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Thrillho:
Oh, the hilarity. So, after a shit-ton of procrastinating I finally bought Blues For The Red Sun by Kyuss. And it's pretty damn good, I love listening to it, but I have two thoughts - one, the production is complete mud. I mean I know that Homme's guitar tone is murky at the best of times, but on QOTSA records it at least cut through the mix. On Kyuss you can only just tell it's even there.

Secondly... I hate the vocalist.

Maybe I need to hear more of their CDs, but it seems to me like their vocalist - all I can think is James Hetfield when I'm listening to him - has virtually no variation other than high-pitched screaming. Does he grow on you? Or are do you guys disagree? Or better yet, does he show more of a variety on other albums?

a pack of wolves:
The muddiness is a part of it really, this is stoner rock after all. Being all fuzzed out goes with the territory, if everything was crisply produced it would sound terrible to me. As for John Garcia, his vocals don't change much. The only problem I ever had was how laughable the lyrics are, but that entertains me more than it irritates.

Maybe you should try ...And The Circus Leaves Town. Welcome To Sky Valley is the better record I think but given the reasons you have for not being sold on Blues For The Red Sun you might find that one more enjoyable.

onewheelwizzard:
"Blues for the Red Sun" was the first album that Chris Goss produced and, in my opinion, the production is almost perfect (I prefer "Sky Valley" but only just).  Josh ran his guitar through a bass amp for a reason, and Blues was the first time the producer caught on to it.  Chris Goss produced Kyuss's next two albums as well ... if you listen to the first album, "Wretch," you come to understand why bringing him on board was so key.  The downtuned syrupy guitar tone was entirely intentional.

As for the vocals, they do start diversifying over the next couple albums, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll like John Garcia any more when he's not doing his angry growl.  I don't know where you're getting "high-pitched screaming" from ... I don't think anything he's ever done could be described as either "high-pitched" or "screaming" ... but I do understand why he turns some listeners off.  It grew on me quite a bit, though, and I find it really hard to imagine anyone else doing half as good a job of singing Kyuss songs.

onewheelwizzard:
To be honest "Blues for the Red Sun" is probably the album that you need to be the most into Kyuss in order to enjoy.  "...and the Circus Leaves Town" is more accessible, and "Welcome to Sky Valley" is at least more polished and has a more diverse sound.  "Blues" is sorta the Kyuss purist's album more than the other two.  I'd recommend coming back to it after listening to their later work.

De_El:
Really? See, I was given to understand that Blues for the Red Sun was +generally thought of as their best album. Also: I am afraid to get any more Kyuss because BftRS is so good I'm afraid of being disappointed.

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