Anyone have anything to say about 'Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley'

i heard it's not the best kyuss album though, but it's the only one i have.

i like queens of the stone age better. they are more poppy and catchy but still pretty heavy.

That Doo Song or whatever it's called is crap, tho'.

there are some great vids of kyuss on youtube.

they rocked hard despite hommes' totally suburban fashion sense.

jean shorts FTW

you know everybody keeps telling me blues for the red sun is better so i finally picked it up and you know what?

it aint got shit on Sky Valley.

"Green Machine" is dope though

best kyuss hard rock album ever made.

I tried two other Kyuss albums. They didn't do what this does. Great record.

so I'd dig this shit huh

It's great, their best album and better than anything QOTSA have done, with the possible exception of Songs for the Deaf.

I think Louis would like this.

To Spotify!!

Damn you to heck, Spotify user.

I liked that album!

louis should hear all the albums (not Wretch, hardly anyone likes that) I used to have a bootleg of them playing Wretch live and it was way better than the official release.

Also why didnt i post on this thread before

Because you just heard of Kyuss today. Admit it.

Except I bought Blues For The Red Sun when it was Kerrang no2 album of year in 1992.

I remember its got one of those cod-raga sounding songs where the guitarist drones an open string while playing the higher string up and down the neck. I love when metal bands do shit like that, maaaaan.

I really love this kinda shit too. Screaming Trees had a tune like that on their Change Has Come ep.

Best hard-rock album ever recorded imho.

Hadn't listened to this in a long, long time until I blasted "Demon Cleaner" on headphones in the office just now. Face melting. I'm happy. No more work to be done today.

The thing about the latest update of itunes, is that I purposefully deleted Lick Doo off this album when I bought my itunes copy. But when I went to listen to this album on my computer the other week, it was sitting in there again as if to stay "you can download me again if you want to. Don't you want to give me a second chance?"

It really is a stupid way to end an otherwise stunning album, but I've still always kind of accepted it. Plus, being a teenager in the early 00s, I came to QotSA first, and "Lick Doo" always fitted with my impression of Homme and Oliveri as somewhat silly, though probably kinda dangerous, people.

It's mad gross.

this kills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzOou_Ht1vA

"Supa Scoopa And Mighty Scoop" is oe of the greatest hard-rock tracks of all time.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, October 29, 2004 7:17 AM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

awesome album: every single track is fantastic.
if it's worth anything to certain people, tool covered demon cleaner live

I think Louis would like this.

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 16 March 2009 13:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

To Spotify!!

― POLLonius (country matters), Monday, 16 March 2009 13:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

Damn you to heck, Spotify user.

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 16 March 2009 15:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

I still stand by what I said about Supa Scoopa 12 years ago.

I fucking love the guitar tones on this record.

'Supa Scoopa' is indeed excellent, I particularly like the ending where the gap keeps getting longer and longer.

I had this on mp3, then CD, then vinyl. I always assumed the vinyl would be three-sided, so you could get each 'program' on one side, preserving the continuity the band seemed to be implying by lumping the songs together into three tracks. But nope, they managed to cram 55 minutes onto two sides of a record and they split II in half. What the hell, Elektra, was a second LP that expensive to produce?

Is that an original pressing or a recent re-press? Looking at Amazon, they show it as 2 discs? I'd figure Kyuss deluxe reissues would be vinyl crack as it seems this type of metal particularly fetishizes the format especially esoteric color pressings etc.

It's a repress, but the original pressing was the same way. Maybe there was a more recent repress (mine's from 2009 iirc)?

And with all the bass Kyuss records have on display, it's weird that they'd groove-cram, you lose bass that way, don't you?

Mine's from 2014, but all versions on Discogs give it as a single LP.

i've been playing this 3xCD box from Australia since 2000 and they sound awesome. all i've ever needed.

https://www.discogs.com/Kyuss-3-For-One-Original-Albums/release/5630653

And with all the bass Kyuss records have on display, it's weird that they'd groove-cram, you lose bass that way, don't you?

― THAC0 Pastorius (Tom Violence), Saturday, January 28, 2017 4:09 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, when mastering for vinyl it's common to have quite a fair bit of bass rolled off the mixes anyway, but yeah, groove-cramming would not only result in further bass having to be rolled off but it would impact on the volune of the thing as well. Crammed records tend to be cut quieter... I've listened to records in the past that have been crammed where the clicks and pops of the vinyl have been louder than the music, and these have been records that have been in good condition.

Kyuss albums sound like they demand to be cut loud and with full bass, so utterly mystifying why they'd master the record in a way that doesn't bring the best out of the material.

It's stil magnificent. Homme sounds like he's playing a flamethrower. And damn, what a live band they were.
Back in the day I drove from Vegas to LA and stopped off in the valley. The sun was going down and the wind was like a fibrous wall. We stoped by the sign, had a beer and watched the slow woompf of the turbines.

I'm warding off the end of summer by listening to loads of Kyuss. I think I've decided Blues is the best album, even if there there are more standout moments on Sky Valley. Circus is a ragged thing and I think Homme had already checked out - not to mention Alfredo Hernandez was clearly an inferior drummer to Brant Bjork.

A tentative top 20

1) Whitewater
2) Freedom Run
3) Gardenia
4) 50 Million Year Trip
5) Spaceship Landing
6) Demon Cleaner
7) Odyssey
8) Phototropic
9) Supa Scoop and Mighty Scoop
10) Un Sandpiper
11) Allen's Wrench
12) Thumb
13) Caterpillar March
14) Fatso Forgotso
15) El Rodeo
16) Green Machine
17) Space Cadet
18) Katzenjammer
19) Apothecaries' Weight
20) Mondo Generator

I love Supa Scoopa so much

"An almost perfect album. Apart from one mistake – there's a joke song on it. I think jokes should never be on records, they just don't last. "

Especially when it's the last fucking track.

(Quote's from Brian Eno, talking about Court & Spark)

i love how the wall of guitars in "gardenia" actually sounds like a massive purring dodge challenger. god i love the sound of this album.