The fifth album from this band from USA.
The band is a trio with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars and vocals.
A guest added percussion and keyboards.
This very underrated band soldiered on. Mostly without getting paid as their manager was hopeless and then ripped them off.... big time. Something that took a huge strain on each band member and their families/marriages.
But they still soldiered on. That means a soulful, grungy mix of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Rush.
The big name producer Brendan O'Brien was the producer here. A producer with a past from the grunge and heavy metal scene. A man known to remove any waste from albums he produced.
The result is a much leaner, harder and slimmed down sound and music. A lot of the eastern feel has gone. The funk is still there but the songs are harder and more angry.
The band still managed to write some really good songs. Even the Jimi Hendrix cover track Manic Depression, forced on them by their record label Atlantic, sounds good in their version.
Their own songs are also good. But this does not disguise that this album is their weakest, least great album so far. Nevertheless, great bands mostly always comes up with the goods.
3 points
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