Dust

Extremely good. I can see why this would have been a big album for the time

Never heard of Screaming Trees but glad I know them now. Great grunge/rock sound to their music. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Pretty good. I like some grunge but Screaming Trees had passed me by - only really know Lanegan from his work with QOTSA.

Not bad, not great.

Perfectly fine - but somewhat banal at the same time. Nothing particularly stood out during the album. 3* because 2* feels a bit harsh!

Simpatico. Mi immagino un grindcoredeathmetal dalla copertina.

Screaming Trees is a new one for me. A big chunk of early 90's rock is outside my wheelhouse, but I enjoyed listening to this album quite a bit. The overall slow soulful brand of grunge / folk was a treat. Highlights: All I Know - This is a great song. Very catchy. The verses and chorus are slow, with a juxtaposition of quick syncopated pre chorus bridges. Look At You - I loved the melody on this track. Dying Days - Heavy instrumentals with slow vocals work great here. Dime Western - I'm a hoe for bass, and this songs bassline is top tier. Lowlights: Traveler - This track didn't appeal to me a ton. I like the sound but it gets too repetitive. Final Thoughts: Overall quite an enjoyable album. Nothing really groundbreaking or genre defining here, but nothing objectionable either. I'd definitely listen to it again.

Great music, next to one of my favourite voices in the grunge genre

3.0 average which makes sense as it seemed very average.

-grunge -rock -psychedelic -driving -dreamy -Middle Eastern and Asian influences -nice harmonizing -good basslines Mark Lanegan's voice was smooth at all points of the vocal spectrum. Gone too soon. This album ranks high in their catalog.

meh.

Didn’t care about this album. There wasn’t anything that I could point out as being bad at all, but none of it was very interesting. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t love it. Completely indifferent. 5/10 Top 3: 1. Make My Mind 2. Sworn and Broken 3. Dying Days

nah. ain’t the worst but didn’t enjoy any of it.

Pretty good album. I need to pick this one up.

Loved it. Very very relaxing

Sounded like the prequel to nickelback

Great guitar hooks, okay vocals

Halo of ashes sounds like buckley meets bends era radiohead. Love sworn and broken- alt rock, grunge pacabels canon. Also really like witness. Dime western is apocalyptic. Wasnt expecting a gospel cover for a finisher

Pedestrian

Reading the reviews here you’d think this is the dullest record on the planet earth but I was happily blown away. It’s subtle, grungey, energetic and accessible in all the right ways. The first song is probably weakest for me which may have turned people off. 4.5/5 rounded up, great stuff!

Cool album. Need to revisit for sure

King of bland. Not overwhelming or underwhelming, just whelmed. Definitely sounds like they are were trying to be in that 90's PNW grunge sound with a little Janes Addiction in there. But ultimately it feels like it's lacking a soul or something to make it special.

Faves: All I Know, Look At You and Dime Western

I felt transported by this album a calm and relaxing place

Not my taste

6/10

Grew on me but not enough to think it deserves to be on this list. Middle of the road 2.5 rounding down for the cover.

didn’t hate this. Never heard of these fellas before

Something had to be the inspiration for all the famous dad rock out there. Didn't do it for me but they have their sound and this probably came out exactly how they wanted

Rock chill réconfortant. Ça me donne des vibes U2 de temps à autres. Bien écoutable par temps de pluie sur la route. Passable sans wow.

Lite småtråkigt.

Pretty good!

I knew exactly one Screaming Trees song before this, "I Nearly Lost You," which I liked well enough. This album was not amazing, but pretty darn good. I might listen again.

This is the pure juice of the 90s. I can't say I dislike it, though. Especially the last songs of the album are quite interesting.

Stupidly good.

A solid if unspectacular album, wish I had heard this when it first came out…it may have stuck with me more.

Very 90s

Werde zwar schwach beim Sound des 90er alternative rock, klingt aber leider nur wie eine lauwarme und weichgespülte Version von Soundgarden. Die Produktion ist auch sehr verwaschen, Gitarren, drums und Gesang überlagern sich viel zu oft und zusätzliche Gitarren oder Distortion überschwemmen nur die schon überbeanspruchten Frequenzen. Da wäre mehr Tiefe möglich gewesen. Alles in allem ganz nett

Bisschen cookie cutter nichts sticht besonders raus, Mix teilweise einfach ein Brei.

1.5 Schmerzhaft belanglos Will viel, liefert nicht

Nothing exceptional about this album. Was fine

I just don’t understand the inclusion of this one. It’s a good representation of generic grunge but…it just doesn’t scratch any itch. I wanted it to be something that it wasn’t.

3/5. Really fun album from a band I’ve never heard of. But that’s the reason we do this, right?

nice

Meh

It was alright

Can tell this is mid 90s music. Didn’t really care for any of the songs. Some did have good instrumentals.

I liked it

Really liked this album, from a band I don't ever recall hearing about. But makes complete sense Josh Homme was a touring musician for this album. Nice hard emotive sound to it.

im happy to have listened to it, 10 years+ after my grunge phase. no wonder i missed it. parts of it sounded like if tom petty started a """garage"""" band in the 90s. bored me. perhaps another album or theirs would do it for me?

repetitivo

I don't really know why this is on the list. Musically, it seems heavily inspired by 70s rock. The vocal style doesn't seem to fit, and it clearly did not catch on in the alternative genre.

