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Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley teams with Seattle pals Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) in the tradition of other part-time grunge aggregations like Brad and Hater. These 10 numbers--mostly somber, acoustic-hued ballads like the single 'River of Deceit'--are a therapeutic soul-cleansing for the troubled Staley. Core fans of any of the aforementioned bands will rank this with the solo work of Screaming Tree frontman Mark Lanegan (a guest vocalist here). --Jeff Bateman









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Disc 1:

1. Wake Up
2. X-Ray Mind
3. River of Deceit
4. I'm Above
5. Artificial Red
6. Lifeless Dead
7. I Don't Know Anything
8. Long Gone Day
9. November Hotel
10. All Alone

Note: - It could be better
This album have some very good songs. But just a few are really good songs. I think they would have made this album better cutting off some boring songs like that one Mark Lanegan sings. He is a great singer, but this song is very bored. Of course, Layne is an increadible musician, they made some very interesting riffs, the sadness in the songs are cool... but this album does not make me feel like when I listen to Alice in Chains.

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Note: - Great for chilling out and smoking
I was tempted to give this release 5 stars for reasons I'll get into, but in the end I decided to give it 4 because I think there are some weak tracks, e.g. I Don't Know Anything, and Lifeless Dead. Despite this, I consider this a special cd for a couple of reasons. First, the good tracks are just awesomely good. Wake Up, I'm Above, and November Hotel are enough to carry the album to great heights. The other thing that makes this cd special is that the general sound is rare. There's a lot of ambient space in the music, the tempo is consistently slow and steady, and the musicians fill it out with very tight parts. Mike McCready is absolutely brilliant, especially in November Hotel, and Layne Staley's husky voice adds to the mellowness. This album is particularly conducive to listening with your friends around as it can blend into the overall mood of the room.

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Note: - * Wish We Could Have Another Album From Mad Season ...
When most people think of Mad Season, they think oh Matchbox 20's second album, but only the people with great music taste will tell you that Mad Season was a Seattle Supergroup, featuring the late-great Layne Staley, and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, and Screaming Tree's John Baker Saunders and Barrett Martin. This album is nothing like you think this line-up would produce, you have the deep moving intrespective "All Alone" which showcases Staley's ablitiy for making one sentence into a powerful statement. The bluesly rocker "Artificial Red" and the hit- you in the head rocker "I Don't Know Anything" to the dark,senaster, and moody "Long Gone Day". Truley a radical departure from anything all the other seattle bands were doing at the time, and nothing done really ever since! Mad Season was truley ahead of their time and unfortunately we will never get to see how or if this band would have really unfolded. A Rock Tragedy!!!!!!!!

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Note: - Grunge at it's most peaceful
There is no question that Layne Staley had his personal demons. Anyone who has listened to Alice in Chains knows that, and unfortunately he lost that battle with his untimely death. Mad Season was formed as a supergroup featuring members of AiC, Pearl Jam and the Screaming Trees, and they have created something that is completely unexpected. "Above" is a quiet, introspective, solemn album, filled with beautiful songs, light melodies and soulful lyrics. Maybe this album was a way for Staley to deal with wihis demons in a less aggresive fashion, and it comes across wonderfully.

This is a good album from start to finish, and the best songs are "Wake Up", "River of Deceit" and "Artificial Red". This is not to say that there are any weaker songs here, because all ten of them are very good. This is the perfect album to buy now for those fans of grunge who have mellowed as the years have gone by, but still miss the intensity of the music that was being produced in Seattle during the nineties.

As much as I love Alice in Chains, I would have to say that this is the best work that Layne has done, showing that his talent was truly limitless. "Above" is a great disc, and a must-have for fans of any of the bands that have come together to create this masterpiece.

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Note: - * Great Album ...
The true testament to a good musician is how versatile one is. This album demonstrates how good each member of this band really is. Any doubters, listen to November Hotel, quite simply one of the greatest pieces of music in rock history. This album, a long time ago when I bought it inspired me to learn to play music. There are few albums that are as good from beginning to end that are so downright enjoyable on so many fronts. Whether you like the voice, the music, the atmosphere, you will definitely find something worthwhile. Buy this album.