Dust

Didn’t know these guys and the album cover is SCARY. Turns out they play very middle of the road classic-style rock. Not to say they are bad- quite enjoyed some of the tracks. Just that the contrast of the music with that cover art is funny. Some kind of dreamy music actually. I’m pleasantly surprised.

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Better than Coldplay

A little too poppy for true grunge, but has a couple songs I did enjoy.

Whoever said the Eagles of grunge was spot on

Nothing special. A relatively generic late 90's alternative album. 3/5

I kinda liked this, it was better than average for me, and I liked the 'grunge adjacent' label I read from other reviews. It was something I'll revisit

fine

WTF is this on here for? Mediocre at best. Completely unremarkable, unoriginal, and kinda lame “soft grunge”. Is this a religious band? Lotta religious references.

Around 1997, I tried to write a song for the first time. It was actually pretty great. I'd hum it all the time. Turns out it was the chorus from "All I Know", off an album I did not own from a band I had barely heard of. Did I hear it on MTV once a year earlier and forget about it? Was it on a Chicago alternative station when I was in town, and I didn't clock it? It was *years* later when I realized that my actually-pretty-grea-songwriting-attempt was a blatant ripoff of Screaming Trees, after diving into Mark Lanegan's catalog post-Queens of the Stone Age's "Rated R". Anyway, I never liked Screaming Trees as much as I wanted to. Mark Lanegan's turns on the QotSA albums are god-tier, and his various post-Screaming Trees projects fall in a 3-4 star range. The difference is music that feels dirty and grimy enough to match his growly Waits-esque voice ("Hit the City", "Revival", QotSA's "In the Fade", "Cold Molly" off his album with Duke Garwood, "The Gravedigger's Song", etc.). Screaming Trees, and this album specifically, are a touch too jangly and country-flavored for my taste.

I often read some reviews and glean a first impression from the overall rating. A three-point-something usually indicates that slightly more people love it than hate it - generally a positive sign. This one though, it seems most people just think it's.. OK. A solid three stars, no more, no less. And having listened to it I have to agree: it's remarkably average, in that there's nothing to hate but also very little to love. 'Sworn and Broken' caught my attention, but it had wandered by the end of the track. 1996 must have been a slow year in Kerrang HQ For this to be voted best.

Just about a 4. It’s better than the mid range 90s alt rock I supposed it to be.

Loved this band.

I like this band, but prefer their early stuff ;). Album is ok. I remember this and the one before it being a big album among my friend group. 3.

Just a regular album. Not bad, not great either

The grungier songs were better

I didn't hate this, but also, I won't think it left an impression on me.

Never listened to these guys. Sounds good, a lot more melodic than I imagined. Oddly like Oasis, I like it but can't imagine listening again. 3 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No, 111/447 (24%) Will I get: No

Not feeling it

Wasn’t convinced at first but got a lot better as it went on, really enjoyed the second half of the album

Upon investigation, I'm pretty sure the only Screaming Trees song I know is Nearly Lost You. However, I fucking adore Mark Lanegan (rest in peace, my man). I never explored this era of his career, for some reason. His voice aged like a top shelf bourbon in the decades after Screaming Trees. One of my all-time favorite voices. Are those dead diamonds, baby Or are they stars, gone to sleep? Back to this album. Yeah, I quite like it. Not as much as his other stuff, but this was a pleasant listen.

hm das isch guete bluesrock s goht no ab ha spass bis jetz ja :) dying days macht bum geil cool ich gern. sworn and broken mitem in my life style solo huuuere cool.

was au immer ide letschte 2 wuche passiert isch iwie findis na geil bis jz? villes erinneret mich au ah anderi bamds chli us de 90er aber isch jz nie eifach 08/15 90er alt-rock/metal iwie hani nöd so vill z sege ABER s hetmer mega spass gmacht! ich glaub ich loses nomal zum chli es gfühl defür übercho aber ja toll bins nomal am lose und ich weiss nöd wiso mich alles us de 90er ah the cult erinneret aber isch halt so I guess AHHH und chli es herters semisonic?? ich lieb d bridge vo sworn and broken witness findi en rechte banger jaa weiss nöd, ich hans zwei mal glost und mier het eig jede song gfalle, aber so ganz 5-stern-qualität hets nöd? für das ischs chli z "normal"? ich entscheid mich morn

Ret fint og varieret.

