The most unheard of and underated unique album that exists. Hillel Slovak is one of my favourite and unique guitarists of all time no one is like him and Ive been around and playing guitar for about 50 years so thats saying something. I have this album on vinyl and its nearly worn out through playing ... my case rests ...... RIP Hillel you are sorely missed but in my eyes never forgotten.
I just found this album in my collection and had no idea I had it or who they are. Popped it on and wow! This is good stuff. The use of backward sounds is very cool and at times they remind me of the Police….. How is this so “unknown”???
00:00 Dreams of Heaven 03:36 Big Raft 07:06 Chasing Your Ghost 10:36 Whisper (To »Natasha) 14:24 Stuck 17:41 I'll Be Around 21:24 Touch the Flame 24:54 Wool over My Eyes 27:26 Waves in the Sand 31:17 Breathing
No one knows about this band. I can’t remember how I discovered them, but have both the What Is This albums and saw them in a large club in Atlanta and also saw Eleven perform a few years later in a smaller club. I feel like I stumbled onto something really special.
“Big Raft” = badass song by bassist Chris Hutchinson. I wonder what became of him…Alain’s songs are always stellar but Chris had that little gem in there too. Btw “Waves in the Sand” was a regular part of Eleven’s sets a few years later.
Love that song, such a fan of Chris. Have never been able to find much on him apart from a comment he left on another What Is This video. So cool about Eleven playing Waves in the Sand too, definitely going to have to search for some live videos!
Saw them in New York City, just brilliant. Every track rocks my world. They have an EP that came out before this titled squeezed - Slovak is on that. After what is this came the band Eleven. And Alain’s Solo records.
A neighbor friend bought this cassette for me as a gift in 1991. I was 10 years old. The cassette was .69cents in a bin of other cassette's at the dollar store down the street, so I knew where he got it. I don't know if I ever listened to it, maybe once. I didn't know who this band was, who Todd Rundgren or who RHCP(let alone their band history) were. A year later was when "Under The Bridge" became the summer song of 92 and everyone and their mother now knew RHCP. This cassette by that point was buried and hidden somewhere in my room, never knowing the connection. The neighbor friend bought my sister Dazz Band 'Hot Spot"(1984) cassette for .69cents.
Thank you so fucking much for uploading this my friend, it's sad nobody knows of this relic of a band, I worship the chilli peppers, I have a tattoo of the star of infinity, and am looking for any connection to how the chilli peppers started, makes me wanna look up FEAR, the punk band Flea was in, in the 80's, anyways, thanks again!
Trey Lankford , if you wouldn't mind , I would love to get a copy of this STELLAR LP . I could be found on FB under Christopher A Cordero . Hope to hear back . Chris
I do really hate it isn't on CD but there is always a chance someone with the group could find a way to have the master recording available for download
Great idea. I bet Alain has the masters or can get a hold of them! I want an entire Eleven/early work box set! Containing live shows, can you imagine? Thank you for uploading this too!
Maybe there will be some kind of release for the 40th anniversary in 2025. I close my eyes, open my mind, and see a limited edition box, including the album, all the E.P.s and singles, maybe an extra disc with a live recording. Surely, surely, someone in the industry must share this vision and be ready to make it happen... or is it just that a line was drawn under this group after Mr. Slovak's tragic demise? I can understand how his family may not be ready to sign off on any new releases... but that leaves the fans scraping around the internet and no doubt turning to bootleggers...
@@Kowasi I saw a couple of live shows with Flea on bass and they were amazing. That band is one of the best bands I’ve ever seen, even to this day. I’d love to hear live tracks from that era, including great unreleased songs like “Walking in Parallel Lines.”
What do you care? People are generally stupid with crap taste. This stuff is ok. Not groundbreaking in any way, but well written and everyone playing was talented. I think the producer of this album made it too soft and easily digestible, aiming for the yuppie lounge demographic. Definitely more interesting than most of the RHCP output. Beyond RHCP first two albums, they became a novelty act and were a joke. No wonder Hillel didn't take RHCP seriously. He probably hated being in that band, but had no choice if he wanted to earn a living doing music. RHCP Slovak seems like a costume he wore when playing with that hand. It didn't seem like it was his genuine personality like it was for Flea and Kiedis. He was probably depressed when he died. Self medicating. RHCP are like a Saturday morning cartoon. Nothing any serious musician would aspire to. Even frusciante quit after a couple of years. And Kiedis seems like a tyrant.
