Mad Season - Above album mp3

Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995, through Columbia Records. Above peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. Layne Staley created the album artwork on the cover

Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in 1994 as a side project of members of other bands in the Seattle grunge scene. The band's principal members included guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, lead singer Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and bassist John Baker Saunders. Mad Season released only one album, Above, in March 1995. Its first single, "River of Deceit", was a radio success, and Above was certified a gold record by the RIAA in June.

Above (Mad Season album). Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995 through Columbia Records. Despite some negative criticism, the album was a moderate commercial success Melody Maker called the album "a Country Sabbath combination" and "a refreshing holiday from the pressures of corporate ultra-stardom

Ultimately, the plan didn't pan out, but for a brief while, the quartet - who adopted the name Mad Season - did have their moment of clarity, captured on the 1995 album Above. There was a single issued to modern rock radio - "River of Deceit" - but this record downplayed easy hooks and melody in favor of churning introspection and slow vamps that occasionally flirt with blues (the never-ending 12-bar "Artificial Red," balanced by the distorto riffs of "I Don't Everything"), but usually conjure nothing more than the. dank sludge of Seattle.

Mad Season features the legendary Layne Staley of Alice in Chains on vocals, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam on lead guitar, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and bassist John Baker Saunders of the Lamont Cranston Band. The band recorded and released one album, Above, in 1995 which was certified Gold and became an essential touchstone in the history of Seattle rock. Above is the only complete album of Layne Staley's introspective and mystical lyrics, which were highlighted by additional vocals from Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan.

Released March 14, 1995. Above, the one-off album from supergroup Mad Season. Above is more mellow than a lot of the albums the members have put out in the past comparable to the supergroup Temple of the Dog’s one-off Temple of the Dog album. The album is known for its ways of going from mellow to a much harder sound like in I’m Above where Mark Lanegan and Layne Staley both sing in harmony and Layne comes out with his signature yell. The most notable single here is River of Deceit which found itself on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks at number 2. Above Q&A.

Label: Hockeytalkter Records ‎– 88765441701, Columbia ‎– 88765441701, Legacy ‎– 88765441701, Monkeywrench Records ‎– 88765441701. Format: 2 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered. Country: US. Released: 04 Jun 2013. Producer – Brett Eliason, Mad Season. Recorded By – Alain Johannes (tracks: C12 to D14). Recorded By, Mixed By – Brett Eliason. Vocals, Guitar – Layne Staley. Post RSD release which was not numbered pressed on 180 gram black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Tracks listed 1 to 15 on jacket and labels.

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