Jeg elsker Nearly Lost You og Mark Lanegan i QotSA, men det her mangler lidt crunch. Der er fede grunge elementer strøet ud over albummet, men det hele fremstår lidt for pænt i det samlede indtryk. Måske er det produceret en tand for meget. Måske er det backingvokalen der synger kor. Men det rammer mig aldrig helt rent.

I enjoyed this album.

dust is the seventh studio album by american rock band screaming trees, described on wikipedia as one of the pioneers of grunge music. the band found a new producer after plans with their last producer ended up being cancelled, and despite their big plans, this album ended up being their last hurrah before epic records kicked them off the label. the album was a commercial success regardless, and the band continued to promote their work from this album during lollapalooza 1996. it's grunge rock but it has a bit of pop and psychedelic influence. working with a new producer definitely seems to work in their favor here, the sound and mixing is really good, but i wonder if the sound could get a little rougher and stinkier if they worked with whoever they worked with in the past. despite these guys being from the states, at times these songs feel a bit britrock-y. like seriously, the grunge descriptors and the album art... maybe it's just me but i guess i imagined something a little more raspy and intense. i don't know, maybe i'm asking too much. perhaps the different sound really symbolizes the messages in the music, almost lamenting about the slow and sad fall of grunge as a whole, going out with not a bang, but a quiet little sob.

This was great. Was familiar with Sweet Oblivion but outside of that never paid much attention to SC. I’ll be doing a deep dive now. Really like everything about this album.

Three stars, better than the name suggests how do I do this maybe I just have to.......... No Pretty decent.

First artist I've never heard of so far! Loving the album so far also; I'm 5 songs in right now. It's very nirvana/9 inch nails. ok i read their description, and they're Seattle grunge, so that tracks. Also kind of giving U2 vibes. dude's voice reminds me of Bono. This is legit the best album they've recommended to me aside from AHDN, which I already have inside knowledge of. I'd 100% listen to this album in its entirety again. Even though I did not save any songs to my library, I'd give the entire thing a listen again. Last side note: there is some indian sounding influence in the album's beginning and end that I appreciated

- Sounds like the band playing in the background as your protagonist drinks by himself at a blue-collar bar and possibly gets in a fight. Totally pleasant, but also generic enough to not be distracting - Not quite grunge (the psychedelic elements do stand out). But still essentially grunge.

Pretty good but also pretty unremarkable.

Just feels generic. Felt like it was made to be a soundtrack of a 90s movie.

I'm going to shock myself here - on first listen, I liked this more than I thought I would, given that all I knew of Screaming Trees was that they were grunge or grunge-adjacent. On a re-listen, this has elevated itself to four stars - proper melodies, great song construction, unexpected instrumentation (sitars and what sounds like a harmonium, for example), lyrics which appear to have been worked on and thought about, and solid, punchy production. Had I heard this at the time, I think I'd have bought myself a copy. I still might.

Ok. 5/10

I love Mark Lanegan's solo record Bubblegum, and he then went on to some good stuff with Isobel Campbell and Soul savers. I also like him calling out Liam Gallagher for being a poser and claiming that the reason Our Kid didn't tour the US in 1996 was because he was scared Mark would chin him. So I am going into this very well-disposed although the Screaming Trees songs I have heard before were not particularly my thing. Musically it sounds a bit like Soundgarden, which I guess is not that surprising given that Chris Cornell produced one of their other albums. Favourite tracks were Witness and Sworn and Broken, but overall some of the tracks were a bit samey.

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7/10 Why is the seventh album of a relatively forgotten and not-particularly noteworthy rock band from the 80s/90s on this list??? It didn't even chart very high at the time, and it didn't receive great ratings from critics! It makes no sense. Don't get me wrong - the album is perfectly fine - but it's very, very standard 90s rock with no real standout tracks. There were tons of other acts in the same niche who did the same schtick far better. Sorry, but this album shouldn't be on this list.

Love the screaming trees. I always thought their earlier albums were better but this one rocks!

One of my favourites. A proper rock record.

