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One of the most lavish box sets ever devoted to an alternative rock act, A Cabinet of Curiosities is packaged in a wooden cabinet with a metal clasp, and includes a thick book, tarot cards, and tiny voodoo dolls. The packaging alone makes it an obvious necessity for fans, but the music inside the cabinet is problematic. Including three CDs of mostly unreleased demo or live material, plus a DVD of live footage and video clips, A Cabinet of Curiosities illustrates that, for Jane's Addiction, the finished product was by far the best possible way to hear the band's recordings -- no surprise, given that Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual are two of the best LPs of the alternative era. Jane's Addiction was powerful but also very eccentric, which makes minor variations in their songs -- which is what listeners hear on the majority of the studio demos here -- sound oddly diminished in comparison. It's not just that the band picked the right version for release; from the evidence here, they entered the studio with virtually every song laid out and arranged very close to its finished version, leaving little intriguing about their demos. An example is "Up the Beach," unchanged in form, just lacking the punch and clarity that a first-rate production gave it to make it the powerhouse it is on Nothing's Shocking. Vocally, Perry Farrell's attempts at summoning the spirit of the frontman worked much better in the studio and on-stage after he grasped the most effective way to deliver each song. And though they were a powerful live force, the live tracks here (which comprise all of the third disc) make it clear that the band's appeal was visual as well as aural. As could be expected, the songs that never got an airing on their studio albums are the most interesting. Although it's clear why "Suffer Some" languished in the vaults, it's a more intriguing listen (and says more about the band) than any of the demos of released songs. The DVD is unsurprisingly the most interesting disc, including Soul Kiss (featuring the full version of the video for "Mountain Song," which MTV had banned), six of their video clips, and three tracks recorded live in 1990 for MTV Italy.
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David Navarro, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - ERIC AVERY, Writer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Writer - Perry Ferrell, Writer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. 2008 ℗ 1990 Triple X Records, courtesy of Triple X Records
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Bob Ezrin, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Martyn LeNoble, Writer - Brian Virtue, MixingEngineer, CoProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - MACEO PARKER, Writer - Flea, Producer, Bass Guitar - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - ANDY WALLACE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Remixer, Vocals, Writer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer, Remixer - Bob Lacivita, AdditionalEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Writer - MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Ralph Sall, Producer, MixingEngineer, ExecutiveProducer - Jerry Garcia, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, MixingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, CompilationProducer - Joe Gibb, RecordingEngineer - Brian Foxworthy, MixingEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. 1997 ℗ 1991 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - Sylvester Stewart, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Body Count, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. 2008 ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Ralph Sall, Producer - JOHN DOE, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - JOHN DENSMORE, Writer - ROBBIE KRIEGER, Writer - Ray Manzarek, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, MixingEngineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Pat Smear, Writer - Darby Crash, Writer - Pat Lydon, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Exene Cervanka, Writer - Jamse Morrison, Writer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1997 Warner Records Inc./Triple X Records/Charley Brown
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Flea, Bass Guitar, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - HARRY GREGSON' WILLIAMS, Producer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - WILLIE DIXON, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, CompilationProducer - Robert Plant, Writer - Jimmy Page, Writer - John Bonham, Writer - John Paul Jones, Writer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - The Stooges, Writer - DAVE ALEXANDER, Writer - Iggy Pop, Writer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Ron Ashton, Writer - Scott Ashton, Writer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Bob Dylan, Writer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, CompilationProducer - Kevin Haskins, Writer - Daniel Ash, Writer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Peter Murphy, Writer - David J, Writer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MasteringEngineer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - dave collins, MasteringEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1997 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Flea, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1991 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1991 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Flea, Writer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, MixingEngineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - RON CHAMPAGNE, Engineer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MICHAEL BARBIERO, MixingEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MasteringEngineer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - dave collins, MasteringEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1997 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE NAVARRO, Producer, Guitar, Writer - ERIC AVERY, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MasteringEngineer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Producer, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - dave collins, MasteringEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1997 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, CompilationProducer - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Jane's Addiction, MainArtist - DAVE JERDEN, Producer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - ERIC AVERY, Bass Guitar, Writer, CompilationProducer - PERRY FARRELL, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, CompilationProducer - STEPHEN PERKINS, Drums, Writer, CompilationProducer - Steven Baker, ExecutiveProducer - Guy Charbonneau, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Warwick, SecondEngineer
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2008 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
One of the most lavish box sets ever devoted to an alternative rock act, A Cabinet of Curiosities is packaged in a wooden cabinet with a metal clasp, and includes a thick book, tarot cards, and tiny voodoo dolls. The packaging alone makes it an obvious necessity for fans, but the music inside the cabinet is problematic. Including three CDs of mostly unreleased demo or live material, plus a DVD of live footage and video clips, A Cabinet of Curiosities illustrates that, for Jane's Addiction, the finished product was by far the best possible way to hear the band's recordings -- no surprise, given that Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual are two of the best LPs of the alternative era. Jane's Addiction was powerful but also very eccentric, which makes minor variations in their songs -- which is what listeners hear on the majority of the studio demos here -- sound oddly diminished in comparison. It's not just that the band picked the right version for release; from the evidence here, they entered the studio with virtually every song laid out and arranged very close to its finished version, leaving little intriguing about their demos. An example is "Up the Beach," unchanged in form, just lacking the punch and clarity that a first-rate production gave it to make it the powerhouse it is on Nothing's Shocking. Vocally, Perry Farrell's attempts at summoning the spirit of the frontman worked much better in the studio and on-stage after he grasped the most effective way to deliver each song. And though they were a powerful live force, the live tracks here (which comprise all of the third disc) make it clear that the band's appeal was visual as well as aural. As could be expected, the songs that never got an airing on their studio albums are the most interesting. Although it's clear why "Suffer Some" languished in the vaults, it's a more intriguing listen (and says more about the band) than any of the demos of released songs. The DVD is unsurprisingly the most interesting disc, including Soul Kiss (featuring the full version of the video for "Mountain Song," which MTV had banned), six of their video clips, and three tracks recorded live in 1990 for MTV Italy.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 43 track(s)
- Total length: 03:15:40
- Main artists: Jane’s Addiction
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2009 © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2009 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company
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