this album rules so much and 'obvious' is totally underrated
― joygoat, Monday, August 16, 2010 9:05 PM (5 months ago)
this is OTM...I listened to 'Obvious' like 3x today thx to this thread. I wish this whole album was 3/4 time violin meltdowns but I like the rest of it pretty well, too.
― Rocker Brian (Abbbottt), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I know, Jane's Addiction is timeless!
― I Don't Think It's Worth It, Personally.... (u s steel), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ah not "Obvious,"I mean "Of Course"though "Obvious" is a p rad song!
― Rocker Brian (Abbbottt), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I just listened to Of Course. It's beautiful. Three Days is my favourite but Spotify has mysteriously always had an 11 1/2 minute live version instead of the original, so I've ended up knowing and loving the live version like it was the original! And what's more, the original doesn't quite measure up to it! :/
But hey - incredible song, however it's heard.
― 2010 was a great year for highly-credible pop-ambient (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Jane's Addiction is timeless maybe, but I'm pretty sure that if your flight ever mistakenly lands in 1991, the bass intro to "Three Days" will start playing over the p.a. system.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
slapping yourself in the faaaaaaaaaace
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 29 January 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
La la. La la. La la.
― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 29 January 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Since it's about his mom's suicide, I always thought of the title as "Then She Died."
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 30 January 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/janes-addiction-ritual-de-lo-habitual-round-41-nicks-choice/
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
did "three days" and "then she did" make prog acceptable again, after genesis and yes got all duran duran in the 80s?
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 18 February 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently that's what it was called originally, then they took the 'e' out to make it less obvious
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 3 July 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Really incredible interview here with producer Dave Jerden. "Three Days" was done as one take!
http://www.laweekly.com/music/ritual-de-lo-habitual-25-years-later-producer-dave-jerden-looks-back-5916964
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 03:04 (eight years ago) link
so was my last poo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
Vivid.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
Wow. I reckon it would 10 or 15 years since I sat down and listened to Three Days. It's fantastic.
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 12:28 (eight years ago) link
That whole second side is pretty wonderful and definitely unlike most other things of that era.
― vmajestic, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
God I love this record. Sad that record club didn't!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
Fantastic record. Don't know where they would/could have gone next - kinda glad they imploded afterward. (I deny the existence of any post-Ritual/non-Avery work.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I don't think I've listened to anything they did after this. I barely ever listen to Nothing's Shocking either; I remember quite enjoying it but recall pretty much zero about it, whereas this is just scorched into my cerebellum.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
'Three Days' is so far ahead of the rest of the album it's not even funny.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
Of Course it isn't
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Am I right in thinking there's never been a 15th/20th anniversary deluxe/remastered edition of this?
Seems slightly odd as you'd imagine there'd be a market for it.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
Neither Jane's album has ever been remastered, expanded, etc. If I was doing it, it would be a 3-disc set:
1. The album, remastered, plus B-sides from the various singles (demos of "I Would for You," "Had a Dad" and "Jane Says," live "L.A. Woman/Lexicon Devil/Nausea" medley)2. The December 1990 live show included in the Cabinet of Curiosities box3. The movie Gift and the videos from the album on a DVD or Blu-Ray
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
So what you're saying is you'd re-release Cabinet of Curiosities.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Cabinet didn't include Gift.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Gift is such garbage blech. Second half of Ritual is amazing though (first half just so-so and I've never much like Nothing's Shocking).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
LOL Billy Idol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhEpqBKPsY
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
Alas, no Russian overdubs for "Jane's Addiction! Been caught wanking!"
― doug watson, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
It's heartening that there's been no expanded remaster to date. Maybe the noise wars will suitably subside before the 30th anniversary date and buying the deluxe treatment will mean that one won't need to keep the better sounding original master as well.
And yes, the second half of Ritual (still) rules.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
xxxxps: I don't even remember a single thing about that Replacements song/video... Was surprised to learn it was on a record I once owned!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
i saw this tour in Hollywood. Nine Inch Nails opened and after their set i didn't think there was any way Jane's Addiction could even come close to what i witnessed by NIN. well i was wrong, there was a reason why they were at their peak. one of the best one two punches i have ever seen. only really Nirvana with Sonic Youth comes close. well come to think about it, there have been a lot great double bills i have seen.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 01:44 (eight years ago) link
I saw the show I mentioned upthread, the one that's in the Cabinet of Curiosities box. Primus and the Pixies opened up.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:03 (eight years ago) link
never listened to RDLA on vinyl, how did they manage to cram 33 minutes of music on the b side?
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link
Same way they managed with Get Up With It, I guess.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:15 (eight years ago) link
I guess this explains it:
http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2014/06/deciding-long-make-side-vinyl-record/
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, long sides tend to be cut at a lower level and with a lot of bass rolled off. It's a huge reason why you see a lot of limited edition double vinyl albums cut at 45rpm these days - it's a sound quality thing.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
Or in other words, if the album lasts an hour, it makes sense from a sound quality perspective to cut four sides of vinyl at 15 mins per side at 45rpm than two sides of vinyl at 30 minutes per side at 33&1/3rpm. You can make the grooves deeper and wider at 45rpm for better bass response. A lot of albums had a tendency to place the quieter songs at the end of sides because there was less cutting room - the further the needle spirals towards the end of the record, the less room there is to cut.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
Gary Numan's Dance album is a good example of a well cut long album - it's almost half an hour on both sides of the original vinyl, but it's been cut at just the right level to allow all of the music to fit on both sides without being too quiet... sure, you have to turn up the volume a touch when you listen to it, but it still sounds good.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
JIMMY PAGE: "So we were thinking 'The Rain Song' or the title track could be the first single for MTV. Maybe 'The Ocean' if –"
ATLANTIC EXEC: "First single is going to be 'The Crunge'. In fact, it's going to be the only song you guys are ever going to be known for. I guarantee it."
― pplains, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
(Also, I'm well-aware I fucked that "joke" up slightly in the set-up.)
― pplains, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
lol. The Crunge and Hey Hey What Can I Do.
― how's life, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:58 (eight years ago) link
I like how its widely accepted/an open secret that this band is pointless w out eric avery
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 August 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
E. Avery is the Cliff Burton of Jane's.
― vmajestic, Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Both got thrown under the bus.
― pplains, Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
*rimshot*
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
*bass solo*
Love this album a lot more now than I did when it came out. Now her paints are dry. I wonder if they came along today whether or not they would have a drummer.
― calstars, Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link