Blind Melon - 1996 - Nico [FLAC]







Artist: Blind Melon

Title: Nico

Format: CD, Album

Country: Europe

Producer: Blind Melon, Andy Wallace, Mike Napolitano

Release Date: November 12, 1996

Recorded: 1991 - March 7, 1995

Label: Capitol Records

Catalog: 7243 8 37451 0 4

Barcode: 7 24383 74510 4

Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Roots Rock, Blues Rock, Grunge

Duration: 38:35





Blind Melon:



Wikipedia:

Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, by five musicians: three from Mississippi, one from Pennsylvania and one from Indiana. The band currently consists of guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, drummer Glen Graham, vocalist Travis Warren and bassist Nathan Towne. They are best known for their 1993 hit "No Rain", and enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock.

Blind Melon released two albums on Capitol Records – Blind Melon (1992) and Soup (1995) – before their original lead vocalist Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose on the band's tour bus in New Orleans on October 21, 1995. After four years of unsuccessfully searching for a replacement for Hoon, Blind Melon officially dissolved in 1999. The remaining members reformed the band in 2006 with Warren and recorded one album with him, For My Friends (2008). Shortly after its release, Warren left Blind Melon but rejoined in 2010, when the band returned to performing occasional gigs. Blind Melon is currently working on their fourth studio album. Blind Melon has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards.





Nico:



Wikipedia:

Nico is a compilation album by American rock band Blind Melon, released in 1996 by Capitol Records. The album was released after lead singer Shannon Hoon's cocaine overdose that resulted in his death in 1995. The album was named for his daughter, Nico Blue, and the proceeds arising from album sales were placed in a college trust for her. It features unreleased tracks, recordings started by Hoon and finished by the band, unreleased versions of previous songs ("No Rain" and "St. Andrew's Hall") and the cover songs "The Pusher" (Steppenwolf) and "John Sinclair" (John Lennon).



AllMusic Review by Greg Prato:

When Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon died in October of 1995, the band had only two albums to its credit. There turned out to be quite a few leftovers and demos laying around, so the surviving bandmembers decided to pay tribute to Hoon, almost exactly one year after his death, with the rarities compilation Nico (titled after Hoon's young daughter). The 13-track collection showed that many of these songs were as strong as the ones that had appeared on their prior albums, while a portion of the proceeds from album sales were donated to the Musicians Assistants Program (MAP). Two outtakes from the Soup sessions ("Swallowed" and "Pull") prove to be standouts, as does a selection from their very first demo (the beautiful acoustic "Soul One") and one of their best all-time tracks, "Soup" (which strangely did not appear on the album of the same name). You'll also find a pair of cover tunes (Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" and John Lennon's "John Sinclair"), a few acoustic Hoon-solo compositions ("All That I Need," "Life Ain't So Shitty"), an intriguing demo idea ("Hell"), and a musical answering machine message ("Letters From a Porcupine"). A fine collection of leftovers, which unfortunately marks the official end to one of the most promising new bands of the '90s.





Tracklist:



01 - The Pusher - 3:06

(Recorded in Mammoth Mountain, California, April 1994)



02 - Hell - 2:02

(Recorded at Kelsey's Playground, Lafayette, Indiana, 1993)



03 - Soup - 3:09

(Recorded at Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1994, during the "Soup" sessions)



04 - No Rain (Ripped Away Version) - 2:25

(Recorded at Bullet Sound Studio, The Netherlands, November 10, 1993)



05 - Soul One - 3:15

(Demo, recorded at Downtown Rehearsal, Los Angeles, California, 1991)



06 - John Sinclair - 3:36

(Recorded at Riversound Studio, New York City, March 7, 1995)



07 - All That I Need - 2:48

(Recorded in Mammoth Mountain, California, April 1994)



08 - Glitch - 3:20

(Recorded at Kelsey's Playground, Lafayette, Indiana, 1993)



09 - Life Ain't So Shitty - 1:50

(Recorded in a St. Louis hotel room, 1994)



10 - Swallowed - 3:44

(Recorded at Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1994, during the "Soup" sessions)



11 - Pull - 3:28

(Recorded at Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1995, during the "Soup" sessions)



12 - St. Andrew's Hall - 3:53

(Recorded in various hotel rooms during the 1994 U.S. tour)



13 - Letters From A Porcupine - 1:54

(Recorded on Christopher Thorn's answering machine by Shannon Hoon, calling from home in Lafayette, Indiana, 1994)





Personnel:



Blind Melon:



Shannon Hoon - acoustic guitar, lead vocals

Brad Smith - bass guitar, dumbek, flute, conga, backing vocals, double bass

Christopher Thorn - acoustic guitar, banjo, electric guitar, tambourine, bells, Mellotron, lap steel guitar

Rogers Stevens - acoustic guitar, conga, electric guitar, Hammond organ, shaker

Glenn Graham - dumbek, percussion, conga, drums, Mellotron



Additional Musicians:



Stephen Moses - trombone

Miles Tackett - cello

Danny Clinch - harmonica







MediaInfo:



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