Very enjoyable: grungy, melodic; the 90s rooted firmly in the late 60s/early 70s. I didn't know it, or the band, before; I knew their name, but that's all. Very accessible, but with attitude and edge. I love Mark Lanegan's voice and understated vocal style; love the guitars; love the drums; and I rated most of the songs themselves (to be picky, I could perhaps have done with less psychedelia on a couple of tracks). It reminded me of lots of other things - some from earlier, some from later. All I Know turned out to be a bit of a fore-runner of Scorpio Rising by Death in Vegas, which I love. A really good album which is now in my "library". Edit: I ended up feeling very moved. It was really sad to read that Lanegan ended up homeless and in rehab soon after recording, although his life sounds to have ended in a better place, after some further troubles and illness. I watched some clips of them performing songs from this album, and it was a tough watch because he looked so ill. Voice of an angel, but many demons.

It was quite good. But the fact that I have never heard of it despite this being my era and style leads me to think it's not that good. Cos I am the ultimate arbiter of taste.

Good album! Strong 90’s alt rock. Surprised I haven’t heard it before.

Loved the guitar distortion and guitar solos on a lot of these songs. Some unique production on some tracks as well like Sworn and Broken. Favourite tracks: Look at You and Dying Days

Happy to see this album on the list. Feel like this one is slept on but definitely better than their previous album. All the songs are solid and Lanegan howls.

I don't have anything particularly good or bad to say about this album. And that's not a good thing. It doesn't sound bad, but it's just not memorable.

*1996. *This is right up my ally - 90s alt rock. Like a light grunge. *I listened to this twice through on the treadmill. It's completely unmemorable, but I still like it. Like a boring version of Sound Garden, Collective Soul, Alice in Chains, etc. *I've heard of these guys, but never listened to them, so happy to get a chance. *This is a 3.5 but I'm a sucker for 90s alt so it gets bumped to a 4. RATING - 7/10

Yeah, this isn't bad. It's some decent rock, but it doesn't seem special really in any way. It doesn't stand out in a genre way, if that makes sense? Like it just exists. It's honestly just bland and boring. Favorite Song(s); Look at You

Well deserved album to be in this website. Would listen to it again!

Pretty cool album

It’s no ‘Sweet Oblivion’ but still was a good listen. Mark Langden is so underated

66

Félicitations à Félix et toute la famille! (Steph m'a dit la nouvelle hier) Des mini-Beatles il paraît. /// Je connais Screaming Trees depuis Lollapalooza 1996 à Québec, mon premier festival. Ils venaient de sortir Dust. Grande affection pour feu Mark Lanegan. Estifi de line up: The Ramones, Rancid, Screaming Trees, Girls Against Boys d'il y a qq jours et évidemment Soundgarden et Metallica. C'était pas mal dans les derniers shows des Ramones.

Désolé pour les pros ici, je connaissais pas du tout Mark Lanegan, mais je suis vraiment tombé en amour avec sa voix. Le sens de la mélodie ici est extrêmement réminiscent de feu Cobain. On est définitivement en '90 ici avec une ambiance sonique qui rencontre Nirvana, U2, Pearl Jam et le brit rock.

Vraiment aimé. La voix et le charisme de Mark Lanegan y est pour beaucoup.

Must have listened to this a lot when I was younger because every song was weirdly familiar

Meeh...

Liked this one, moody.

For a grundge record, I liked it a lot

Although this is classified as grunge, thank you for some rock I can listen to for more than 2 tracks. Thanks for this little bit of reprieve from crap.

Pretty interesting for something I was completely unfamiliar with.

First time listen. Sounds less dated than sweet oblivion, and Lanegan’s vocals here hint at the grizzled rasp that defines his later solo work, which I prefer. This veers too generic hard rock for me overall.

I know these guys are proto-grunge and I should know them better than I do, but I've never really listened to them much. This album is pretty solid though. First track has a great sound to it, and I recognize All I know as a single from back in the day. Dime Western is another great track, as is Gospel Plow. 4/5

Oh look, another album I would never go back to, what a surprise. Not bad, just not good.