For the most part the album is enjoyable, the songs are catchy and it's competently performed. Somewhat surprisingly, this is the Screaming Tree's 7th studio album (in 10 years) released in 1996, so the band was around pre-Grunge era. I like it, though there isn't anything innovative or edgy about the record and it's sound is so dated, late 80's/90's it doesn't stand out. Not essential, there are a lot more records you should listen to from this time period.

bland fine?? kinda generic grungy rock

Liked it a bit more than Nirvana

Southern grunge? Or just a normal southern rock with some metal elements? Whatever it is, it doesn't work. Songs are rather boring, I can't see anything appealing in it. Let's just move on.

not bad

Have you listened to Tea Party? These guys are a shitty version of them. 2 stars

Overall a very disappointing listen. A couple strong, unique tracks in the back half aren’t enough to save it. Fairly cookie-cutter 90s alt sounds and released far enough in the decade that they don’t get any points for innovating.

Another one that kind of surprised me

Bitterly disappointed in this one as a Kyuss/QotSA fan. Was expecting grimy, locked-in guitars and just a touch of edge but got derivative, radio-friendly Pearl Jam instead. The whole thing just feels as if it’s aiming for rock radio play with its big swooping ballads and deliberately repetitive vocals. Call it a case of unrealistic expectations, but I was expecting a lot more than this

Fine but really not that remarkable

Mark is voor mij een held! In zijn biografie is hij zelf niet te spreken over het werk van de screaming Trees maar ik wel

Geweldige stem, maar dit is niet zijn beste werk.

Onbetwist Screaming Trees, maar minder sterk dan Sweet Oblivion.

Kan ik ook 6 sterren uitdelen? Screaming Trees staat hoog - erg hoog - in mijn lijstje favoriete bands. En deze plaat is voor mij ook echt briljant goed. Doet zeker niet onder voor Sweet Oblivion. Wat een geweldige stem heeft die Lanegan, en wat een ontzettende hufter van een vent was het (zijn bio is echt ontluisterend). That's heroin for ya, folks.

Degelijke rock :). Erg goede stem.

Halo of Ashes- 3.8/5 All I Know- 4.4/5 Look at You- 5/5 Dying Days- 4.6/5 Make My Mind- 3.7/5 Sworn and Broken- 4.8/5 Witness- 3.4/5 Traveler- 3.6/5 Dime Western- 4.9/5 Gospel Plow- 4.2/5 Total- 4.2/5

A very solid 90s alternative rock album, dusted with the grunge vibe but with great vocals courtesy of Mr Lanagan and solid songs. Enjoyed this.

This album was made at the height of Grunge but it has many stylistic elements, especially in instrumentation, that reminds one of psychedelic rock. They use Indian instruments or the mellotron, popularized by prog rock. In some way you might think this album was created by time travellers. Then again often some of the typical vocals and - how should I call it? - singing styles of that time break through. Overall a pretty cool album with a better later half I find.

Was putting this album off for a while and i immediately regretted that. Very good

It was ok. Not a stand out album for me.

Started slow, couldn't really think why it was on the list, but it developed well and definitely grew on me. 3.5/5

3/5

I enjoyed this a lot, I wasn't expecting. Nice surprise.

It’s a solid album, can’t believe I missed this when I was growing up

Folk Metal! Yes. What's not to love!

Didn’t find any standouts here.

Grunge, rock lentillo. Ni fu ni fa.

Grunge, rock. Bonita voz.

Solides Album. Es gibt aber bessere Screaming Trees Alben. 3-4

p773, 1996. 2.5 stars Average grunge band with some OK tunes. Well done of its kind, but nothing special and instantly forgettable.

I thought this album was unfairly overlooked at the time of release, and it still sounds great 27 years on. An expansion of the sound from 1992's Sweet Oblivion, with Benmont Tench adding some welcome keyboard backing.

that last album...

Great album

Never heard of the Screaming Trees before. It was okay, a little bland, the vocals weren't great, but some of the guitar was quite nice. I liked the folky touches here and there, but the vocals killed it for me I'm afraid. Average overall.

didn't click with me, only listened to it the day after and only got through half before i started skipping around to see what the second half contained, but I typically don't listen to grunge

Before today, I'd never heard of the Screaming Trees before. From my research, they are an alt rock /grunge band from the 90's. Upon listening to this album, that's exactly what they are. But so much so, that they are almost indistinguishable from so many other bands like them from that era. Bands like Pearl Jam, Tea Party, Temple of the Dog, and Mudhoney did this sound so much better than these guys. One interesting factoid about these guys is that their touring guitarist for this album, Josh Homme, later went on to be the frontman of Queens of the Stone Age. Overall, a fairly average 90's alt rock band. Not the best I've ever heard, and nothing about these guys sets them out from the shit load of other bands doing the same thing at that time. I will probably never listen again for that reason, there are so many better bands. Favourite songs: Witness, All I Know, Look At You, Sworn and Broken, Gospel Plow Least favourite songs: Traveler, Halo of Ashes 3/5

Another one deceiving album cover. A sheep in wolf’s clothing. Sounds nice and unpretentious

Loved this. Vocal and lyrics were so smooth, plus solid musically. Album cover was misleading. My first full listen to this album. Not sure why.

