In Snake's Collection:
Dirt - Alice In Chains
This is my only real contribution this week. This is an amazing album. It is very heavy both in sound and in saddening theme. It can almost be considered a concept album, because the bulk of the songs deal with Heroin (and other addictions), which lead singer Layne Staley was heavily addicted to at the time. Band members have recounted that he would often shoot up right in front of them in the studio. The entire band was doing some kind of drug, either weed or pharmaceuticals, in the studio during the recording process. What comes out is this deep sound and meaning that paints a harrowing picture of self-disgust and amazingly self aware, yet powerless addicts. The song 'Junkhead' lays it right out there. "What's my drug of choice? Well, what have you got? I don't go broke and I do it alot." Them Bones, Dam That River, Sickman, Rooster, Junkhead, Down In A Hole & Would? make up some of the best songs to come out of this genre of music.
That's All Folks!
I really don't have any experience with any other album on the list this week. I tried to dig up something original, but came up very empty handed. I don't even have any good snubs out of this group. The only albums that I have within this grouping that I listen to are: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Diver Down, and Don't Hurt 'Em Hammer. Maybe Dirty Deeds could be on here, but it was a throw together album after Bon Scott had past. Don't Hurt 'Em Hammer is a nice period piece, but really only 1 song came out of there. Diver Down is all covers and mostly not very good covers by Van Halen. So, I don't think any were snubs, but here I am still talking about them some what.
Let's hope for the next group to up it a little bit.
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Man, I was looking for your in depth take on Loretta Lynn. I bet she was shooting up making her album too. I think you'll like this week a little more, but we shall see.
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