{"product_id":"mad-season-above-black-30th-anniversary-edition-vinyl","title":"Mad Season - Above (Black 30th Anniversary Edition Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fm72DPJCX58?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e30th Anniversary Edition Black Vinyl 2LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a new pressing of the 30th anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eAbove\u003c\/em\u003e that Artist Friendly Media Co. first issued in 2025: two black vinyl LPs in a gatefold jacket. The packaging restores the 1995 artwork, with the original cover, inside gatefold, back photo and center labels. The audio was newly mastered for vinyl, and Levi Seitz cut the lacquers. Unlike the edition's first run, this pressing does not include the 20-page 12x12 booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlongside the ten songs of the 1995 album, the edition carries five more: \"Locomotive,\" \"Black Book of Fear\" and \"Slip Away,\" sung by Mark Lanegan; the instrumental \"Interlude\"; and Layne Staley's vocal on John Lennon's \"I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier.\" Mike McCready has said of the reissue, \"Playing with Baker, Barrett, Layne, and Mark was a privilege I will always cherish.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMad Season took shape in 1994. McCready had met bassist John Baker Saunders in rehab in Minneapolis; back in Seattle the two began playing with Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin, and McCready asked his friend Staley, of Alice in Chains, to sing. By McCready's account the music was recorded in about seven days at Bad Animals that winter, with Staley taking a few more to finish his vocals. Staley drew the black-and-white cover image himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"River of Deceit,\" whose lyric Staley drew from Kahlil Gibran's \u003cem\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/em\u003e, was the lead single and reached No. 2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart; its official video is above. In 2019 Rolling Stone placed \u003cem\u003eAbove\u003c\/em\u003e at No. 18 on its list of the 50 greatest grunge albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 1 — Side A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWake Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eX-Ray Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiver of Deceit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 1 — Side B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm Above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtificial Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLifeless Dead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don't Know Anything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 2 — Side C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Gone Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovember Hotel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterlude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 2 — Side D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"12\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocomotive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Book of Fear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlip Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don't Wanna Be A Soldier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 754932313645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artist Friendly Media Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.6.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Artist Friendly Media Co.","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67660251168926,"sku":"EVP-3916ACCC-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/image_86_8accba3a-97a0-438f-a9f5-b2c5ff574434.png?v=1792613001","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/mad-season-above-black-30th-anniversary-edition-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}