Label: Columbia / Legacy
Reissued 2013, originally released 1995
In 1994, four Seattle-based musicians decided to embark on a side-project that took them into new and different musical territory. MAD SEASON features the legendary Layne Staley of ALICE IN CHAINS on vocals, Mike McCready of PEARL JAM on lead guitar, SCREAMING TREES drummer Barrett Martin, and bassist John Baker Saunders of the Lamont Cranston Band. The band recorded and released one album, Above, in 1995 which was certified Gold and became an essential touchstone in the history of Seattle rock. Above is the only complete album of Layne Staley’s introspective and mystical lyrics, which were highlighted by additional vocals from SCREAMING TREES vocalist MARK LANEGAN Above (Deluxe Edition) is a three-disc set comprised of two CDs and one DVD plus a full-color collector’s booklet with previously unseen performance photographs and an essay by Barrett Martin reflecting on the lives of Staley and Saunders and the history of the band.
Track Listing:
- Wake Up
- X-Ray Mind
- River of Deceit
- I'm Above
- Artificial Red
- Lifeless Dead
- I Don't Know Anything
- Long Gone Day
- November Hotel
- All Alone
- Interlude
- Locomotive (Bonus Track)
- Black Book of Fear (Bonus Track)
- Slip Away (Bonus Track)
- I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier (Remix)