427/1089 went into this one liking the cover but expected that there was a good chance i wouldn’t like it but was very happy to be proven wrong! this was quite an interesting and enjoyable grunge album, it was edgy but still melodic enough for me and i’ll definitely revisit faves: Dying Days, Make My Mind, Dime Western, Halo of Ashes, Gospel Plow 75/100

Remarkable only in how unremarkable it is. It sounds exactly like you'd expect a 90s rock band to sound, but there are no real standouts here and it doesn't feel like the band is pushing limits or experimenting at all. It feels very comfortable and boring. The final song, "Gospel Plow" started out interesting but quickly devolved into generic rock. If was still probably the best song on the album.

This was blandly inoffensive. A bit like a lot of other American 90s alt rock but without the annoying singing voice.

it's just all pretty good? i am biased toward liking this genre overall. not much specifically stood out. a reluctant 4 stars because i did technically like everything i heard and it would be a fine addition to my collection (might relisten to whole album sometime)

I am not too much invested in grunge to be honest I never liked most of it so this kinda is a rough start for The Screaming Trees and Dust. Hard to explain why that is but often I dont like the guitars they just don't sound appealing to me they even stress me out after some time. Mark Lanegans voice is pretty good thats out of discussion but I actually think his singing on Dust is a bit flat. Nothing really excites me in any way. I like that this is not a pure grunge album there are hardrock and a bit of psychedelic influences noticeable which bring some fresh air to the sound. Songs like Witness and Dime Western for example are pretty enjoyable to me but in general I only liked a few songs and most of it feels a bit flat and not really my type of record. No disrespect just not my genre. 3,0/5

Die erste Anlauf zum Nachfolger von "Sweet Oblivion" war mit Produzent Don Fleming gescheitert. George Drakoulias übernahm, aufgenommen wurde in den Capitol Studios und im Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood, dazu kamen Sessions im Hit Factory in New York. 1996 erschien "Dust" bei Epic – kommerziell der Höhepunkt der Band aus Ellensburg, Washington, und, ohne dass es zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahmen absehbar war, auch ihr letztes reguläres Album. Der Sound ist erdiger als beim psychedelisch-punkigen Vorgänger, mit Folk- und Blues-Anleihen. Die harte Kante bleibt trotzdem. Mark Lanegan singt brüchig, fast erschöpft. Gary Lee Conner pendelt zwischen Riff und Drone. "All I Know" wurde zur Radiohymne – das Intro zitiert unverhohlen die Beatles. Bei "Dying Days" spielt Mike McCready von Pearl Jam das Gitarrensolo, was dem Song mehr Gewicht gibt als er allein gehabt hätte. "Sworn and Broken" ist leiser, aber ich finde ihn nicht schwächer. Andy Wallace hat das Ganze so gemischt, dass die Dichte nie in Lärm kippt. Man kann sich schwer anhören, ohne zu wissen, dass die Band 2000 auseinanderging – und dann klingt vieles hier wie eine Ahnung davon. Ein Album, das zu spät ankam und trotzdem hält.

Its quite a good album. Needs to push on a bit, be a little harsher, more raucous. The songs could take it.

The album is OK. However, they seem to have sanded off most of the rough edges that made their previous album, “Sweet Oblivion”, successful. I would have preferred to have that one on this list, even if this one was a critics’ darling of 1996. And OMG, the cover art is icky — looks like they chose the most unpleasant detail area out of a 16th century woodcut about going to Hell.

Another example of a band hardly anyone has heard of, and no one would care if they never existed. For certain you do not “need” to listen to this before you die. But at least none of the tracks were so grating that they needed skipping, so plus 1 there.

This is good, will listen to them more

Easy 5 - great production quality, unique style, pure songwriting, superb execution. 5 - a near-perfect album

Wonderful album, reminds me a lot of earlier Flaming Lips records, just maybe a little less Grunge and a little more straightforward Alt-Rock. I'm surprised I never heard of these guys before this list. I've been looking for more of this exact sound for a little bit now after getting really into bands like Hole and the like a little bit more. There's a lot of good stuff here as well, like all the fancy extra instrumentation on the opening and closing songs and all the mid-song style changes throughout. I do wish they kept the stuff in the opener going throughout the whole album, but at a certain point I'm just looking for something to nitpick.

Ja by som to sem nezaradil. Sú aj lepšie albumy. Na tomto mi nebolo nič výnimočné. Napriek tomu sa to dalo počúvať.

