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The Great Escape Artist

Jane's AddictionAudio CD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)

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Great bands break rules, but legends write their own. JANE'S ADDICTION have actually written the rule book for alternative music and culture through a combination of genre-defying classic songs and a cinematic live experience. Their songs serve as the Ten Commandments for alt rock, inspiring an entire generation of bands such as Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing ... Read more in Amazon's Jane's Addiction Store

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The Great Escape Artist + Strays + Ritual De Lo Habitual
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  • Audio CD (October 18, 2011)
  • Original Release Date: 2011
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • ASIN: B004VF68AQ
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2011 release, the fourth album from the Alt-Rock favorites. Spun through a kaleidoscope of tightly wound riffs, hypnotic harmonies, booming beats, and an unmistakable howl, the record announces the beginning of the next chapter for the alternative rock torchbearers. Writing began in 2010 and by early 2011 the band entered a Los Angeles studio with producer Rich Costey, who introduced Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins to TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek with the hopes of getting him involved somehow. After a couple of lab sessions, the chemistry was obvious. Sitek stepped into the role of songwriter and bass player for the album with Navarro, and touring bassist Chris Chaney, also sharing four-string duties. Sitek helped the band evolve their alchemy, expanding the sound even more. Farrell described Sitek's distillation of electronic textures, bombastic rock, and crazed punk to Rolling Stone magazine declaring, "He's like a scientist, and he's not afraid of making a monster."

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63 of 65 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Jane Has Gone To Rehab. December 13, 2011
By Mr. E
Format:Audio CD
Listening to early Jane's Addiction was like going to the Asian jungle and encountering a wild Bengal tiger face to face amid the overgrown ruins of an ancient Indian temple. It was dangerous, quasi-mystical and terrifying. Jane's Addiction's latest CD is like watching an Animal Planet documentary about tigers on your big screen TV in your living-room. Safe, kind of bland and smoothly produced.

The phrase "Nothing's Shocking" has a whole new meaning here. This album is about as adventurous and wild and groundbreaking as a trip to the local mall. There's none of the danger, urgency or depth anymore. When I first heard Jane's Addiction in 1988, I imagined that I felt the way people felt hearing Elvis Presley for the first time in the 50s. Nothing as incredibly bizarre and wild as this had ever been heard before. (I'm not saying that JA sounds anything like Elvis. Just illustrating the newness and 'unsafeness' of early JA.)

Listening to Nothing's Shocking was almost a transgressive experience. It felt kind of like you were doing something considered unsavory and a little depraved by the mainstream, but at the same time, extremely satisfying and fulfilling. Ritual De Lo Habitual was a little more mainstream, but still unique and wild, free, mind-blowing and dangerous, and it contained the two best ever Jane's songs: 3 Days and Then She Did. The last Jane's song that approached that wild free feeling was Hypersonic on 2003's Strays.

The songs from The Great Escape Artist, however, can safely be included on a mix to listen to at the office with the latest Coldplay and U2 tunes. They won't clash at all. It's basically nice, clean, acceptable radio-friendly yuppie-rock.
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Kurtz
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
How do I feel about Jane's Addiction latest release The Great Escape Artist? One word: underwhelmed.

And for me to use that word in connection to Jane's is something I never thought I'd do. Let's face it, it's not a horrible record as many feel it is but it's not a great one either. I apparently seem to be in the minority here because I was hoping to get something closer to Strays and or beyond what I'm listening to now.

Obviously many say that you can't really compare this new release to their earlier output because those were different times, situations and enviroments for the band who were creating their first two epic studio masterworks. I recognize this. You can include the Triple XXX "live" release if you'd like because it's pretty much a studio creation as well with all the overdubbing and added in live "atmosphere," but I usually don't. But let's face it, everyone IS comparing this record to the earlier music whether they admit it or not.

Now I'm not sure why Strays seems to get overlooked by the masses, and as a longtime Scream-era JA fan I thought it was an amazing effort, but it does. Sure, two songs were from ye olden tymes, "Suffer Some" & "Price I Pay," but songs such as "Wrong Girl," "Just Because," "The Riches," and "True Nature" were definitely up to par with much of JA's original material. Some seem to dislike Chris Chaney's efforts as compared to Eric Avery's but I'm going out on a limb to say that I'm betting a majority of people reviewing this new release may not have seen Avery in the bands' heyday anyway so it becomes subjective. I like Eric. I like Chris. Eric's gone again. Case closed. Bob Ezrin's production was excellent. He let the band do what they do best. Navarro and Perkins laid down amazing leads and percussion. Perry was on fire.
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31 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By N. Duin
Format:Audio CD
Mountain Song. Summertime Rolls. Been Caught Stealing. Is anything on The Great Escape Artist breathing the same air as these landmark songs? Predictably, no. Even the most fierce Jane's defender has to admit as much. What do those great songs have in common? Superlative bass lines. Bass lines that only one person can produce.