Grunge, rock. Bonita voz.

<3 screaming trees

Not bad

I'm not that into grunge. My favorite grunge/heavier 90s rock moments are the ones that sound least like the rest of grunge- a few punky Nirvana songs and the heavily Hendrix-influences on Yellow Ledbetter. I just don't get the appeal of overindulgent guitar solos (didn't people claim grunge was supposed to be the cure to Hair Metal?) and the other side of grunge is sad dudes with acoustic guitars making weird biblical references. Why should that be the defining sound of the 90s when Britpop and Hip Hop occupied the same space? Naturally my favorite brief snippets here were the ones most removed from the rest. The chorus on Look at You that sounds like Eddie Vedder singing lead vocals for a Jesus and Mary Chain song. The synthesizer on Sworn and Broken also kicks so much ass. But outside of those two aspects, it's just grunge and weird gospel allusions. I looked up the band and found that they opened for some key grunge acts in their peak years before this album, and also had members go on to play with Dinosaur Junior and Queens of the Stone Age and REM. Which is cool, but I think it shows maybe this band just wasn't greater than the sum of its parts.

Maybe I should’ve gave this a better chance but it’s just reminds me of every cheesy sounding 90s post grunge band ever so I didn’t really to listen too intently. As soon as I hear that wannabe Eddie vedder style of singing I tune out. Some of the songs are kinda catchy or have a good groove but I’m not interested in listening to much of this ever again. It sounds like an album that tried to keep coasting off the wave of grunge music but couldn’t find any interesting places to take the genre. Listening to this right after smashing pumpkins also made me realize that even though Billy corgan isn’t the best singer at least he went for his own style during this era of every rock singer sounding the same. This one was really well produced though so even though it wasn’t great it wasn’t unpleasant to listen to at all. 👍:look at you

Make my mind is pretty catchy…the rest not great.

4.0

Decidedly average rock music. I've listened to this album a few times over the years, but can never remember a single hook, melody or lyric. Lanegan's voice is pretty cool, but all these tunes are just so average and non-offensive.

Meh, sounds like generic mid-90s rock

Annoying and boring.

This wasn't terrible, but it was forgettable.

The northwest grunge scene was never my thing but this has some pretty good stuff. It's 3½ stars but I can't bring myself to round up to 4.

This album feels like a grunge ripoff

I’m as surprised as you are, dear reader, that a grunge-adjacent record from 1996 is getting a 4 from me, but the powers of Mark Lanegan seem to trump any of my genre or decade biases.

Yk what I surprisingly enjoyed this album: the guitar sounded nice with a nice range emotions between songs, it was missing the typical rock bangers but I can see myself listening to this again.

Incredibly solid, verging on the definition of my favourite genre of music right here. Straight forward but with feeling. No surprise that Josh Homme was in/around these guys can hear how they influenced QOTSA big time

Ok…Nothing stood out & I expected more!

Not a bad album at all but nothing really on here that stood out to me. Sounded a little too similar to other bands out at the time and didn’t really push anything on this album to the full extent I feel like. Still good songs and not a bad listen at all, just don’t think it’s one for this list.

It says a lot for the over simplification of the grunge genre that Screaming Trees, Melvins and Soundgarden were at one point under the same banner. Mark Lanegan's voice is smoother than silk and is the main reason you should listen to this album. But the band also has some real chops and this is a real slice of early 90's rock/alternative.

definitely fits the category of "why did this make the list"

Yes.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: All I know

Wasn't really feelin' the vibes

Surprised this one's on here but not Sweet Oblivion. Honestly I don't think any of their songs are as iconic as "Nearly Lost." These are fine tracks, very much influenced by contemporary power pop and grunge with feelings of despair, and I'm sure I can hear Jane's Addiction in their incorporation of psychedelia (particularly the sitar, keyboards, and different percussions) with hard rock. There were only a few tracks that didn't stand out at all or had some instrument gimmick like in "Sworn and Broken." Hearing tracks like "Dime Western" reminds me of Lanegan's creative peak on Qosa's Songs for the Deaf, and sets another bar that this record fails to reach. The biggest surprise highlight for me was the psychedelic closer "Gospel Plow."

Good grunge album not sure it’s anything brilliant though would rather have the QOTSA albums on the list Mark was involved in over this.

Dust is the seventh album by Screaming Trees and the last album of new material by the band. This hard rock/grunge album received good reviews by critics and charted modestly. The music on this album was influenced more by folk and blues than the previous albums that took inspiration from psychedelic rock and punk rock. I had never heard of this band before listening to this album, and I think they created a wonderful album here. Any fan of hard rock music should like this album, so I recommend it. Dust was a great album for the band to end with.

Meh, I’m not really too into it. As with a lot of grunge, any emotion in the lyrics and singing gets drowned out by the noise/droning guitars. 4/10

Found this a bit repetitive.

A great album to listen to - never listened to them previously. Great history behind the album and band, as well. 3/5

Less screaming than advertised. A sideline player in the 90s grungey bluesy scene. I'd just call it rock these days. Pretty easy listen.

I prejudged this as being some sort of death metal by an objectionable band. It was actually pretty okay, a bit generic in parts, but okay.

The name made me think they might be a bit more punky, and I imagined them to be more of an 80s goth band. Didn't mind this too much but didn't really 'get' it either. Grungy inoffensive rock music. Nothing stood out much, save recognising Lanegan's voice from his later solo stuff (of which I am not really a fan either).

