Mad Season - Above [Expanded Edition] [2CD/1DVD] - Music & Performance - CD

ABOVE (Deluxe Edition) is a three-disc set comprised of two CDs and one DVD plus a full-color collectors booklet with previously unseen performance photographs and an essay by Barrett Martin reflecting on the lives of Staley and Saunders and the history of the band.

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. [An Expanded version featured bonus tracks and a DVD of April 29, 1995's show at the Moore.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Performer	Mad Season
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Grunge
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Original release date	2013
Edition	Deluxe Edition
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	3
Track listing	Wake Up, X-Ray Mind, River of Deceit, I'm Above, Artificial Red, Lifeless Dead, I Don't Know Anything, Long Gone Day, November Hotel, All Alone, Interlude, Locomotive, Black Book of Fear, Slip Away, I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier [Remix], Live at the Moore, Seattle, Wa, April 29th, 1995, Live at the Moore [DVD], Bonus Footage [DVD], River of Deceit [Live], I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier [Live], Long Gone Day [Live], I'm Above [Live], I Don't Know Anything [Live], X-Ray Mind [Live], All Alone [Live], November Hotel [Live], Wake Up [Live], Artificial Red [Live], Wake Up [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], Lifeless Dead [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], River of Deceit [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], I Don't Know Anything [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], I'm Above [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], Artificial Red [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], All Alone [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], November Hotel [Live at Rkcndy] [Live], Lifeless Dead [Self-Pollution Radio] [Version], I Don't Know Anything [Self-Pollution Radio] [Version], River of Deceit [Music Video]
Record label	Sony Legacy
Songwriter	songwriter
Track name	Wake Up, X-Ray Mind, River of Deceit, I'm Above, Artificial Red, Lifeless Dead, I Don't Know Anything, Long Gone Day, November Hotel, All Alone, Interlude, Locomotive, Black Book of Fear, Slip Away, I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier [Remix], Live at the Moore, Seattle, WA, April 29th, 1995, River of Deceit [Live], I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier [Live], Long Gone Day [Live], I'm Above [Live], I Don't Know Anything [Live], X-Ray Mind [Live], All Alone [Live], November Hotel [Live], Live at the Moore [DVD], Bonus Footage [DVD]
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N