Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt

by John Frusciante

Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 November 1994
  • Label: American Recordings
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:00
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a period of extreme drug addiction, John Frusciante's solo debut is an incredibly raw and surreal document of psychological turmoil. The album utilizes lo-fi tape music and avant-folk to construct a depressive, manic, and highly quirky sonic collage that is as vulnerable as it is avant-garde.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, lo-fi, drugs, fragile, unfiltered, folk, male-vocals, experimental

Tracklist

  1. As Can Be (2:55)
  2. My Smile Is A Rifle (3:47)
  3. Head (Beach Arab) (2:05)
  4. Big Takeover (3:18)
  5. Curtains (2:30)
  6. Running Away Into You (2:10)
  7. Mascara (3:38)
  8. Been Insane (1:41)
  9. Skin Blues (1:46)
  10. Your Pussy's Glued To A Building On Fire (3:16)
  11. Blood On My Neck From Success (3:07)
  12. Ten To Butter Blood Voodoo (1:58)
  13. Untitled #1 (0:34)
  14. Untitled #2 (4:21)
  15. Untitled #3 (1:50)
  16. Untitled #4 (1:38)
  17. Untitled #5 (1:30)
  18. Untitled #6 (1:29)
  19. Untitled #7 (1:42)
  20. Untitled #8 (7:55)
  21. Untitled #9 (7:04)
  22. Untitled #10 (0:25)
  23. Untitled #11 (1:51)
  24. Untitled #12 (5:27)
  25. Untitled #13 (1:52)

Credits

  • John Frusciante - primary artist, producer, written-by
  • Martyn Atkins - art direction, design
  • Dirk Walter - design
  • Toni - photography [film stills]
  • Bad Brains - written-by

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