I wanted to really hate this, purely through musical snobbery; US mid 90's guitar band, wailing, long hair. Not exactly Boy About Town, is it? Some of the melodies and song structures reminded my of Blur's 1997 self-titled album, y'know, the American one. Interesting. It still wasn't enough to win me over, but it wasn't the write off I was expecting.

Iets te erg rock voor moi

Based off the band name I thought this album would be a bit more intense but turned out to be a nice collection of consistent rock songs. My issue with this album though is that there’s not a lot of variation, the songs are nice for the most part but I find it hard to distinguish some of the songs, especially in the middle of the song, when casually listening. Apart from that I do have some standouts, in particular the guitar playing on ‘Dying days’ is great to hear and overall the lyrical performance is very nice too especially on ‘Look at you’. Only song I wasn’t a big fan of is ‘Traveler’, felt as if there was going to be some climax to the song but never really delivered

Never heard of em before but this is a solid listen, very 90s grunge riffs. Would listen again, 4.5/5

Pretty mid tier 90s rock. Not bad but not special.

Sorry but nothing note worthy to this album at all for me. Not even sure why it's on the list. I should go look it up now to see if i'm wrong.

90s grunge/hard rock stuff generally bores me and this isn't really doing much to change that. It's fine and occasionally even goes as far as interesting but doesn't really wow me at all.

I liked this a lot more than I expected to. It's pretty standard grunge on the poppier side, but it's well executed. I don't love the vocals but they're not the most grating I've ever heard and the music makes up for it. Favorite track: Dying Days

Hints of Dinosaur Jr, but without the virtuosic guitar riffs. Not a bad listen, but not all that remarkable either.

This was another offering that was a complete mystery to me. On the surface, Dust is a collection of very 90s songs. However, the control of that sound is impressive. Clear, guitar licks that build and accompany the vocals. Drum fills reminiscent of Ringo. One of the standout tracks on Dust is "Sworn and Broken," which features a memorable hook and a killer keyboard solo that will get stuck in your head for days. It does lack a certifiable hit though. Something to hang your hat on. Overall, Dust is a cohesive and well-crafted album that was ultimately overlooked (at least by me) and deserves a place in the grunge era conversation.

Not one single tree liars

I came into this expecting something similar to Kyuss or QOTSA because I had heard the band worked with Josh Homme a bunch, but never checked them out. This comes across a lot more chill than I expected. - my favorite song from the album is probably "Make my Mind" - Really didn't expect a random organ/synth solo in "Sworn and Broken"

Kinda pretty i guess but pretty damn boring too. Does have its high parts but a lot of it sounds the same

Very very 90s. That’s not a bad thing, it’s good 90s sounding music. Just sounds exactly like the 90s. Sounds like it influenced many late late 90s early 2000s

Nice find

Solid 90's alternative. Can't give those less than 4 in general, and this was good, but not like all time good. Not hearing Lanegan as raspy when he does other projects.

I don't think I've ever heard of Screaming Trees before, which is a shame, because I think I would have really enjoyed a lot of the songs on here when if I had listened to it when it came out. I listened to a lot of classic rock as a kid, with psychedelic rock being some of my favorite stuff, and I really love how this album incorporates that sound. The vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation are all really great. 'Halo of Ashes,' 'All I Know,' and 'Sworn and Broken' were my favorite tracks. I think this a standout for the grunge or post-grunge genre, and I would definitely listen to it again.

very good. Not my day-to day type but tres bon!

just ok

Solid rock! Good riffs and some memorable choruses.

Well I like a couple of Mark Lanegan albums, Bubblegum, Blues Funeral. Never really listened to Screaming Trees. Not sure this will be essential but it'll probably be worth a listen. There's a real feel of The Beatles 'Love You To' lingering in the background of the opener, and its not just the sitar, the melody too. Hmm, the rest is fine but unremarkable 90s alternative grunge-tinged rock. His solo albums are better. To be fair, I don't think any of his albums are classics, but they all have a few great songs on them. Hit the City, Ode to Sad Disco, Leviathon. Whereas I can't really pick much to stand out of this album.

Never could really get into screaming trees. Felt this was a really below average offering. 1.5/5

Man, I don't know that I've ever heard an album that sounded so much like the year it came out. Everything about "Dust" screams 1996. It's a nearly perfect blend of Soundgarden, U2, Alice in Chains, and Collective Soul. It's kind of wild that I've never heard of them before, honestly. I enjoyed it way more than I should have. Probably going to need to revisit it, in fact.

Great grunge record

Some good songs on this one

There’s something in my head telling me I’ve at least come across the name Screaming Trees before, but I can’t place where. I don’t recognise any song titles on this album, but I’m eager to find out if I get any pangs of recognition. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: All I Know, Gospel Plow This was pretty great. I enjoyed it to the point that when I could feel the music wrapping up, I was a bit gutted as I wanted it to continue on. The album isn’t too short by any means, taking 44 minutes to listen to everything, and yet I still wanted more! The singing had such a deep, rich tone, and the guitar distortion was such a delight - not too distorted that it becomes a mess, but still with plenty of grit. Overall, a very enjoyable surprise for me with this album today.

average classic rock vocals are not it imo

Well done, but fairly uninspiring, indie rock.