# Album Name: Dust # Artist: Screaming Trees # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Good listen. Much more enjoyable than i expected. I have never heard these before but wouldnt put them down as grunge. I'll come back for another listen. # Top Tunes: Halo of ashes / all i know / look at you / dying days / dime western # Would I listen to it again? yes

I mean these guys nail that grunge sound. The mixing and production are tight. It’s proof that grunge was defined by powerful lead singers, this guy is good, but he’s no Scott, Kurt, Layne, Eddie, Chris. The guitars are great, drums and bass are right. Writing is also in point. Just kind of plain considering the genre.

It's either my lucky week or I'm just feeling in the mood for new music becuase I've had a recent run of several 4s and this album is the same for me. Initially reminded me of Echo and Bunnymen then of its peer grunge bands of the early 90s. First time listening to ST album despite knowing about them. This was also a case where songs that came on after it finished were just as strong including previously unheard Sonic Youth and Jane's Addiction. So maybe it does have more to do with mood than actual quality. Anyway, I am rating a 4 to encourage future listens.

I’d heard a lot about Mark Lanegan over the years but was largely unimpressed with what I listened to in the past. This, however, was pretty good. Not exactly my jam, but listenable. Also I remember getting these guys confused with The Screaming Jets when I was much younger.

I really enjoyed this one. Will listen to again

makes no sense why this one is here

I now firmly know, without a doubt, I do not like grunge.

Some fun enjoyable rock music, and I always make space on my calendar for grunge day

3.3 Good, but not great. I think the selection of songs and vibe would be worth seeing in concert back in the day

Some good songs. Not down to listening to it again, but it wasn't bad.

I hadn't heard of this band before. I quite liked Halo of Ashes. And All I Know proved a great song. So it got my attention from the start. Some of the other songs are not so strong, making me impatient for the end. Witness i liked though.

Sworn and Broken is one of my top 20 songs of all time. Who knew harpsichord and grunge mixed well. A couple songs were a bit more 60's psychedelia coded than I like. RIP Mark Lanegan.

Ik vind dit prima rock-muziek. Heeft die typische jaren '90 sound vind ik. ****

This was a new one to me. Certainly post-Ten Pearl Jam on the “grunge” spectrum, had I not read the band’s description on Spotify before listening I’m not sure I would have thought “grunge” at all while listening. Very enjoyable. Great guitar leads and good vocals.

𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘵 still carries traces of grunge, but by 1996 Screaming Trees had clearly moved beyond the sound most people associate with the genre. The album is more psychedelic, melodic, and rootsy, with Mark Lanegan’s rough voice giving it a darker, more weathered character. That makes the record interesting, but not necessarily memorable. I like the direction the band takes, yet the songs rarely stay with me once the album is over. A good late-grunge record, but one that feels more like an evolution of the genre than a classic example of it.

Decent. Enjoyed this one on the car while driving to see my Puddie tat.

More generic Americans.

Cooles Rock-Album. Passt gut in meinen Musikgeschmack. 4/5

I was familiar with Mark Lanegan through his (excellent) solo work (mainly his album "Bubblegum") and his (also great) contributions to early Queens of the Stone Age. I've also read his autobiography and was amused to see that he mostly shit on the Screaming Trees discography save for one album which he thought was ok, though I can't remember which (this one?) That disowning of his own work was maybe why I hadn't given Screaming Trees a fair shake. Lanegan does elevate the material, and it was enjoyable at times. What struck me most was how in-conversation it seemed to be with the music of the sixties at times. I find it fascinating when nineties bands do this (notably on Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings"). It's a reminder that, in the early nineties, the late sixties weren't so long ago, and references to that music meant something much different back then than someone doing the same thing now.

Yah

album #133 it's not a bad album but i'm not sure i would want to listen to it again. i love rock / grunge / etc., but there wasn't anything particularly special about this, even considering what came out around the same time. it simply feels a bit too generic to be included on this list. middle of the road. ಄ average track rating: 2.4/5 ಄ favourite track(s): all i know ಄ least favourite track(s): traveller, dying days ಄ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ಄ number of albums left to review: 956 ಄ number of albums i agree with being on the list: 57 ಄ albums from the list that i would consider for my list: 25 ಄ albums i would not include on my list: 108

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never heard of them before but I did like that, bit acceptable face of grunge for me