There are some really good songs here. But let all of us Jane's fans be honest with ourselves please. 5 stars? Really? The best Jane's music was produced at a very specific time in Los Angeles. It was fueled by narcotics and mutual antipathy. Those conditions cannot be reproduced.

There is a reason that Eric Avery has refused to record new material with this band. I think this record is good for what it is, but I would rather they had recorded it using a different band name.
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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Botched 'Escape' October 20, 2011
Format:Audio CD
Prior to the release of "The Great Escape Artist," Jane's Addiction could be described as a band rooted in rock the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Who, with their undulating, blues-charged peaks and valleys.

But on the band's fourth outing, after an eight-year hiatus during which original bassist Eric Avery rejoined and then left the band again, Jane's added electronics to the mix, with the help of multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio as co-writer and bassist. Now Jane's sounds more like Garbage or Evanescence. Except for that cellophane yowl of singer Perry Farrell, the music is nearly unrecognizable -- and even Mr. Lollapalooza's voice is subdued and often slathered in treatments.

There is a sense of gratuitousness to "Escape Artist"; it's overproduced, overwrought, overthought -- and grandstanding guitarist Dave Navarro is let loose from his shackles too many times, though thankfully not as often as on 2003's "Strays." The album takes itself too seriously, even as Farrell wags his juvenile boasts and counterclaims like a self-conscious rapper.

About half of the songs start out decently enough, but other than the passable "Irresistible Force (Met the Immovable Object)," each one eventually devolves into a megalomaniacal farce. It's as if the members have let the success and accolades turn their melons into mush, or they're trying to move hair rock into the age of electronica.

As on "Strays," Avery's absence sticks out like a sore thumb. Early Jane's hits like "Been Caught Stealing" and "Three Days" would never have become classics without Avery's imprint. Brawny bass grooves are sorely lacking on "Escape Artist," and Farrell -- who literally phoned in (well, emailed) his vocals -- lacks the ferocity of previous Jane's releases.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars New Album, Newer Sound. Love It!
I agree with most of the other reviewers on this album. But while others do not like change I found the sound satisfied a long craving for some New, "Real" Rock. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Christopher Thomas
4.0 out of 5 stars (3.5) Needs a bit more....
of a kick. The album is pretty solid to be honest. It's got some strong slower-mid temp songs, but it needs more of that alternative metal energy that was in previous... Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Borkowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Love It!
The whole album is great! I'm a die-hard Jane's fan and did not expect this to compare to their classics. I'm pleasantly surprised. Turn it up!
Published 5 months ago by Emily
1.0 out of 5 stars EIGHT years to get this?
They are old, they are insane, they are not able to make music anymore. Jane's Addiction ended in 1991. 0/5. Nothing notable here.
Published 7 months ago by Luca Mirabile
5.0 out of 5 stars Newsflash!!! It Isn't 1988 Anymore
After 'Strays' came out, I read many reviews lambasting the departure from typical Jane's Addiction song formatting. It was too clean, no rough edges, etc. ad nauseum. Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. Jenkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding me? I LOVE this album!
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Published 12 months ago by Rich Latta
5.0 out of 5 stars the journey continues
I've seen JA twice since this album came out. It's definitely not the old Janes, but I really like it. Got some haunting melodies, one of which is going through my head right now. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Matthew E. Mccay
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good album that deserves better than a 3.5 average
I've been a JA fan since the early 90s... I've been through the ups, the downs, the breakups, the reunions, everything. Read more
Published 14 months ago by N. Hall
4.0 out of 5 stars Addicted
Always been a fan of this band, and this is more great music. I probably wouldn't put it up there with their more ground-breaking work of the past, but definitely a strong effort... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Samuel K. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars New Favorite
Its definately a mellower album for Jane's Addiction, but Im really liking it. Favorite tracks have been Words Right Out of My Mouth, Underground, Irresistible Force, and Twisted... Read more
Published 14 months ago by J_Linny
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wow, terrible album cover
millions of times better than "Strays".
Sep 17, 2011 by Seth Darnall |  See all 4 posts
21 songs on MP3: What about the CD?
Saw the same thing.... Wonder why there's not a "deluxe" edition of the physical CD or something to that effect??
Oct 9, 2011 by S.W. |  See all 5 posts
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