This is a lost gem for me! I've heard of this band but only really their big single and that one album! Mark Lanegan is amazing, should get a lot more shine than he did! Very solid rock record that breaks out of the grunge label

Eeehh

Not my favourite Screaming Trees album, but has solid cuts like ”Sworn and Broken” and ”Traveler”. R.I.P. Mark Lanegan

Genuint smaklös produktion... feelar sångaren sku kunna va bra me ett annat band o synth solon i sworn & broken rippa... annars jättetråkigt

Thought I'd hate this actually kind of enjoyed. however didn't massively stand out. 3.3

Nah

Very dull - wouldn’t listen again.

Started strong but faded out. Not too bad. Fave track - Halo of Ashes

I wasn't really feeling this album, but there were instrumentals and sounds on a few tracks that I found really interesting. I didn't care much for it overall.

Pleasant enough, but nothing really stood out to me. Blend of grunge, alt rock, and psych rock is a good idea, but the execution should be more memorable than this. Wouldn’t be upset if one of these songs came on, but I’m not reaching for this one on my own again.

Okay

This band is very often overlooked in the shadow of grunge towers like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and so on. But this band is equally good in its own right! They're quite the powerhouse, fusing, bluesy hard rock, psychedelic and grunge. Mark Lanegan's smoky soulful vocals roaring on every song. But Gary Lee Connor's guitar work is also very impressive! The song themes range from addiction, to unreachable love Should've given this band a spin a long time ago! - Glorified in the dying of the sun. - Her ghost hides in my eyes, in the night. In a way she's haunting me, I'm wanting her still. - Because you're this dream I'm hanging on. And I'm trying to make the dawn. Key tracks: Halo Of Ashes, All I Know, Look At You, Dying Days, Sworn And Broken, Witness. 7,5 out of 10

2.5 Average. Best Songs: Look at You, All I Know

"Make My Mind" was easily the best song on what was a pretty boring album. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything memorable either. This band seems to be one of those that the verse is better than the chorus, and that's not saying much.

I really have no feelings about this album. It feels like generic 90s rock

its a solid sounding album but i don't see why it is remarkable

I like some of their work, saw them live once and have got a few later albums by Mark Lanegan. Dust... though, feels like they were aiming for a Led Zep version of grunge and just falls flat.

Look At You is a good track. Witness is solid. All I Know...very 90s.

Solid but terribly outdated alt-rock from the 90‘s. Lame.

Really enjoyed it with very little expectation. Will listen again for sure.

A cracking grunge fest.

Had never heard of this group but I liked them. Good mix of grunge + folksy-ness.

I wanted to like this a bit more than I did. I mean... it's ST so I'm bound to like it, but I think I'm a hard customer for this type of music since I've had such extended exposure to it growing up in Washington.

Not heard before and ended up listening 4 times back to back. Could hear it's influence on other records since. Really good.

Can’t believe I didn’t know 1 song on this. I haven’t listened to a ton of Screaming Trees, but thought I’d have some familiarity. I’ve always revered Mark Lannegan despite not knowing his/their catalogue well. This album did not disappoint. It took 2 listens to catch, but there are some fantastic songs on here. Very underrated in comparison to everything else that was big in 1996. I’d venture to guess that this is their most accessible album, and I wouldn’t call it grunge. But it’s interesting and unique. Great melodies. Lannegan’s voice is amazing. I’ll be coming back and I want to explore more of their back catalogue. P.S., so I went and listened to ‘Other Worlds,’ their first EP from 1985. Simply astounded at what they put out then. Wow, this band will be getting much more of my ear. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding

Pretty good, not much stand out but works well as an album

Awesome.

Quite nice this. I like his voice. It seems pretty solid all the way through. I'll have to check out their other albums, as I hadn't really heard of these guys before.

Classic 90s

Emaciated court jester album cover.

Not bad but It makes me feel like I’m Combo from Breaking Bad.

Sounds like 90s rock. Overall nice, nothing screamed out as a great song, but would like to relisten.

I'd never heard of this - and really like it.

AMAZING

Ordinary light weight rock. Nothing stood out as exceptional, and nothing jarred my hearing. Basically it passed by without catching my attention in any significant way.

Pretty middle of the road album, not sure why this was included

Needs more upset trees

Meh

Geen idee wie deze gasten zijn, maar het klinkt wel aardig. Een soort ruwere broertjes van U2. Maar ik ga deze muziek ook weer vergeten, en ook de naam van de uitvoerenden vergeten. Dan weet je dat alvast.

Alles aan dit album is...ok. Doet mij wat denken aan Kid Rock. Er waren in die tijd toch vele anderen die iets meer karakter in dit soort muziek stopte. Maar goed. Geen moment verveeld of geërgerd. Een mooie drie is het dus wel.

Prima rock uit de Seattle hoek. Veel kruisbestuivingen tussen bands daar. Wel apart dat dit album is uitgekozen en het album met hun best selling hitje dan weer niet. Maar ik heb het allebei nooit echt goed geluisterd. Sneeuwden een beetje onder in al het grungegeweld van hun collega's waarschijnlijk. Luistert prima weg, 3.5 ster.

Music is fine, but not very interesting.

