Straight Songs of Sorrow

by Mark Lanegan

Straight Songs of Sorrow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 May 2020
  • Label: Heavenly
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:19
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Designed conceptually to serve as the musical companion to his brutally honest memoir, the veteran rock frontman delivers fifteen starkly confessional tracks. The varied production interweaves traditional acoustic Americana with cold, brooding synthesizer elements, providing a haunting backdrop for his reflections on addiction and survival.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, electronic, folk, acoustic, organic, male-vocals, confessional, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. I Wouldn't Want To Say (5:46)
  2. Apples From A Tree (1:55)
  3. This Game of Love (4:48)
  4. Ketamine (2:40)
  5. Bleed All Over (3:35)
  6. Churchbells, Ghosts (4:53)
  7. Internal Hourglass Discussion (3:49)
  8. Stockholm City Blues (3:38)
  9. Skeleton Key (7:05)
  10. Daylight In The Nocturnal House (3:05)
  11. Ballad of A Dying Rover (4:36)
  12. Hanging On (For DRC) (2:10)
  13. Burying Ground (4:46)
  14. At Zero Below (4:40)
  15. Eden Lost And Found (2:46)

Credits

  • Rancid Decay - primary artist, written-by [all songs by]
  • Dave Rhodes - artwork, illustration [rancid cover logo & inner sleeve illustration by]
  • Dave Arron - bass
  • Kevin Massey - bass
  • Dave Waugh - cover, illustration [rancid cover illustration by]
  • Eric Dixon - drums, artwork [rancid inner sleeve logo by]
  • Fernando Garcia - guitar [guitars]
  • Jason Mantis - vocals

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