Above

Mad Season

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004UIJO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #297,826 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked A.I.C, get this release!, August 25, 2003

By	Ryan C. Reichardt "Always into something" (Ramsey, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Above (Audio CD)

This CD rocks.. and for those of you who only know of or have ever heard "River of Deceit" this album goes way deeper than just that track. In fact if you didn't know any better, you would think this is an A.I.C. album, it's just that good. In my opinion all 10 tracks are pretty cool in their own respects.

¤¤¤~~R.I.P Layne~~¤¤¤

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Staley fans!, October 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Above (Audio CD)

members from two of my favorite bands, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains combine on the only Mad Season album ever. Most prominent is the late layne Staley. Staley is one of the best rock vocalists of all time. Right up there not only with his contemporaries Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, but with classic rock's greatest frontmen; Robert Plant, Mick Jagger,Roger Daltry, the list goes on. Staley's unique delivery works well not only on hard rocking albums like Facelift and Dirt, but also on quieter albums such as Jar Of Flies, Sap, and AIC Unplugged. The softer side is displayed throughout this album.
This is one of the most successful side projects ever assembled, right alongside the brilliant Temple Of The Dog. After you get this album, get the VHS (not on dvd yet) performance of Mad Season Live, it shows Layne's unique gift as a live performer. We miss ya Layne.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An essential listen from the first half of the '90s., May 20, 2002

By	Aron Hsiao (Salt Lake City, Utah United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Above (Audio CD)

Above is a must-have album for fans of Layne Staley, Mike McCready, or of course the era and the music that went along with it.

Less manic and more subtle than the archetypal Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam albums, Mad Season and Above are an incredible but at times frustrating listen. While the album as a whole is somewhat uneven, beautiful tracks like Wake Up, River of Deceit and the latin-tinged Long Gone Day showcase that incredible potential for creativity and change that seemed to be everywhere in the early '90s. Sadly, this potential was never realized as most of the important bands have either split or lost members due in large part to the daemons that drove their projects in the first place.

Still, at certain moments Above provides a glimpse into a deeper, more sophisticated 'grunge' (a stupid, inaccurate term, but it is useful here) that was never fully realized.