Pretty decent album but not that special, there's some other grunge I definetely find more interesting/inventive

It started out very generic but I somehow got in the flow halfway to the album and enjoyed it quite a bit.

Decent listen. Probably won't remember much of this in a day.

I wasn't sure what I would make of this album having never heard of Screaming Trees and expecting it to be a bit too chaotic/punk for my taste. I am enjoying the opening track surprising amounts with the Indian sound I love so much from tabla and sitar. I also really like his voice and the general sound and feel so far. This whole album has a vaguely familiar sound and feel to it somehow... It makes me think of Eddie Vedder music even though it doesn't sound exactly like it, similar voice maybe. But also it reminds me of a 90s soundtrack, very familiar and comforting. I've not intently listened to all of the words on this album but Look at You is extremely poetic and it's stunning, a real highlight! There's good variety here too, I prefer the more unusual tracks to the more basic rock ones like Dying Days for example is not my fave.

Like I didn't hate this but I didn't love it either. I listened twice to be sure. I feel unmoved. Just felt like standard rock, would be fun on a drive I imagine. I didn't think it was special though

God I just listened to this and now I can't even remember it except it was dull as dishwater.

Gonna have to go back to this bad boy. Such a wild ride.

Gives off a sounds that seems like they should be more popular or talked about. Solid creative 90s rock. Not mind blowing, but better than many.

Great band, guitar and voice switch so good.

Not entertaining

Serviceable but not terribly inspiring mid-'90s grunge/alternative. Apparently in a good mood today, so rounding up from 2.5.

I really enjoyed listening to this album. It had songs with a variety of energy and tempos. But all of it was pleasant to listen to and not abrasive or noisy. That sounds like damning praise of something bland, but it isn't. It is creative enough to avoid being nondescript. I would definitely listen to it again, which puts it into the 4 category. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - I enjoyed listening to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

noniin. alku oli samaa kikkeli kokkeli humpti dumpti pippeli poppeli rock musiikkia jota voi jokainen jolla kaksi aivosolua tallella niin vittu kirjoittaa varmasti voin garage bändillä tehdä saman tempun vittu vartissa. sitten kuuntelin lyriiikoita.... kristinusko imageryä... hyvä.....plussat siitä!! ja albumin tokaosa oli tosiaan paljon kiinnostavampampaa musiikkia jota kelpaa kuunnellakkin, pelasti tosiaan albumin ja gospel plow

Its a bit Rock for Radiohead fans, but you cant deny its well written

Like Nirvana and the Goo Goo Dolls had an illegitimate love child. Not my kind of thing at all. Can’t really believe these guys were considered grunge. Not an awful album musically or anything, just not my thing and none of the songs have much to say or hit particularly deep in my opinion.

Solid 90s classic.

TBH, not too special...

very cool

It was like radiohead featuring Bono as the singer

Requires a few listens, I think.

This album’s a GEM!

Pretty good

How did I miss this at the time??

Meh

I didn't expect much from this, but I actually really enjoyed it. These dudes kinda combined all of the 90s bands into one, unique sound. There were shades of Nirvana, Collective Soul, Our Lady Peace, REM, and a few others. Really interesting listen. I didn't know a single song before I hit play but ended up humming or singing along to almost all of them.

bien o sea 7/10

Didn’t like it at all.

Don't know how I haven't come across them before being a fan of the Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. So happy!

This album was a big surprise. Great vocals on top of wandering melodic guitar, each song was uniquely addictive in its own special way. I played it twice and had never heard it before. It’s one of the albums I’m sad that took me 26 years to discover when I should have been listening to this in college.

MARK LANAGANNN! HEEEY

perfectly average songs with a great singer

I really didn’t like this voice. He sang with zero effort and should get zero praise for it. The music was mediocre but the voice was the main part and hard to ignore.

I'm pretty sure I could/would have liked these guys better back in the day (and now) if the music wasn't accompanied by the sadly sorta quintessential 90s slacker vocals. Evan Dando esque. I often sound hypocritical to myself as I mostly don't care about vocals/lyrics but I find that I do on a negative level (e.g. if they're distracting or bring everything down) and Screaming Trees are a perfect example. Almost zero emotion, low register, low effort... just the entire package immediately dulls any potential edges for me. There's nothing *bad* here - the guitar sounds are really nice and clean; it's a great *sounding* rock album. It's just very boring with virtually every song carrying simple and safe chord progressions. I'll make note of the odd and out of nowhere keyboard solo in "Sworn and Broken" which was maybe the first thing that caught my ear but even that seemed forced - like someone was thinking "we've gotta break outta the mold" and slapped that on. A small step up from Pavement and nowhere near the better of the new crop of 90s rock artists that freshened up the entire genre. 3/10 2 stars.

Mediocre and forgettable

pretty good :)

Grungy, forgettable

Va tancar la trilogia màgica de discos d'aquests rara avis del grunge, que van fer el seu camí musical totalment independent del dels grans noms de Seattle. Complexe, intrincat musicalment, però amb moltes recompenses quan se li dóna les oportunitats que mereix, 'Dust' mereix un lloc d'honor a la llista de grans discos en els anys de les postrimeries del grunge

Eh.

Classic grunge, can’t believe I’ve never heard of them before

A throughly enjoyable, rocking set that doesn't overstay its welcome and leaves plenty of marks along the way, with one foot out the grunge door and another foot in the post-grunge one. A pity this was the last one, for they could have done greater albums if they went down this route. Favorites: All I Know, Look at You, Dying Days, Sworn and Broken, Traveller, Gospel Plow.

