Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum XX (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (2004/2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum XX (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (2004/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:07:40 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Blues Rock
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Beggars Arkive in conjunction with the Estate of Mark Lanegan, are honored to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mark Lanegan’s acclaimed 2004 album Bubblegum. On August 23rd, we will release Bubblegum XX – a set of releases that include a remastered double LP edition of the original album and a 4XLP/3XCD release containing 40 remastered tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased. The limited-edition Bubblegum XX 4XLP box contains a 64-page hardcover book with essays by Troy Van Leewuen, Josh Homme, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, David Catching, Greg Dulli, Duff McKagan, and Brett Netson along with studio notes and previously unseen photographs by Steve Gullick. It includes Bubblegum, which has been cut as a double LP and remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. It also includes a remastered edition of Here Comes That Weird Chill (Methamphetamine Blues, Extras & Oddities) to which three bonus tracks have been added. The fourth LP contains demos and unreleased tracks, comprised of outtakes from the Bubblegum sessions and tracks recorded, produced and mixed by Troy Van Leeuwen in various hotel rooms with Mark singing and Troy playing all the instruments. The set was executive produced by Mark’s former manager Brian Klein, who worked with him during the Bubblegum era.AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
With the Screaming Trees an increasingly distant memory and his brief tenure with Queens of the Stone Age seemingly over and done, Mark Lanegan appears to have well and truly become a solo artist, and while the dark and blues-shot introspections of Whiskey for the Holy Ghost and The Winding Sheet felt like a respite from Lanegan’s usual musical diet of the time, Bubblegum sounds like an effort to fuse the nocturnal atmospherics of his solo work with the impressive brain/brawn ratio of his better-known bands. Credited to the Mark Lanegan Band (though there’s no consistent set of musicians from track to track), Bubblegum is hardly short on the moody stuff, with Lanegan’s nicotine-buffered pipes leading these songs though any number of empty streets and unhappy events, as on the jonesed-out road trip of “Strange Religion,” the pained drift of “One Hundred Days,” and the wasted longing of “Morning Glory Wine” – notice a common theme yet? (Oh, and in case you were wondering, the album’s title refers not to teen-centric pop music, but a line from his song “Bombed”: “When I’m bombed, I stretch like bubblegum/And look too long straight at the morning sun.”) But Lanegan was also of a mind to rock out a bit while making this album (or figured that his newer fans were expecting it of him), and with his QOTSA pals Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri helping out on a few cuts, he does indeed deliver the rock, most notably the clanking menace of “Methamphetamine Blues,” the straightforward bash of “Sideways in Reverse,” and the organ-driven ooze of “Hit the City” (the latter featuring Polly Jean Harvey in an inspired duet appearance). But while most guys making a solo album after a stint with a successful band create music that speaks of freedom and release, Bubblegum finds Lanegan digging ever deeper into the obsessions and appetites that drag him into the same corner every time. It sure doesn’t sound like a life most of us would wish to lead, but it makes for damned compelling art, and the dank emotional caverns of Bubblegum offer some territory well worth exploring for the strong-willed.

Tracklist:

1-01. Mark Lanegan – When Your Number Isn’t Up (2024 Remaster) (03:01)
1-02. Mark Lanegan – Hit the City (2024 Remaster) (02:48)
1-03. Mark Lanegan – Wedding Dress (2024 Remaster) (03:06)
1-04. Mark Lanegan – Methamphetamine Blues (2024 Remaster) (03:17)
1-05. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days (2024 Remaster) (04:36)
1-06. Mark Lanegan – Bombed (2024 Remaster) (01:09)
1-07. Mark Lanegan – Strange Religion (2024 Remaster) (04:07)
1-08. Mark Lanegan – Sideways in Reverse (2024 Remaster) (02:48)
1-09. Mark Lanegan – Come to Me (2024 Remaster) (03:46)
1-10. Mark Lanegan – Like Little Willie John (2024 Remaster) (03:53)
1-11. Mark Lanegan – Can’t Come Down (2024 Remaster) (03:36)
1-12. Mark Lanegan – Morning Glory Wine (2024 Remaster) (04:26)
1-13. Mark Lanegan – Head (2024 Remaster) (03:04)
1-14. Mark Lanegan – Driving Death Valley Blues (2024 Remaster) (02:49)
1-15. Mark Lanegan – Out of Nowhere (2024 Remaster) (02:44)
2-01. Mark Lanegan – Methamphetamine Blues (EP Version – 2024 Remaster) (03:17)
2-02. Mark Lanegan – On the Steps of the Cathedral (2024 Remaster) (01:43)
2-03. Mark Lanegan – Clear Spot (2024 Remaster) (03:39)
2-04. Mark Lanegan – Message to Mine (2024 Remaster) (03:17)
2-05. Mark Lanegan – Lexington Slow Down (2024 Remaster) (03:01)
2-06. Mark Lanegan – Skeletal History (2024 Remaster) (04:14)
2-07. Mark Lanegan – Wish You Well (2024 Remaster) (03:07)
2-08. Mark Lanegan – Sleep With Me (2024 Remaster) (04:15)
2-09. Mark Lanegan – Sleep With Me – Version (2024 Remaster) (03:37)
2-10. Mark Lanegan – Sympathy (2024 Remaster) (02:18)
2-11. Mark Lanegan – Mirrored (2024 Remaster) (02:51)
2-12. Mark Lanegan – Mud Pink Skag (2024 Remaster) (03:17)
3-01. Mark Lanegan – Heard a Train (2024 Remaster) (04:35)
3-02. Mark Lanegan – Union Tombstone (2024 Remaster) (04:05)
3-03. Mark Lanegan – Josephine (2024 Remaster) (04:22)
3-04. Mark Lanegan – Kingdom (2024 Remaster) (01:43)
3-05. Mark Lanegan – Soldier (2024 Remaster) (03:53)
3-06. Mark Lanegan – Little Willie John (2024 Remaster) (03:39)
3-07. Mark Lanegan – Blood (Crackers & Honey) (2024 Remaster) (01:22)
3-08. Mark Lanegan – You Wild Colorado (2024 Remaster) (02:13)
3-09. Mark Lanegan – Revolver (2024 Remaster) (01:58)
3-10. Mark Lanegan – Leaving New River Blues (2024 Remaster) (03:32)
3-11. Mark Lanegan – St James Infirmary (2024 Remaster) (02:00)
3-12. Mark Lanegan – Willie John (2024 Remaster) (02:41)
3-13. Mark Lanegan – Pure Religion (2024 Remaster) (03:51)

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