Title: Above Artist: Mad Season Release Date: 3/1995 Label: Columbia, Sony Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 074646705728, 0074646705728, 074646705742, 5099747850721, 074646705780 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Grunge Moods: Bitter, Bleak, Gloomy, Nihilistic, Reflective, Reserved, Brooding, Earnest, Melancholy Total Copies: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Wake Up
2. X-Ray Mind
3. River of Deceit
4. I'm Above
5. Artificial Red
6. Lifeless Dead
7. I Don't Know Anything
8. Long Gone Day
9. November Hotel
10. All Alone

Year Type Label Catalog # 1995 CD Columbia 67057 1995 CD Columbia 4785072 1995 CD Sony 67057 1995 CD Sony 67057

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As expected, Mad Season sounds like a cross between Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam, taking the ponderous seriousness of Alice and PJ's '90s update of winding '70s guitar rock. Most of Above is quite somber, surpassing the meditations of Temple of the Dog in its dour tone. Staley's voice has always worked well in this setting, yet he frequently has had more compelling material than the webs of guitars that form the basis of Above. Much of the music on the album meanders without much direction, yet there are flashes of invention, particularly in Staley's work, with McCready contributing a few tasty licks. However, it commits the fatal flaw of a side project -- it sounds like one. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barrett Martin Vibraphone, Percussion, Art Direction, Drums, Producer, Bass, Bass (Upright), Cello, Marimba Brett Eliason Engineer, Producer, Mixing Gabrielle Raumberger Design Howie Weinberg Mastering John Saunders Bass, Producer, Bass (Electric), Art Direction Lance Mercer Photography Layne Staley Vocals, Art Direction, Guitar, Producer, Illustrations Mad Season Producer, Main Performer Mark Lanegan Vocals Mike McCready Guitar (Electric), Art Direction, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer Sam Hofstedt Assistant Engineer Sony Felho Engineer