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Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion Audio CD

A fair review of the Screaming Trees "Sweet Oblivion" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Screaming Trees reviews here, or go back to the Screaming Trees tabs.

Screaming Trees Band: Screaming Trees
Title: Sweet Oblivion
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Release Date: 2008-02-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shadow of the Season 2: Nearly Lost You 3: Dollar Bill 4: More or Less 5: Butterfly 6: For Celebrations Past [*] 7: Secret Kind 8: Winter Song 9: Troubled Times 10: No One Knows 11: Julie Paradise

Great album
It wasn't until Marilyn Manson became big with "The Beautiful People" when I was twelve that I liked that kind of music. I was a kid when grunge became popular and didn't listen to much music. Sure enough I would eventualy find grunge and start listening to bands like Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. For years I listened to this unaware of the greatness that was right under my nose. When I discovered Screaming Trees it was refreshing to hear something new but still great. During a time when Nirvana hit it big following the footsteps of great bands like Soundgarden and Screaming Trees people were looking for more energy and angst. Screaming Trees were on the other hand more mellow and focused more on song writing. Their music went over many peoples heads who were looking for dirty whiners because the media told them it was "cool". Not to get me wrong Nirvana made some good music but were very overated, and not to mention overplayed even to this day. This is why I can't listen to them anymore. Anyone who's sick to death of hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" check out Sweet Oblivion for a change of pace. Every track is filled with great song writing backed up by the second best grunge vocalist of all time.


Recovered from oblivion
The song "I nearly lost" got stuck in my head and I still could remember the lyrics a decade after I heard the song for the last time. This was no unknown band nor album when it was released, but through the years it got covered with a layer of dust.

When I tried to find the music, it proved very difficult. Apparently after this period the music gained an audience once more and this time the music has a timelessness character. No matter what people want to call it, it's good crafted music with fine lyrics. The first time you listen to it, it will strike your soul, guaranteed!.


From a grossly underrated band, their best and most accessible effort.
In a row. This is the kind of CD you load up once, and then play for about eight or nine months. Happily. You think "Nevermind" or "Ten" were good albums? You'll love this then, especially if you have a little more Bob Mould than Soundgarden in your tastes. This is a more complex, melodic kind of album than straight-ahead rock or neo-punk, and you'll be rewarded with some really good hooks and much better lyrics to sing along to.

-C

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Sweet Oblivion means we get to love them anyway
" I heard the rest of the album when I started dating the man who became my husband. This album by the Screaming Trees contains their one big hit, "Nearly Lost You. It's still one of our favorites more than 13 years later.

It doesn't sound dated. . . it's not really "grunge. " It's just really good rock. The Screaming Trees are not as well-known as some of their contemporaries, but that means those of us who are hip to them get to be in on something special. Pick this one up and join our club. .


A must have for fans of 90's Seattle Music
One of the first songs they recorded for this album is "Nearly Lost You" which was to promote director Cameron Crowe's quirky Seattle love triangle movie Singles (1992). Released in the fall of '92' "Sweet Oblivion" was Screaming Trees second album released under a major record label. It's a pretty good song "Nearly Lost You" has a very catchy beat and some interesting drumming by Mark Pickerel who bailed on the band after the recording to "Nearly Lost You" was finished. "Shadow of the Season" is my other favorite song on this album, the songs sounds like a mix between bluegrass and rock. "More or Less" has this sinister slow rock sound to it. "Butterfly" my third favorite song had this calm and steady sound to it. "The Secret Kind" is a fast paced sound that reminds me of Led Zeppelin's "Rock 'n' Roll" and Ramones's "Blitzkrieg Bop".

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