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Like Zeppelin at its most abstract, Blind Melon's guitar riffs morph from metal to blues to psychedelia. This is great stuff for guitar fans who like their music cliche-free.
10y
60
Blind Melon exhibit a baffling diversity of influences ... hangs together remarkably well, with an absorbing, unforced intimacy as the key to successfully weaving such faded threads into a colourful, contemporary garment. Ones to watch.
40
Blind Melon's lone hit, the acoustic ditty "No Rain," gave off sweet hippie love vibes for the summer of 1993, with forlorn vocals and a moving video.
2y
The band that never should have been a one-hit wonder.
On October 21st of 1995, Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose at the age of 28. This was just a few months after the band's second studio record Soup. Understandably, this put a massive dent in the band. They sought a replacement for Hoon, but the sound was never quite right, and the events led to the entire band being pretty disheartened. They broke up in 1999. Those four intermediary years saw no new studio ... read more
KandZs January Challenge 6! Calm albums with terrifying lyrics.
...Hey, Blind Melon counts. For alternative rock standards, this band can tend to be calm to the ears. And even at their hardest (pause) they still are pretty standard, and this album is very nicely done, delivering some happy upbeat melodies, and nice vocal harmonies. This album is an uplifting experience and fun for the whole family...is what I would've said if it weren't for the lyrics. This album tackles topics like ... read more
Great album.
Direct effective and dynamic in terms of musical approach, but be careful, if you are here searching for more "No Rain's", this album is going to be a total disappointment for you, because although "No Rain" is a larger than life single (probably one of the top five singles from 90s US music) the truth is the rest of the record does not go in that melodic and sonically uplifting direction and at the end of the day "No Rain" sound a little bit out of ... read more
Rather safe but fundamentally strong & enjoyable rock music that lends itself to a fair variety of niches. A project and band I’m happy to discover
This album is SO GOOD and so underrated it's highkey criminal that they'd get done like this. It's so unfortunate that due to the success of grunge this album kind of got blown off even though they were the second coming of Zeppelin (arguably better). I mean this album is so strong top to bottom! The big highlight, of course, HAS to be the technical ability of the band. And YES, that includes Shannon Hoon's vocal cords, they are incredible. But honestly, there probably ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Soak the Sin 4:00 | 84 |
| 2 | Tones of Home 4:26 | 84 |
| 3 | I Wonder 5:32 | 82 |
| 4 | Paper Scratcher 3:13 | 75 |
| 5 | Dear Ol' Dad 3:01 | 74 |
| 6 | Change 3:41 | 87 |
| 7 | No Rain 3:37 | 97 |
| 8 | Deserted 4:20 | 81 |
| 9 | Sleepyhouse 4:28 | 73 |
| 10 | Holyman 4:47 | 75 |
| 11 | Seed to a Tree 3:29 | 65 |
| 12 | Drive 4:40 | 74 |
| 13 | Time 6:02 | 82 |
Total Length: 55 minutes
