- The Winding Sheet
Infobox Album |
Name = The Winding Sheet
Type = Album
Artist =Mark Lanegan
Released = May 1990
Recorded = December 1989
Genre =Alternative rock ,Blues rock
Length = 40:18
Label =Sub Pop
Producer =Jack Endino , Mike Johnson and Mark Lanegan
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "The Winding Sheet "
(1990)
Next album = "Whiskey for the Holy Ghost "
(1994)"The Winding Sheet" is an album by American musician
Mark Lanegan that was released in 1990. It was Lanegan's first solo work, and is notable in its departure from the characteristic sound ofScreaming Trees , the band he fronted from 1985 until 2000. While the work done in that group was much more energetic and fit into the burgeoning grunge genre of the late 80s/early 90s, "The Winding Sheet" has a much more stripped down sound, defining Lanegan's solo work largely for the rest of the decade. The album was a modest success. The term "winding sheet" is a synonym ofshroud .The album showcases Lanegan's adept skills as a lyricist and his deep, soulful voice. Highlights include "Mockingbirds," "Ugly Sunday" ("I'm drunk, half blind and it's an ugly Sunday morning") and the haunting "Wild Flowers." On "Down in the Dark" good friend
Kurt Cobain sings while on theLeadbelly classic Cobain contributes guitar and vocals andKrist Novoselic plays bass.Nirvana would later cover "Where Did you Sleep Last Night" on their "Unplugged" album.Track listing
# "Mockingbirds" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 2:29
# "Museum" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 2:50
# "Undertow" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 2:52
# "Ugly Sunday" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 3:56
# "Down In The Dark" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 3:21
# "Wild Flowers" (Lanegan) – 2:59
# "Eyes Of A Child" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 4:00
# "The Winding Sheet" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 5:30
# "Woe" (Lanegan) – 2:04
# "Ten Feet Tall" (Lanegan/Johnson) – 2:49
# "Where Did You Sleep Last Night " (?) – 3:59
# "Juarez" (Lanegan/Fisk/Louvin/Louvin) – 1:21
# "I Love You Little Girl" (Lanegan) – 2:02Performers
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Jack Endino - bass (1, 3 - 5, 10) / second electric guitar (5)
*Steve Fisk - organ (8, 12) / piano (1, 4)
* Mike Johnson - acoustic guitar (1 - 4, 7 - 8, 10) / electric guitar (1, 3 - 5, 8, 10)
* Kurt Kobain (sic) - background vocal (5, 11) / electric guitar (11)
*Mark Lanegan - acoustic guitar (6, 9, 13) / vocal (1 - 13)
* Chris Novoselic - bass (11)
* Mark Pickerel - drums (1, 3 - 5, 11)
* Justin Williams - violin (3, 7)References
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