Maybe 4 stars, gotta listen again

3/5

Thoroughly enjoyable. It’s pretty original, but I can see why I’ve never heard of them. 3/5

I'm not trying to be hyper-critical here, but I don't know why this album is in the list of 1001 Albums to Listen To Before You Die. I know it's a high number of albums, but this record is just fine. It isn't bad, but it's also not great and sounds like most every Grunge / Early Alternative Album of the era, and it wasn't the first of its kind either. After reading about the album and group, it's interesting, but hardly remarkable.

I expected a lame QotSA imitation, but it was so much better than that. Very interesting and unique arrangements. Best track: Traveler

RIP Mark Lanegan. One of the most interesting figures of the 90s Seattle scene. Such an incredibly versatile voice with an equally incredibly versatile career. I really haven’t given this band in particular enough of my time, but this album is very good and deserves more appreciation. 4.5 stars.

This was variable but just about passable.

5/10

Miss you, Mark.

This is pretty un-interesting mid-90's rock. Like it's fine, but not exciting. Most of the tracks would work well over a montage of teenagers roller blading or some shit.

Generic Seattle sound grunge indie rock stuff. It was completely non offensive.

Beautiful album

A bit weird. Not a favourite

Meh

RIP Mark Lanegan

Honk shoo mimimimimi Honk shoo mimimimimi

Wow, this album kicked some ass. I am truly shocked at how good this was. Halo of ashes was a good opener but the next song, all i know, blew me away. Thats one of the best songs I've heard on ANY of these albums. I was just lost in this album after that song. Great rock vibes and great guitar work. Rockin' 8/10

Första låtarna helt ok, blev sämre senare

Too much of a pre-grunge band doing post-grunge thing.

Not really my cup of tea.

enjoyed very much

Trodde vi skulle få to dager på rad med satanmusikk, men dette var jo deilig snadder!

YES GRUNGE THANK GOD i was beginning to lose hope. I adore this album, and basically all of Screaming Trees. Just the perfect music for me, and Lanegan is a fantastic singer for the music they produced.

I like Screaming Trees, but this is an odd pick. This album was released after the heyday of grunge (although this album isn't purely what you'd think of as grunge) and doesn’t include their best-known song (Nearly Lost You).

Never thought the Trees were the best creative outlet for Lanegan (see solo stuff, qotsa, mad season, etc. for that). A lot of this is pretty straightforward...power chords, dropped tuning. Etc. No great musicians aside from Martin (drummer). It's fine/good.

Mediocre grunge. What's with the weird little keyboard solo on Sworn and Broken? Dying Days sure reminds me of Pearl Jam, no wonder it features Mike McCready. Nothing special or interesting here gets a charitable 2. It's not an abomination but not sure it should be on the list.

I know a few Screaming Trees songs (not any from this album) that I've thought were really good but I've never dug deeper into their discography. After listening to this I feel like I've made a terrible mistake that I'm going to have to rectify immediately. This is as good as any 90s music from the Pacific Northwest that I've heard. It's grungy (for whatever that is worth) but the little psychedelic touches and pop hooks make it really stand out. It's a shame or at least confusing to me that they weren't bigger.

Grungy, with some different elements thrown in (some middle-eastern sounding stuff). Not too exciting

Ágætis plata.

A rock record that shows the power of holding something back and staying in control, of embracing the mid-tempo, as opposed to playng every note as fast and loud as possible, and amping up every song to be the ultimate in epic-osity. "Sworn and Broken" is best cut on a clunker-free collection. The interesting touches of strings, bells, synths, acoustic instruments, etc. sparkle up the textures and add to the interest. The playing is solid all the way around, and frequently inspired (without being over the top [bears repeating]) and the vocals are state-of-the-art cool. Yes, it's got a distinctly mid-90s vvibe, but the highly effective execution makes it worth knowing today.

This is the first i’ve heard of Screaming Trees so i’m not expecting much. Being labelled as ‘grunge’ is something i can enjoy about this record as i rather enjoy grunge music. Tracks i liked: all i know, dying days, sworn and broken I liked this record but there wasn’t many standout tracks. They all sounded similar. Despite this i still enjoyed this record and probably would revisit it. 4/5

Kinda grungy, kinda pyschedelic, all round enjoyable

Well, I didn't hate this, but it really wasn't notable. Like stuff you'd hear on your local rock radio when it was feeling spicy and tired of other 90s rock.

Decent nineties grunge-pop. Nice instrumentation and arrangements sometimes, like the Indian/oriental psychedelic flavours of the opener or "Dime Western". Or the church organ of "Sworn And Broken", and that mellotron (?) on "Traveler". Plus Mark Lanegan's presence, even though he was not at the top of his game yet. Is it an essential listen, though? Too many of these songs sound like each other for that, and the rhythmic patterns overuse a kind of dated rock groove that didn't age that well in that overall genre, all things considered. Number of albums left to review: less than 780. Number of albums I'll keep on my own list: half so far, approximately. Number of albums I might keep: a quarter. Number of albums I won't keep: another quarter (including this one)

Not impressed at all.

new music less of a meh

Not totally sold on the singing, but it's still a great album filled with varied, interesting and well crafted songs.

