- The Desert Sessions, volumes 1 & 2
Infobox Album |
Name = Desert Sessions, Volumes 1 & 2
Type =Compilation Album
Artist =The Desert Sessions
Released = 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre =Desert rock
Length = 39:47
Label =Man's Ruin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpd7yl11xpsb link] |
Last album =
This album = "Desert Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2"
(1998)
Next album = "Desert Sessions, Vols. 3 & 4"
(1998)"Volumes 1 & 2" is the first full length album by
The Desert Sessions . It features the seven tracks found on the original 10 inch singles, plus three bonus tracks.This album differs from subsequent collaborative Desert Sessions in that it was recorded solely by
Josh Homme 's bandThe Acquitted Felons playing for three days straight onpsilocybin mushrooms .Fact|date=December 2007Track listing
# "Preaching" * - 0:44
# "Girl Boy Tom" * - 2:52
# "Monkey in the Middle" - 1:35
# "Girl Boy Tom" - 2:52
# "Cowards Way Out" - 5:36
# "Robotic Lunch" (Alternative Version) - 5:22
# "Johnny the Boy" - 4:32
# "Screamin' Eagle" - 3:36
# "Cake (Who Shit on the ?)" - 9:03
# "Man's Ruin Preach" * - 0:50Tracks marked with a * are CD only bonus tracks and do not appear on the individual vinyl versions.
The two "Girl Boy Tom" tracks are actually part of a single song. "Monkey in the Middle" is crammed between the two tracks with a fade out from "Girl Boy Tom" and fade back into "Girl Boy Tom". Thus the title "Monkey in the Middle" is a sort of play on titles, being the monkey in the middle.
Personnel
*
Josh Homme :vocals ,guitar , keyboards, bass
*John McBain: guitar, keyboards
*Fred Drake : guitar, drums, keyboards
*Dave Catching : guitar, bass,synthesizer , percussion
*Ben Shepherd : bass
*Brant Bjork : drums
*Alfredo Hernández : drums
*Pete Stahl : vocals
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