This album is the 3rd album released by the L.A. rock band, Jane's Addiction. When it was released Rolling Stone gave it 2 stars...when they re-reviewed in 2004 they gave it 4 stars. Interesting Rolling Stone...very interesting.
I thought it was an interesting but not ultimately enjoyable rock album. It's unofficially broken up into two parts. The first part is filled with regular old hard rock songs. These are quite good. The guitar work is impressive and Perry Ferrell's vocals are filled with energy and enthusiasm. I quite enjoyed songs like "Stop" and "No One's Leaving" which are just good rock songs...no bones about it.
The second part was a little confusing. Perry Ferrell's friend, Xiola Blue, died of an overdose in the late 80's and this part is dedicated to her. It's filled with a vague psychedelic sound and "progressive rock". There's even some Eastern influence in some of the songs.
Overall, It's not even that I didn't like the second part, it just didn't fit. This album feels like a series of songs stuck together that don't relate to one another. Individually, all these songs are quite good, they just felt like a playlist of rock songs set on Random. 4 stars.
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