Name: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Brand: Mark Lanegan

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HVNLP178

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Double 180 Gram Vinyl. Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inners.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-05-12

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Sales:8.875

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5400863022730

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LPx2

Artist

Mark Lanegan

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Heavenly

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Mark Lanegan (November 25, 1964 - February 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, author, and musician. He began his musical career in 1984 as the frontman of a psychedelic grunge band. After the band disbanded, Lanegan collaborated with various artists including Kurt Cobain and Moby. Known for his distinctive voice and powerful lyrics, Lanegan's music resonated with fans worldwide.
Lanegan's collaborations extended to working with Isobel Campbell, Soulsavers, Unkle, and Not Waving. His versatile talent allowed him to explore different genres while maintaining his unique style. Whether it was rock or electronic music, Lanegan's contributions left a lasting impact on the industry.
In addition to his musical endeavors, Lanegan also showcased his writing skills through authoring books. With a rich discography spanning several decades and an influential presence in the alternative music scene, Mark Lanegan will be remembered as a true icon of our time.

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When considering any great work of art, be it a painting, a novel, or a piece of music, it’s natural to wonder what might have inspired it: ‘the story behind the song’. Mark Lanegan’s new album, Straight Songs Of Sorrow, flips that equation. Here are 15 songs inspired by a story: his life story, as documented by his own hand in his new memoir, Sing Backwards And Weep.

Straight Songs Of Sorrow combines musical trace elements from early Mark Lanegan albums with the synthesized constructs of later work. The meditative acoustic guitar fingerpicking – provided by Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton – on Apples From A Tree and Hanging On (For DRC) echo 1994’s Whiskey For The Holy Ghost. Yet one of that record’s touchstones was Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, echoed in the new album’s opener I Wouldn’t Want To Say, where Lanegan extemporises *à la Ballerina over musique concrète wave patterns generated by his latest favourite compositional tool, a miniature computer-synth called the Organelle.

Straight Songs of Sorrow

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