person who said "dam that river" is the weakest here. still a jam, just kinda lacks the "this song has a dark underbelly that's even scarier than the surface" feeling of pretty much every other track for me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
it is an excellent track two for that reason tho
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
I love the prechorus of “hate to feel”, seriously intense vocal harmony
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
you love to feel it
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
i'll not hear any dam that river slander.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
I have mad love for the title track on this. it's the slow-burning heart of the album, a centerpiece if you will.
also, this verse always gets under my skin:
You, you are so specialYou have the talent to make me feel like dirtAnd you, you use your talent to dig me underAnd cover me with dirt
― charlie rex, Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
it's kind of a testament how my darker moodset was already almost in place by high school because I lent this album to a friend and he returned it and I asked him how he liked it and he hated it and said "this shit is way too depressing" and he quoted the title track to me and I was like "oh...that? who among us hasn't felt this w etc etc"
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link