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Smile From the Streets You Hold
Experimental · 1997 · 17 tracks

Smile From the Streets You Hold

John Frusciante

Seventy minutes of harrowing, tape-hissing intimacy. A document of total isolation where acoustic guitars and visceral screams collide in a basement setting.

1997 · Birdman Records

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A harrowing and unvarnished document of isolation that finds strange, jagged beauty in the depths of despair.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks
01
Enter a Uh
8:06
02
The Other
1:34
03
Life’s a Bath
1:18
04
A Fall Thru the Ground
2:24
05
Poppy Man
1:21
06
I May Again Know John
8:47
07
I’m Always
2:33
08
Nigger Song
4:19
09
Femininity
2:35
10
Breathe
6:21
11
More
2:07
12
For Air
3:55
13
Height Down
3:59
14
Well, I’ve Been
3:06
15
Smile From the Streets You Hold
5:09
16
I Can’t See Until I See Your Eyes
1:30
17
Estress
2:17
Moments Worth Listening For
the harrowing eight-minute descent of Enter a Uh where vocals dissolve into visceral, unhinged shrieks
the sudden, jarring transition from the delicate acoustic melody of A Fall Thru the Ground into the manic energy of the following tracks
the fragile, almost childlike vocal delivery on the title track that contrasts sharply with the surrounding sonic chaos
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Smile From the Streets You Hold sound next to the rest of John Frusciante's catalogue?

Despairing+4.0σ

Despairing saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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