Album
Niandra LaDes And Usually Just A T-Shirt
1994 · Rock
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Niandra LaDes And Usually Just A T-Shirt is an Alt/Indie album by John Frusciante, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is the debut solo album by John Frusciante, originally released on March 8, 1994 by American Recordings. The cover art of Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt is a sepia photograph of Frusciante in drag. According to Toni Oswald, Frusciante’s partner at the time of the album’s making, this choice was inspired by Rrose Sélavy, the feminine pseudonym of Marcel Duchamp—the French painter and writer whom Oswald and Frusciante both deeply admired. Frusciante devised the name “Niandra LaDes” as his own feminine alter ego. The phrase “Usually Just a T-Shirt” meanwhile derives from a clothes-exchanging ritual that Oswald and Frusciante often took part in when Frusciante was away on tour; after Frusciante asked what Oswald would wear with his clothes, she would reply, “Usually just a t-shirt.” The phrase “To Clara” in the lower right refers to Clara Balzary, the first daughter of Flea.
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Tracklist
- 1As Can Be2:57
- 2My Smile Is A Rifle3:48
- 3Head (Beach Arab)2:05
- 4Big Takeover3:18
- 5Curtains2:30
- 6Running Away Into You2:12
- 7Mascara3:40
- 8Been Insane1:41
- 9Skin Blues1:46
- 10Your Pussy's Glued To A Building On Fire3:17
- 11Blood On My Neck From Success3:09
- 12Ten To Butter Blood Voodoo1:59
- 13Untitled #10:34
- 14Untitled #24:21
- 15Untitled #31:48
- 16Untitled #41:39
- 17Untitled #51:30
- 18Untitled #61:27
- 19Untitled #71:37
- 20Untitled #88:00
- 21Untitled #97:06
- 22Untitled #100:24
- 23Untitled #111:51
- 24Untitled #125:27
- 25Untitled #131:50
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Lo-Fi
- lo-fi
- brooding
- confessional
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- John FruscianteLEAD VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS, MANDOLIN, BANJO, CLARINET, PIANO
- Abbie RudeVOCALS
- Randy RuffPIANO
- River PhoenixFEATURING
- Toni OswaldVOCALS
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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