One of the quintessential acts of the grunge explosion, TAD was a bit heavier and darker than other bands and that helped them stand out from the rest of the pack. By the time they got around to making their second full-length, they had beefed up their sound and approach and hooked up with producer Butch Vig, soon to become renowned for producing Nevermind<\/i>. With this record, the band really made a masterpiece.<\/p>\n
From the heavy kick of the opening track, \u201cJinx,\u201d the band is ready for anything. The record\u2019s heaviness never lets up, even when the band go a bit slower with something like \u201cStumblin\u2019 Man;\u201d even on my personal favorite \u201cPlague Years,\u201d one of the most oddly poignant songs in the band\u2019s catalogue, the slowness of the track doesn\u2019t take anything away from its overall power. For me, it truly is one of the highpoints of all of grunge.<\/p>\n
Songs like \u201c3-D Witch Hunt\u201d are full-on alternative rock, while \u201cJack Pepsi\u201d has more of a metal feel to it. The latter\u2019s almost truth about drunk driving is harrowing and exciting at the same time. It\u2019s also one of the more controversial aspects of the band\u2019s career. A CD single released by Sub Pop contained a takeoff of the Pepsi logo, and when the company found out about it, released an injunction and had the single pulled off the market. On the new remastered edition of the album, the song is just known as \u201cJack.\u201d But the song\u2019s power has never died and is still lauded as one of the band\u2019s best.<\/p>\n
With the new remastered deluxe edition hitting the streets, some of the unreleased tracks like \u201cPig Iron\u201d are hitting the market; this one turns out to be a great cut, something that definitely could\u2019ve wound up on the original disc. One of the edition\u2019s best moments is \u201cEddie Hook,\u201d sung by bassist Kurt Danielson, and it\u2019s one of the most sinister things the band ever did \u2013 that\u2019s a good thing. The tracks all sound so fresh and heavy and the sound is so crystal clear. Jack Endino really did a great job with this and helped to make an already great record into an even greater one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9930],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-44750","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tad","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44750"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}