This limited-edition release of Mark Lanegan’s album “Bubblegum” marks the first time that his original plan for the record is being presented. During the sessions, Mark and his stellar cast of collaborators (PJ Harvey, Joshua Homme, Greg Dulli, & Duff McKagan etc) recorded enough material for two albums, but things changed and the album’s final track listing ended up being much different. This edition presents his original plan for the album.
The excavation of Mark Lanegan’s creative vault reaches a definitive peak with the release of “Bubblegum” (Original Draft), a comprehensive archival project that strips away the polished veneer of his 2004 masterpiece to reveal the jagged, skeletal remains of its inception. Released as part of a massive 20th-anniversary celebration of the original album, this collection serves as a sonic ghost story, documenting the transition from Lanegan’s folk-rooted melancholia into the heavy, industrial-blues hybrid that would define his later years.
The original “Bubblegum” was already a sprawling, star-studded affair featuring the likes of PJ Harvey, Josh Homme and Izzy Stradlin, but the Original Draft provides a voyeuristic look at the solitary demos and alternate takes recorded in hotel rooms and low-rent studios across the globe.
It is an essential document for understanding how a singer often associated with the grunge explosion of the 1990s managed to reinvent himself as a high-priest of the desert-rock avant-garde.”
Tracklisting: A1. When Your Number Isn’t Up, A2. Hit the City (feat. PJ Harvey), A3. Mirrored, A4. Methamphetamine Blues, B1. One Hundred Days, B2. Bombed, B3. Like Little Willie John, B4. Strange Religion, C1. Josephine, C2. Come to Me (feat. PJ Harvey), C3. Message to Mine, C4. Wedding Dress, D1. Lexington Slow Down, D2. Skeletal History, D3. Blood (Crackers & Honey)
Pressed on white vinyl, this 2XLP has been beautifully mastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. Profits from the record will be donated to the newly created Mark Lanegan Foundation.
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God! I love that album. There may be less than 10 albums in my life that I have played more than Mark Lanegan Band’s Bubblegum. The album is fucking perfect.