Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt

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Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
Studio album by John Frusciante

Publication
(s)

March 8, 1994

Label (s) Geffen Records / Sub Pop

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Lo-Fi, Psychedelic Rock

Title (number)

12 + 13

running time

70 min

production

John Frusciante

chronology
- Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt Smile from the Streets You Hold

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is John Frusciante's first solo album. It was released under American Recordings in 1994.

His friends Gibby Haynes from Butthole Surfers and Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction convinced Frusciante to release the album, including a. on the grounds that there is "no good music on the market". He recorded the album at home on a four-track device (Tascam 424), although he had already recorded or written most of the material during the recordings for the album " Blood Sugar Sex Magik " in 1991. Toni Oswald can be heard on a track. He dedicated the album to Flea's daughter Clara and his ex-girlfriend Toni Oswald.

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is a double album: The first album Niandra Lades (named after a female character that Frusciante played in the previously unreleased film Desert in the Shape of his then girlfriend Toni Oswald) contains the first twelve songs, which Another 13 titles can be found on Usually Just a T-Shirt .

Track list

Disc one: Niandra Lades

  1. "As Can Be" - 2:57
  2. "My Smile Is a Rifle" - 3:48
  3. "Head (Beach Arab)" - 2:05
  4. "Big Takeover" (cover of Bad Brains ) - 3:18
  5. "Curtains" - 2:30
  6. "Running Away into You" - 2:12
  7. "Mascara" - 3:40
  8. "Been Insane" - 1:41
  9. "Skin Blues" - 1:46
  10. "Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire" - 3:17
  11. "Blood on My Neck From Success" - 3:09
  12. "Ten to Butter Blood Voodoo" - 1:59

Disc two: Usually Just a T-Shirt

  1. Untitled # 1 - 0:34
  2. Untitled # 2 - 4:21
  3. Untitled # 3 - 1:50
  4. Untitled # 4 - 1:38
  5. Untitled # 5 - 1:30
  6. Untitled # 6 - 1:29
  7. Untitled # 7 - 1:42
  8. Untitled # 8 - 7:55
  9. Untitled # 9 - 7:04
  10. Untitled # 10 - 0:25
  11. Untitled # 11 - 1:51
  12. Untitled # 12 - 5:27
  13. Untitled # 13 - 1:52