Mark Lanegan(the guy that you all seem to like)

Anon

I hear quite a bit about this guy on this board, so I assume he's worth checking out. Anyone have any suggestions for some good songs to start out with?

Rhinocerous Surprise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNtKL6CadM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1rL7DI_D4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWRfK6F2744
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ZcaiWa74c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVD6PVSxlik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oITSpU6Sfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSk4zQI4IUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EykQK0OOaRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbmGM56XYeo

Take your pick.

Lanegan7

Guess who I'm named after

Am I allowed to say everything he does is great?

Rhinocerous Surprise

Lanegan7 wrote:

Guess who I'm named after

Am I allowed to say everything he does is great?

Only if you back it up with links to prove it, like what I did.

PJGARDEN

My suggestion would be to start with Whiskey for the Holy Ghost. That's the album I started with and I was hooked. I think Bubblegum is the most popular but It's probably my least favorite. Still good album though. You really can't go wrong with any of his work. IMO, he has one of the best complete song catalogues I have ever heard.

Lanegan7

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Only if you back it up with links to prove it, like what I did.

ok you asked for it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBQrLNQjb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCYpdvDs4wI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xerAy1wLVAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XomIntEQemE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTHFn4BlBVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jamJIe332R0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pbAWz44-g8

SoonForgotten2

Screaming Trees- Sweet Oblivion & Dust albums
Gutter Twins- Anything
Soulsavers- It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
Queens Of The Stone Age- God In The Radio, Hanging Tree, In The Fade... a few others too
For something quite different check out his albums with Isobel Campbell, especially Sunday At Devil Dirt.

Lanegan is AMAZING.

ladygooddiva

PJGARDEN wrote:

My suggestion would be to start with Whiskey for the Holy Ghost. That's the album I started with and I was hooked. I think Bubblegum is the most popular but It's probably my least favorite. Still good album though. You really can't go wrong with any of his work. IMO, he has one of the best complete song catalogues I have ever heard.

i sign this it was in my mind too!!!

OffHeGoes132

Lanegan7 wrote:

Guess who I'm named after

Am I allowed to say everything he does is great?

I really don't want to exaggerate here, but this is honestly true. Everything this man touches turns to gold. He hasn't made one stinker album in over 20 years. That's fuckin' saying something.

My advice, I got started on Lanegan through the Screaming Trees with Sweet Oblivion, very accessible album and a classic. After I got hooked on all the Trees stuff, I ventured to his solo work and collabos. Start with Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, a real masterpiece IMO. Many of his songs take a few listens before they really hit you.

Marie Curie

PJGARDEN wrote:

My suggestion would be to start with Whiskey for the Holy Ghost. That's the album I started with and I was hooked. I think Bubblegum is the most popular but It's probably my least favorite. Still good album though. You really can't go wrong with any of his work. IMO, he has one of the best complete song catalogues I have ever heard.

That would be my suggestion too. Whiskey For The Holy Ghost is my favorite Lanegan album.

strummers

He is a God.

Gonzo1977

HOLY FUCK!!
GO GET
"WHISKEY FOR THE HOLY GHOST"!!!
NOW!!!

As a fan of music...you owe it to yourself to own this album.

PJGARDEN

I have to correct the original poster. We don't all like him, we LOVE him!!

joint in a tree

featuring our very own Mr. McCready, and the late great Mr. Staley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X68HkTuF6Z4

mdigenakis

Greg Dulli is pretty awesome too!

KingofFunk412

Yeah start with the Screaming Trees stuff, Sweet Oblivion and Dust. Here's 2 awesome songs from Dust:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0VYm9YkJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAg0StcVTZ0

You really need to listen to the songs a couple of times to fully understand his songs' awesomeness... haha.

Anon

thanks guys- i checked him out & i gotta say, the guy is AWESOME!! definitely gonna go pick up that whiskey for the holy ghost.
thanks everybody!

Lanegan7

we're glad to help

Dismantle The Sun

I've discovered him on this site too.
Awesome singer

Rhinocerous Surprise

Is it physically, mentally and spiritually impossible not to love Mark Lanegan?

dust

I'm late with this but compelled to join in the Lanegan love....primarily because I named myself after my favourite album

Everything the man touches is just perfect

Lanegan7

Everyone should hear this "when your number isn't up" live

haunting and beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqQWT9rViA4

lephty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X68HkTuF6Z4

new to lanegan? do you have Mad Season? or Songs for the Deaf from the Queens of the Stone age? if not, than you should get those albums. sure he is only on a few songs on those albums, but they are classics anyways!

aaaaaaaaaand go

reeferchief

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=55866806 check out the track Black River on here another one that just shows the diversity of music he embraces with that voice.

I remember reading that there is a new Soulsavers on the way as well.
And an EP of material recorded with Isobel Campbell that didn't make it onto Sunday at Devil Dirt. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/7199958/Keep-Me-In-Mind-Sweetheart-EP/Product.html Thats the one.:D

lalalalaaaaaaaa

Lanegan?

Like sheep's wool?

wavescamecrashing

i would go for the trees stuff and his solo albums first, then the collaborative work.

Also, Lanegan has to be one of the most hardworking men in music, ive seen him live 4 times this year alone...playing on my doorstep.

SoonForgotten2

wavescamecrashing wrote:

i would go for the trees stuff and his solo albums first, then the collaborative work.

Also, Lanegan has to be one of the most hardworking men in music, ive seen him live 4 times this year alone...playing on my doorstep.

Yeah, he really is. Not sure why he doesn't have a place over here yet.

I thought seeing him and Isobel at Union Chapel would be the final time for awhile, but then something even better is annouced for January. Then the Soulsavers should be gearing up to support their new album with a tour soon after.

betterman22

lephty wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X68HkTuF6Z4

new to lanegan? do you have Mad Season? or Songs for the Deaf from the Queens of the Stone age? if not, than you should get those albums. sure he is only on a few songs on those albums, but they are classics anyways!

aaaaaaaaaand go

hey i have Songs for the Deaf and it is one of my fave albums ever!hes also on Rated R which i think is up there with SFTD (In the Fade in particular)
Anyways any other albums recomended which hes in?

bladworth116

check out "Scraps at Midnight" as well. the man is amazing

Lanegan7

If anyone is interested, I can post the unreleased Screaming Trees album from 1998. It's only 8 songs but they're all pretty good.

PJGARDEN

I have a request. I had some computer issues and lost about a 1/3 of my music collection. Anyway, there was an alternative version of Sleep with Me that was never released. Does anyone have a copy of this that they wouldn't mind sending to me? I would be foreever grateful!!!