Screaming Trees | Uncle Anesthesia (LP, Import Vinyl)

After releasing three albums with Greg Ginn's underground label SST, Screaming Trees broke through in 1991 with Uncle Anesthesia on major label Epic. The band, fronted by Mark Lanegan (who would go on to collaborate solo with band members of Nirvana, Queens Of The Stone Age, Guns 'N Roses and Foo Fighters) is known for its raw psychedelic, whiskey voiced garage rock. This harder edge set the band apart from Seattle grunge contemporaries Alice In Chains and Soundgarden, gaining a loyal fanbase in the process. Uncle Anesthesia is produced by Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) and metal producer Terry Date, known for his recordings of Pantera, Prong, Overkill and White Zombie. Uncle Anesthesia is a essential addition to the Music On Vinyl catalog of Screaming Trees albums!

Screaming Trees: Mark Lanegan (vocals); Gary Lee Conner (guitar); Van Conner (bass); Mark Pickerel (drums). Additional personnel: Chris Cornell (vocals, recorder); Scott, Terry (vocals); Jeff McGraph (trumpet); Terry Pickerel (percussion). Producers: Terry Date, Chris Cornell, Screaming Trees. Screaming Trees' 1991 major-label debut came as something of a surprise to fans of their self-released early records and the more mature late '80s albums on SST. Those records, while unfairly lumped in with the early grunge scene of the band's Seattle compatriots like Mudhoney and Soundgarden, had more in common with the 13th Floor Elevators and the Seeds than Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. That's what makes UNCLE ANETHESIA such a shock; the album, produced by Soundgarden producer Terry Date and singer Chris Cornell, is a sluggishly loud thud-rocker, with low, grinding songs a world away from the quirky pop influences and neo-psychedelia of earlier albums like OTHER WORLDS and INVISIBLE LANTERN. For all of that, the album is still a powerful ride, with Mark Lanegan's vocals--he was unquestionably the best singer on the scene--among the best of his career.

Tracklist

A1        Beyond This Horizon
A2        Bed Of Roses    
A3        Uncle Anesthesia
A4        Story Of Her Fate    
A5        Caught Between
A6        Lay Your Head Down
A7        Before We Arise
B1        Something About Today
B2        Alice Said
B3        Time For Light
B4        Disappearing    
B5        Ocean Of Confusion
B6        Closer

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: MUSIC ON VINYL
Catalog: MOVLP587
Rel. Date: 10/09/2012
UPC: 8718469531240

• Genre: Alternative
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: LP