*Desert Island Week* John Frusciante - Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T Shirt

Artist: John Frusciante
Album: Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T Shirt
Release: 1994
Label: American Recordings

Tracklist:

Niandra Lades

1. As Can Be
   
2. My Smile Is a Rifle
3. Head (Beach Arab)
4. Big Takeover
5. Curtains
6. Running Away into You
7. Mascara
   
8. Been Insane
9. Skin Blues
10. Your Pussy is Glued to a Building on Fire
11. Blood on My Neck From Success
12. Ten to Butter Blood Voodoo

Usually Just a T-Shirt

13. Untitled#1
14. Untitled#2
15. Untitled#3
16. Untitled#4
17. Untitled#5
18. Untitled#6
19. Untitled#7
20. Untitled#8
21. Untitled#9
22. Untitled#10
23. Untitled#11
24. Untitled#12
25. Untitled#13

#2 of my dessert island albums. John Frusciante's 1994 dope soaked 4 track debut solo album. Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T Shirt were actually supposed to be 2 separate albums, but Rick Rubin insisted on it being one album. There is a lot of speculation as to when these albums were recorded. The most common being that Niandra Lades was recorded just before John's first departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Usually Just a T Shirt was recorded right after, while John fell deeper into heroin. John actually didn't want to release the album, it took Flea, Johnny Depp, Gibby Haynes and some other friends to convince him to actually release it. Lots of experimental backwards guitar, sequencers, and unbridled incoherent screaming. Check out the Bad Brains cover of Big Takeover. One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard.

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