Jane's Addiction - Up from the Catacombs: The Best of Jane's Addiction
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Free Music Review: Jane's Addiction - 'Up From The Catacombs: The Best Of Jane's Addiction' (Rhino)
Hit: 5 Stars
A must-have collection of the best of Jane's Addiction's repertoire {although, as far as I'm concerned all their material is great}. They're like the 'kings of alternative hard rock'. Never could get enough of Perry Farrell and crew. Can't express just how much I got out of each and every track like "Stop!", "Ain't No Right", the dramatic "Had A Dad", Mtv's cult hit "Been Caught Stealing", their more recent "Just Because", "Pigs In Zen" and the live version of "Jane Says". Hope they maybe reunite again before too long. One of my all-time favorite bands. Essential.Free Music Review: Pretty good, but what's the point of it?
Hit: 4 Stars
The original Jane's Addiction (not the shadow of the group that put out Strays) were one of the best groups of their era: Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual are two of the greatest albums I've ever heard. Especially Ritual. Now THERE'S an album. Anyway, Up from the Catacombs does embody Jane's Addiction's extremely varied sound quite nicely, covering the majestic, psychedelic folk sweep of Rolling Hills, the alt-prog epics Three Days (the group's best song ever) and Ted, Just Admit It...; the funky, hilarious radio hit Been Caught Stealin' (which has one of the funniest videos of all time - imagine, if you will, a video with who I believe to be Perry Farrel in drag and a dance sequence in a supermarket aisle); to the tender I Would for You (taken from their live, self-titled debut), to some loud, crunching heavy rock (Ocean Size; Ain't No Right; Stop!; Just Because; Mountain Song). This is a serviceable introduction to the group, then, but I have a few minor problems with it. For one, why not the studio version of Jane Says? The live take's okay, I guess, but the studio version with that steal drum is the COOLEST thing. And Perry's harsh vocals are touching. The version of Jane Says found on Nothing's Shocking is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. For another, I've never really liked Pigs in Zen. For a third, no compilation will replicate hearing NS and RDLH in full. I'm only a moderate alternative rock fan at best (I like about 15 alt-rock groups), and even I'll admit those two are total essentials. If you need a place to start with the group, you might do well with this, but you'll probably end up buying the original group's two studio albums anyway.
By the way, Dave Narravo is probably the best guitarist of his generation. Listen to all the influences in his playing! Funk, metal, psychedelia, prog, folk, jazz... it's insane!
Free Music Review: Good Enough to Buy
Hit: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this CD. I'm not a dedicated JA fan, so thought I'd try this one and made the right decision. It has the mainstream hits as well as others. Based on what I heard, I won't be getting any of their individual CD's, however.Free Music Review: A Great Place to Start...
Hit: 4 Stars
I always get a little bit suspicious when a band with such a small back catalog comes out with a "best of" album...and after the slapped together money spinners that were "Kettle Whistle" and "Live and Rare" have already stung your pocket you have good reason to...13 of the 19 songs that appear on Ritual De Lo Habitual and Nothing Shocking combined turn up on "Up form the Catacombs", but this is not a bad thing - these two albums are where their genius lie...and make this album a great place to start for newer fans of the band.Free Music Review: So Wheres Chip Away
Hit: 5 Stars
So now its the 20th of September 2006 and do I have this CD? NO. Will I buy it? Most likely.Dont listen to the people that are too cool for their own good, and talk about the "sell-out" game. So they sold a couple songs for commercials. This is truly one of the greatest bands, hands down. Even if you have The Self Titled or Nothings Shocking or Ritual De Lo Habitual or Strays Albums,go get this CD. We need this band. YOU need this band. Even when the songs hit 10+ minutes , like Three Days ,you get sucked in even further. Summertime Rolls is the best, but go and enjoy all the music on this comp, even Been Caught Stealing. They're all F-ing GREAT
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