12 - Mark Lanegan: Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet, 2004)
I was never a Screaming Trees fan really, but post-Trees has been very busy for one Mark Lanegan. A part-time Queen of the Stone Age, duetting with Isobel Campbell and collaborations with almost everyone, Soulsavers and with Greg Dulli as The Gutter Twins to name two.
His solo career is most interesting though and 2004's Bubblegum is the one where the needle was still hanging out of the arm as Lanegan crawled around a seedy motel looking for his next inspiration or fix. (This is all subject to this author's imagination of course!).
I won't bother to list any stand out tracks cos the whole album is genius in it's own dark way and the list of collaboraters is endless, PJ Harvery, Josh Homme, Duff McKagan etc, adding to the 'nasty' feel of this record.
Thanks Mark!
http://www.myspace.com/marklanegan
James
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