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Message from the Country [Import]
The Massed Bands of the Household Division
These Words, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union/The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens [Import]
The King And I: The Hit Musical - A Modern Jazz Interpretation
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For his second solo album, Lanegan, the singer for the Screaming Trees, decided to go wider and deeper. The arrangements are mostly acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums, but the subtle addition of violin and saxophone on select cuts makes for greater variance and gives the album a rich, epic scope. As always, Lanegan sees the glass as neither half-empty or half-full, just dirty. "Borracho" reaches a cathartic wall of shrieking feedback, but mostly Lanegan tunes down for the ambulatory emissions and Seattle blues of "Shooting Gallery," "Judas Touch," and "Kingdoms of Rain." --Rob O'Connor