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Track Listing
1. Kettle Whistle
2. Ocean Size - (demo)
3. My Cat's Name Is Maceo - (demo)
4. Had a Dad - (outtake)
5. So What!
6. Jane Says
7. Mountain Song - (demo)
8. Slow Divers
9. Three Days
10. Ain't No Right
11. Up the Beach
12. Stop
13. Been Caught Stealing - (outtake)
14. Whores
15. City Song
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Flea, Maceo Parker | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
KETTLE WHISTLE is a collection of previously unreleased Jane's Addiction material along with newly recorded material.
Jane's Addiction: Perry Farrell (vocals); Eric Avery (acoustic guitar, bass); Dave Navarro (guitar, bongos); Stephen Perkins (drums).
Additional personnel: Maceo Parker (saxophone); Flea (trumpet, bass); Dave Fridmann (keyboards); Kevin Haskins (programming, samples); Christine Cagle (background vocals).
Producers: Jane's Addiction, Harry Gregson Williams, Dave Fridmann.
Engineers include: Thomas Johnson, Slam Andrews, Dave Fridmann.
Recorded between 1986 and 1997. Includes liner notes by Henry Rollins.
Jane's Addiction are one of just a handful of bands that can make songs explode into visceral madness. KETTLE WHISTLE draws upon live performances, demos, out-takes, and new tracks to confirm the band's rightful place in the alternative rock pantheon. The live cuts include Perry Farrell's legendary bantering with the crowd while the band pours out some of its most passionate music, including "Three Days," Up The Beach" and "Stop."
Much of KETTLE WHISTLE finds Jane's Addiction relapsing into its old hard-core self, with some added electronic effects. The new tracks continue in the Jane's Addiction tradition of tribal drumming and odd time signatures while Farrell's voice and Navarro's guitar beckon us to take a trip with them. Suddenly, the world erupts and electric guitar lava spews forth. Behind it all, Stephen Perkins pounds away at the drums, giving them the percussive force of bolders. KETTLE WHISTLE works as both an introduction to this groundbreaking band and an addition to the canon for hardcore Jane's Addiction fans.
Industry Reviews
6 (out of 10) - ...KETTLE WHISTLE remains a fractured reminder of just why Jane's Addiction were so important first time around....A good introduction to the freak show, but not the definitive look.
NME (11/22/1997)
...What's so suprising is how fresh these songs still sound...shot through with vitality and raw power. Age, it seems, has not dulled them.
Melody Maker (12/06/1997)
...a visionary bent on art-metal violence and millenial sensuality. The live material...shows that Jane's broke up too soon...
Rolling Stone (12/25/1997)
...a visionary bent on art-metal violence and millenial sensuality. The live material...shows that Jane's broke up too soon...
Rolling Stone (12/25/1997)
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