Sublime [PA] by Sublime (CD, 1996, MCA) *NEW* *FREE Shipping*

Description: Sublime by Sublime [PA] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Garden Grove2 What I Got3 Wrong Way4 Same In The End5 April 29, 1992 (Miami)6 Santeria7 Seed8 Jailhouse9 Pawn Shop10 Paddle Out11 The Ballad Of Johnny Butt12 Burritos13 Under My Voodoo14 Get Ready15 Caress Me Down16 What I Got (reprise)17 Doin' TimeBefore the tragic death of singer/songwriter/guitarist Brad Nowell May 1996, Sublime recorded their self-titled major label debut. Produced by Butthole Surfer's Paul Leary, the album is a study in versatility, with 18 cuts ranging from dancehall to ska to psychedelic dub to rock to hardcore punk and beyond. The band's brand of genre-shifting experimentation yields remarkable results in this recording, sure to capture their rabid, grass-roots U.S. following. First single/video: "What I Got." --- Sublime's eponymous major-label debut arrived a few months after the band's leader, Brad Nowell, died tragically of a heroin overdose. As a show of sympathy, the album tended to be slightly overrated in some critical quarters, who claimed that Nowell was an exceptionally gifted lyricist and musical hybridist, but Sublime doesn't quite support those claims. Even so, the trio does have a surprising grace in its unabashedly traditionalist fusion of Californian hardcore punk, light hip-hop, and reggae. Switching between bracing hardcore and slow, sexy reggae numbers, Sublime display supple, muscular versatility and, on occasion, a gift for ingratiatingly catchy hooks, as on the hit single "What I Got." What they don't have is the vision -- either lyrical or musical -- to maintain interest throughout the course of the entire album. Sublime sags when the band delves too deeply into their dub aspirations or when their lyrics slide into smirking humor. The low moments don't arrive that often -- by and large, the album is quite engaging -- but they happen frequently enough to make the record a demonstration of the band's blossoming ability, but not the fulfillment of their full potential. Of course, Nowell's death gives the record a certain pathos, but that doesn't make the album any stronger. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Price: 13.95 USD

Location: Tarzana, California

End Time: 2024-08-09T20:30:28.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD