| | Blind Melon CD Blind Melon Discography of CDs
 (3 Customer Reviews)
 |
|
Our Price: $8.85  CDFor Sale Usually ships in 1-2 days
Our Price: $9.99
|  |
Given the preponderance of synthesizers and samples on contemporary radio outlets, fans of guitar bands must be feeling a little let down, when along comes a Blind Melon. BLIND MELON puts a contemporary slant on metal, blues and assorted psychedelia without sounding lost in the past. Nevertheless, their deep roots in classic FM sounds help define their appeal, not unlike that of a Pearl Jam.
Vocalist Hoon howls at the moon in the best tradition of Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose, while the Glen Graham-Brad Smith rhythm team moves convincingly from rock thrash ("Paper Scratcher") to funk ("Seed To A Tree") and even some country and eastern sounds ("Holyman," "Sleepyhouse"). But the heart and soul of BLIND MELON are the loose spacey exchanges between guitarists Christopher Thorn and Roger Stevens, who sound at times like the Grateful Dead paraphrasing Led Zeppelin ("Soak The Sun," "No Rain").
Blind Melon was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award as "Best New Artist."
Recorded at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington in February 1992.
Blind Melon: Shannon Hoon (vocals); Thomas Rogers Stevens, Christopher Thorn (guitar); Brad Smith (bass); Glen Graham (drums).
Additional personnel: Sabbi Kahn (sarangi).
Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.156) - "...Influences from the '70s abound, from Shannon Hoon's sunny Steve Miller-style vocals to tempo shifts of Jethro Tull-ish trickiness and whole pastures for jamming, jamming and jamming. Aural tie-dye, Blind Melon offer (expert) pickin' and wide-eyed grinnin'..."
Entertainment Weekly (11/6/92, p.67) - "...Like Zeppelin at its most abstract, Blind Melon's guitar riffs morph from metal to blues to psychedelia. This is great stuff for guitar fans who like their music cliche-free..." - Rating: B+
Q (6/93, p.94) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Blind Melon exhibit a baffling diversity of influences...hangs together remarkably well, with an absorbing, unforced intimacy as the key to successfully weaving such faded threads into a colourful, contemporary garment. Ones to watch..." Blind Melon Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  not a wrinkle
Still can't believe I've waited 12 years to buy it. Hasn't aged a bit and still makes you that new bands don't invent much. It's all there!
Submitted by hervebrehon (Paris, France) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The best music fusion (Soul,for,funk,Psicodelia in rock)
Blind Melon show us one special style of make music, unique and daring. also shanoon Hoon Voice is Amazing. (for what Shannon, for what gone).
This Album is Classic.
Submitted by a reviewer (Lima, Lima, Peru)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No R.I.P
This album is amazing, superb guitar melodies and Shannon Hoon had a brilliant voice, respect to a great singer who died too young.
Submitted by a reviewer (Land Of Vocal Harmony)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No | Have you heard this album? |  |
Purchase Blind Melon CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Paul Butterfield Blues Band CD (1965)
Blind Melon album
 $6.19   
The '60s Blues Revival begins here. Calling this album influential is an understatement akin to calling the Grand Canyon a rut; suffice to say that an entire generation of musicians (mostly young and white) heard this and had their lives changed forever. In fact, for at least a year after the album's release in 1965, it was impossible to walk down the hall of any college dorm in America without hearing one of the songs here echoing from somebody's room.
Heard today, the thing still packs a wallop. Butterfield's harmonica and vocals are utterly idiomatic, without a hint of minstrelsy. Michael Bloomfield's lead guitar is stinging and eloquent, and the rhythm section, on loan from Howling Wolf, swings like mad. The only fly in the ointment is the fairly primitive production, which ...
| | Blind Melon Soup CD (1995)
Blind Melon CD music
$10.69 
All songs written by Blind Melon except "Car Seat (God's Presents)" (Blind Melon/Blanche Bridge).
From the onset, Blind Melon eluded simple musical categorization. They weren't grunge moaners, or alternative posers, or nouveau hippies--just five guys who took a classic FM sound and molded it to their own requirements. So when "No Rain" began climbing the charts, it was hard not to cheer on their progress through the sea of plaid-shirt mediocrity. On SOUP, Blind Melon throw the last of their caution to the wind, weaving a quilt of familiar classic-rock colors out of the kind of threads that hadn't been seen in these parts since the AOR heyday of the mid-'70s.
Opening (and closing) the album to the strains of a New Orleans brass band is an announcement that, as far as instrumentation goes, all bets are off. In this, SOUP evokes such '70s progressives as Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull--expanding on the heavy blues boogie with unexpected touches. "Toes Across the Floor" switches from a spacey, Pink Floyd-esque mysterioso verse to an up-tempo, raga-ish chorus that's packed with a flute, some maracas and Shannon Hoon leading a faux traditional Hawaiian chorus, among other things. "Dumptruck" veers schizophrenically between jazzy strides, particularly in the inspired interplay between bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham, and the fuzzed-up psychedelic funk of Roger Stevens and Christopher Thorn's guitars.
In between, there are simpler, down-home evocations of acoustic roots (both "Walk" and "Skinned" benefit ...
| | Blind Melon Nico CD (1996) Enhanced CD
Blind Melon music CDs
$10.55 
NICO is an Enhanced CD companion to the home video LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE, and is playable on either a CD-ROM drive or a standard CD player. A portion of the proceeds from both NICO and LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE go to benefit MAP (the Musicians Assistance Program).
Rogers Stevens (acoustic & electric guitars, Hammond B-3 organ, congas, shakers, background vocals); Brad Smith (flute, acoustic bass, bass, dumbek, congas); Glen Graham (Mellotron, drums, hi-hat, congas, dumbek, percussion).
Named for the late Shannon Hoon's infant daughter, NICO is a collection of outtakes, previously-unreleased originals and a pair of covers. Blind Melon was regularly pegged as a happy-go-lucky, hippie throwback act, but this collection exposes a band that bristled with creativity. Among the discoveries here that show Blind Melon to be more than a back-up band for the Bee Girl are "Glitch," a hypnotic percussive song that evokes the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.
Blind Melon's creative spark was surely a restless one. "Letters From A Porcupine" is a musical message left by singer Hoon on guitarist Christopher Thorn's answering machine. An impromptu session in Hoon's hotel room toward the end of a 19-month tour produced "Life Ain't So Shitty." The band's version of John Lennon's protest song "John Sinclair" shows off a major influence; a Steppenwolf cover ("The Pusher") provides some eerie ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs: Live In Dublin CD (2002)
Blind Melon songs
$6.19
This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars Go Blue," and a great, leering rendition of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine."
Somewhat more mysteriously, Rolling Stone Ron Wood also turns up on what sounds dangerously close to a lounge version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," but this minor faux pas is redeemed by the Irish folk medley "Joy of Life/Trout in the Bath" which arguably features more full-on Irishness than the Dublin production of RIVERDANCE. There's also a lovely rendition of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" that's topped only by Ron Wood's reappearance on a finale of the Stones' ...
| | Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera CDs (2001) Digipak
Blind Melon album
$11.99 
A sprawling two-disc set, the Drive-By Truckers' SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA is a cracked masterpiece that's enjoyable on several different levels. Hipsters might enjoy the giggly premise of a two-disc set devoted to a slightly altered retelling of the rise and fall of 1970s Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. Progressive rock fans lamenting the modern era's relative lack of story-driven albums divided into "Act I" and "Act II" will latch onto SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA with the same passion with which they embraced THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY. And most importantly, unreconstructed Southern rockers of the boogie-and-beer variety will appreciate the fact that this is an unapologetic, non-ironic valentine to the sound of not only Skynyrd, but the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, and the modern-day jam bands that are their musical descendents. Funny and surprisingly sad, passionate ...
| | Dredg Catch Without Arms CD (2005)
Blind Melon CD music
$8.49
Early on, critics often described Dredg as a metal group. However, the quartet has since matured into a hard-edged indie-rock ensemble that seeks diversity and refinement in its music. On CATCH WITHOUT ARMS, the band favors highly orchestrated parts, dense guitar riffs, and powerful drumming. Each song is based around memorable vocal hooks and sensitive lyrical content.
Many tracks on CATCH WITHOUT ARMS have a searching quality to them. Despite the sheer force of the music, this release is ultimately marked by well constructed melodies and intriguing harmonic underpinnings. This is due in part to singer Gavin Hayes, who sounds more like U2's Bono than a metal screecher. Hayes's tenor soars above tunes such as "Ode To the Sun" and the title ...
| | McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits CD (1989)
Blind Melon music CDs
$6.69
There are more complete compilations of the McGuire Sisters' music, but this 12-song, 32-minute compilation, which covers six years in their history from 1954 through 1960, is as simple and charming a body of work as you can find for the price. Perhaps it's the purity of their voices and the arrangements behind them that make this one of the few MCA CDs of the 1980s, apart from a couple of blues titles, with sound quality that still holds up at the dawn of the 21st century. It's also a good representation of the pop side of 1950s music, which isn't spoken of very often. While one would like to dismiss the McGuire Sisters as creators of pop product, they were actually extraordinary musicians, as proven here. True, "Sugartime," "Something's Gotta Give," and "He" were far from rock 'n roll. And while their version of "Sincerely" (an R&B hit by the Moonglows authored by Moonglows leader/founder Harvey Fuqua) was a world away from R&B, no one can complain about its craftsmanship or the radiance of the trio's singing. (This rendition of "Sincerely," and not the Moonglows' version, was the one that your parents or grandparents likely knew.) The McGuire Sisters' soaring vocals, like a fuller and more lyrical edition of the Andrews Sisters, are seductive to anyone able to hear them without prejudice against the genre. The programming here doesn't follow any release order except in the most general way, while offering some interesting reminders of what was going on away ...
| | Town & Country It All Has To Do With It CD (2000)
Blind Melon songs
$12.39
The third release from Chicago's Town & Country continues the band's tradition of acoustic experiments with subtle textures and quiet sounds. At times having a similar feel to the more acoustic guitar-tinged work of Joan of Arc, It All Has to Do With It never jumps out at the listener. Instead, the music creeps around, and hard-to-find rhythms provided by two standup basses continuously swell and relax with the interplay of piano, guitar, bells, and even accordion. Town & Country has no real rhythm section, a factor that contributes a strangely freeform aspect to all of the compositions. Nonetheless, the four tracks on this record somehow manage to fill up 40 minutes of disc space, a concept that is difficult to understand or to consider tolerating upon first hearing the album's unapologetically laid-back tones. Listening to this record at excessive volume or through headphones, however, should change the way everything sounds. With close inspection, it becomes evident that beneath the relatively constant feel of the album is a swirling and oft-changing backdrop. The 15-minute closer, "That Old Feeling," slithers around slowly while a consistent drone reaches out from below, leaving the listener questioning whether or not to believe that Town & Country doesn't use electronic loops for any of the band's creations. Superbly crafted and beautifully recorded, It All Has to Do With It is an expansive sonic experiment ...
| | Rainer Ptacek Live At The Performance Center CD (2000) Import
Blind Melon album
$22.25
Although released posthumously, Live at the Performance Center is an ideal starting point to experience Rainer Ptacek's rather astounding use of both the dobro and steel guitar in the blues medium. In retrospect, this particular gig from June of 1997, recorded in his hometown of Tucson, is a decidedly bittersweet affair. Despite the excellent playing and the fact that Ptacek was in full remission from brain cancer at the time, the disease would ultimately take his life only five months later. Ptacek's diversity was on full display that night, with songs ranging from the upbeat picking of "Sometimes It's Hard" and "Inner Flame" to the more traditionally oriented "Lament of Love" and "Rude World." The guitarist sang on most of the tracks as well, and many of the lyrics, such as those for "The Mountain," reflect an almost prophetic uncertainty about life and the future, reminiscent of the sentiment that fueled Robert Johnson's work so many years earlier. Even the instrumentals somehow address mortality in a wordless way, from the darkly punned "Di Lantin" to perhaps one of the best unheralded Beatles covers of all time, George Harrison's "Within You Without You." Ptacek's strong versions of his original material and the inclusion of some rare covers -- he played songs by Billie Holiday and Willie Nelson as well -- make his only official live release an obvious purchase for fans of the artist. The fact that it is the final recorded document ...
| | Ray Charles Story Of The Blues CDs (2004)
Blind Melon CD music
$20.89
Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: How Long, How Long Blues; Alone In the City; Can Anyone Ask For More; You Always Miss the Water; A Sentimental Blues, A; Don't Put All Your Dreams In One Basket; I've Had My Fun; She's On the Ball; I'm Going Down the River; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Rockin' Chair Blues; Sittin' On the Top of the World; Ain't That Fine; Someday; Someday [Alternate Take]; Midnight Hour, The; Sun's Gonna Shine Again; Jumpin' in the Morning; Midnight ...
| | Singers Unlimited Capell2 CD (2008) (Import) Japan
Blind Melon music CDs
$29.35
REISSUED
| | Speedbuggy USA City That God Forgot CD (2006)
Blind Melon songs
$12.55
| | Sam & Dave Sam & Dave CD (2006) (Import)
Blind Melon album
$10.69
|
|
|
6035 
buttons below to play song samples
Adobe Flash
Email a Friend
Facebook
Digg it
Twitter
MySpace
