Sublime: Brad Nowell (vocals, guitar, percussion, samples, bass, congas); Eric Wilson (bass, organ, percussion, vocals, congas); Bud (drums, samples).
Additional personnel includes: Adam (vocals, congas); Miguel (samples, guitar, vocals, piano, organ, sound effects).
Recorded at Mambo, Long Beach, California. Originally released on Skunk (001).
The sound is a blistering blend of ska, reggae, and '80s West Coast thrash a la Black Flag, with a healthy dose of spoken-word and rub-a-dub dancehall thrown in for good measure. This magnificent debut was required listening on the Southern California skateboard circuit. Fans of any of the aforementioned musical styles are likely to get a kick out of hearing singer Brad Nowell rollick through songs like "Smoke Two Joints." The attack is a pure assault of youthful energy, almost over-the-top, but controlled, always reigned in by the rhythm, which rules. Samples abound, as Sublime pays tribute to its musical idols in true '90s fashion: by including chunks of their songs. Even the Grateful Dead gets a nod.
Professional Reviews
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.98) - "[T]he initial collision of Sublime's charismatic style and their influences resulted in their unsurpassed debut album."
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– Customer review on 09/09/2008
This is a must have album for any fan of the band Sublime. This album is just as good, if not better, than their self-titled album which spurred them to fame in the mid nineties. The album showcases the bands many talents and drifts from many genres such as punk, ska, reggae, hip-hop and dub. Tracks such as 'Badfish', 'Scarlet Begonias', 'D.Js' and their cover of 'Rivers of Babylon' are just some of the highlights and gives the listener a sense of their potential when they were basically an underground band hoping to gain more exposure.
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