It's a F*cking major crime that this album didnt get more recognition. River of Deciet was a minor hit but there's NOTHING minor about Mad Season, the band. Not Mad Season the lame Matchbox Twenty album. How can you NOT make amazing music with this lineup : Vocals - Layne Staley (Alice In Chains) Mike McCreedy (Pearl Jam) Barret Martin (Screaming Trees)John Baker Saunders. That's Heaven with flanel carpet.
The album, Above, which was recorded in Seattle, Washington at Bad Animals Studio (co-owned by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart) and co-produced by the band and Pearl Jam sound engineer Brett Eliason, featured ten songs. It also included guest vocals and additional lyrics by Screaming Trees frontman and solo artist Mark Lanegan. McCready said, "We did all the Mad Season music in about seven days. It took Layne just a few more days to finish his vocals, which was intense since we only rehearsed twice and did four shows." The album was released on March 15, 1995 through Columbia Records to critical and commercial success. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that the album "sounds like a cross between Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam, taking the ponderous seriousness of Alice and PJ's '90s update of winding '70s guitar rock."[6] Staley's lyrics dealt with his personal troubles, with Martin saying, "Layne Staley felt as though he was on a spiritual mission through his music."[7] Over the course of 1995, Above scaled the Billboard 200, eventually peaking at #24 and spawning two singles: "River of Deceit" (#2 Mainstream Rock Tracks, #9 Modern Rock Tracks) and "I Don't Know Anything" (#20 Mainstream Rock Tracks). Above was certified gold on June 14, 1995.
Before you awake tomorrow with a major hangover, Let this masterpiece, this piece of American musical artwork put you to bed. Yeah when it comes to Chains, anything Chains, I'm a total band geek
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