Nondescript 90s white boys with angst.

C’est tellement générique. Complètement inintéressant. C’est comme du Stone Temple Pilot, mais ça sans tout ce qui fait que STP c’est bon.

Pas la plus accessible des albums grunge et je ne connais pas assez le groupe pour savoir si c'est le meilleur des Screeming Trees, mais ce groupe a été important et influant pour plusieurs et Mark Lanegan a une voix assez unique. Ça m'a donné envie d'écouter du Queens Of The Stone Age. Pour ce qui est de cet album, j'aime bien la présence du mellotron. Je vais probablement y revenir.

johonkin nostalgiasuoneen tämä tehoaa. voisin laittaa taustalle soimaan uudestaankin, mutta tietynlainen grunge-proge-geneerisyys estää sen, että jaksais kummemmin keskittyä

Milloinkohan olisin kuullut näin unettavan levyn? Tämän bändin strategiana on luoda keskitempoista äänimassaa, joka vyöryy koukuttomasti eteenpäin, ja jonka mielenkiintoisuuden on tarkoitus syntyä soittimellisesta koristelusta. Vastustan tätä strategiaa väkivaltaisesti.

not my cup of tea Could have been worse I guess

Boring, generic, not for me. But I guess its about average.

This album kind of snuck up on me. I was initially not impressed, but by halfway through started really paying attention and immediately played it through a second time. Really good overall. There are hints of gospel in lots of the songs, and I love how smoothly its integrated with the rest of the alternative rock sound of the late 90's that's pretty unmistakable.

This album was very good. It has a bit of the Pearl Jam - Ten sound, but with a lot of other things going on. I listened through twice and if it were 1996 it would be in my regular rotation. 4/5

My Lanegan experience will probably differ from most. I heard the big Screaming Trees songs and some of his solo stuff before, and of course his QOTSA material, but I only really gained an interest in his work after reading his book. His stuff with Queens was clearly their best and I really like his solo work (Bubblegum is a 10/10 record), but the Trees are mostly just good. From what I recall, their previous album is the one he was proudest of, and the group was largely disconnected here. There are some solid ideas here, and I think everybody gives a solid performance, but it does sound like a band who’ve expired their need for each other. It’s a good listen, likely not their best. B

Overrated.

Considerably mid, but I don't want to flood the bottom of the ratings before I see more of the list. 3/10

Didn't finish the whole album but sounds like so SOLID psych rock

Loved when the keyboards augmented Lanegand voice. Really atmospheric and quite quiet for how I remember the era.

Vraiment bon album. Le mélange d'influences grunge et alternatif très 90s est super bon. Les compositions sont très bonnes.

A few bangers. Can smell the leather car interiors of the 90’s and stubbly chinned relationship breakdown deceit

Best song is All I Know, the rest is a very competent rock album. 3/5

I enjoyed it

Fomeque

Baita rockzao, contemporaneo grunge curti

The dull margins of proto-grunge. Mannered, and thus inconsequential.

This is one of my favourite alternative rock albums of all time. The record is packed with power and beauty. 'Look at You', 'Sworn and Broken' and of course 'Gospel Plow' are incredibly beautiful. With each listen, my favourite track changes. First it's 'Dying Days', then it's 'Witness' and the next time it is yet another one. Very impressive! Mark Lanegan truly was a genius with a voice of his own.

Dust stands as a monument to what a beast of a singer Lanegan was. Scrappy and hoarse yet fragile and beautiful. An absolutely unique voice mainly comparable to singers such as Waits and Cave. While a bit more polished than earlier Screaming Trees records this still sounds extremely raw at points. And while the string section delivers it is Barrett Martin's exceptional drum and percussion work that earns Dust the last star for me personally.

Decent grunge/90's rock that I was previously unfamiliar with. 3.5/5

Somehow both catchy and forgettable, might be that I left my grunge appreciation back in my teens. I'll be sure to give it another go at my next walk, when i focus better, but this didn't really speak to me personally.

I imagine that this album ranks pretty high for someone who likes this type of music. Unfortunately, that’s not me. There are some enjoyable parts though, Look At You in particular. I am curious if Queens of the Stone Age cite this band as an inspiration. Aspects of the production are very familiar especially on songs like the Witness. Things like the vocal melody on Traveler remind me a lot of Josh Homme.

I did not like this album. It honestly made me wonder about the criteria for making it onto this list. I don't think I had heard this one before, but I know their previous two albums quite well. I went back and listened to them afterwards and I think Sweet Oblivion is by FAR the superior album. Although maybe that's just the nostalgia talking... Anyway, this record is really pretty bad. There are a few decent tracks, but it's almost like you can hear that grunge was already on its way out when this was released. And I appreciate them trying to incorporate some psych influences but it just doesn't work. "Traveller" is a very sad Pink Floyd imitation, and the weird insertion of sitar and hand drums and harpsichord on other tracks doesn't sound cool, it just sounds, well, weird. I nearly gave this a 1 but my grungy little pre-teen heart wouldn't let me. Also I am saving that for The Eagles.

eh....

Feels like a predecessor to what '20's rock would turn into. Reminds me of Red Vox and Collective Soul. Good vocals and varied sound.

Classic 90s album

A pretty easy listening grunge album, not bad