beersmac Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (Remastered) (1992) [2021] Country: USA Genre: Alternative rock,Grunge,Neo-psychedelia Format: FLAC (*tracks) Quality: Lossless [192 kHz/24 bit] Time: 46:26 Full Size: 1.79 GBThe Screaming Trees one-upped their major-label debut, Uncle Anesthesia, with this solid, vastly underrated effort. Sweet Oblivion's lead single, the jumpy hard rocker "Nearly Lost You," proved itself a highlight on the hugely successful, Seattle-themed Singles soundtrack. But even though the Screaming Trees stacked up quite well against their more famous peers in that particular showcase, the exposure didn't make them stars. Perhaps it was because Sweet Oblivion had been released several months before Singles, and the band thus couldn't build a sense of anticipation for a new album release, the way Alice in Chains and Smashing Pumpkins did for Dirt and Siamese Dream, respectively; nor could they capitalize on the extra publicity that goes along with new releases. For whatever reason, Singles didn't push sales of Sweet Oblivion, as the latter only scraped the lower reaches of the Billboard charts. And that's a shame, because the record is quite good -- the best songs here are easily among the best in their catalog, and the songwriting was their most consistent yet. "Nearly Lost You" is a standout, of course, but "Dollar Bill," "Shadow of the Season," and "Butterfly" are nearly as impressive. Mark Lanegan's raspy voice conveys a weary wistfulness that adds an unexpected dimension to the group's otherwise macho garage-psych grunge. The Trees no longer sound all that punkish, trading in some of their early, noisy fury for a more '70s-indebted hard rock sound, but it's done with a graceful power that proves they were at least the equal of their more famous fellow scenesters. Unfortunately, the four-year hiatus between Sweet Oblivion and its follow-up, Dust, ensured that the band would be forever relegated to cult status. © Steve Huey /TiVo01. Shadow Of The Season (04:33) 02. Nearly Lost You (04:07) 03. Dollar Bill (04:34) 04. More Or Less (03:11) 05. Butterfly (03:22) 06. For Celebrations Past (04:10) 07. The Secret Kind (03:08) 08. Winter Song (03:43) 09. Troubled Times (05:20) 10. No One Knows (05:11) 11. Julie Paradise (05:07) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujMy_r5NsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5f561Y1x4Download from [b]DaoFile[/b] https://daofile.com/go/emy2qdjq0st1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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