Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative, College Rock, Heavy Metal, Dance-Rock
Source: vinyl
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 3,000 kbps
Bit Depth: 24
Sampling Rate: 96,000 Hz

A1 Stop!
A2 No Ones Leaving
A3 Aint No Right

B1 Obvious
B2 Been Caught Stealing

C1 Three Days
C2 Then She Did

D1 Of Course
D2 Classic Gir

Ripping Info

Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1210 MK2 DD Turntable
Origin Live OL1 fully modified tone arm (Rega RB250)
Audio-Technica AT33EV MC Cartridge
Pro-ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
AudioQuest G-Snake LGC interconnects
MSI laptop i5 Quadcore Off the Grid
Adobe Audition 3.0 @ 32/96 AIFF
iZotope RX Advanced 2.01 for DC Offsett, Clicks,Normalizing
Foobar/discogs plugin for tagging

Lineage

RCM > TT > AT33EV > TubeBox preamp > ADC > Msi Laptop > Adobe
Audition 3.0 @ 32/96

Review

Ritual de lo Habitual served as Jane's Addiction's breakthrough to the mainstream in 1990 (going gold and reaching the Top 20), and remains one of rock's all-time sprawling masterpieces. While its predecessor, 1988's Nothing's Shocking, served as a fine introduction to the group, Ritual de lo Habitual proved to be even more daring; few (if any) alt-rock bands have composed a pair of epics that totaled nearly 20 minutes, let alone put them back to back for full dramatic effect. While the cheerful ditty "Been Caught Stealing" is the album's best-known track, the opening "Stop!" is one of the band's best hard rock numbers, propelled by guitarist Dave Navarro's repetitive, trashy funk riff, while "Ain't No Right" remains explosive in its defiant and vicious nature. Jane's Addiction always had a knack for penning beautiful ballads with a ghostly edge, again proven by the album closer, "Classic Girl." But it's the aforementioned epics that are the album's cornerstone: "Three Days" and "Then She Did...." Although Perry Farrell has never truly admitted what the two songs are about lyrically, they appear to be about an autobiographical romantic tryst between three lovers, as each composition twists and turns musically through every imaginable mood. And while the tracks "No One's Leaving," "Obvious," and "Of Course" may not be as renowned as other selections, they prove integral in the makeup of the album. Surprisingly, the band decided to call it a day just as Ritual de lo Habitual hit big, headlining the inaugural Lollapalooza tour (the brainchild of Farrell) in the summer of 1991 as their final road jaunt. Years later, it remains one of alt-rock's finest moments.