1 SCREAMING TREES Subtle Poison Buzz Factory (1989)
The man himself rubbishes pre-’92 Trees, but for Buzz Factory they enlisted producer Jack Endino and never sounded rawer.
2 SCREAMING TREES
Nearly Lost You Sweet Oblivion (1992)
Their one hit, full of lyrics about sin and immolation, was aided by its soundtrack inclusion in grunge-era rom-com Singles.
3 MARK LANEGAN
House A Home Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (1994)
Highlight from second solo LP, four years in the making. At one point, Lanegan had to be stopped from chucking all the tapes in the river.
4 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Hangin’ Tree Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Pick of his Queens Of The Stone Age performances, bringing unrivalled mortal ominousness to a swirling punk-blues.
5 MARK LANEGAN BAND
One Hundred Days Bubblegum (2004)
Impossibly beautiful song of desperate hope, like a hobo late-’60s Scott Walker doing (Sittin’ On) the Dock Of The Bay.
6 SOULSAVERS
Some Misunderstanding Broken (2009)
A cover of Gene Clark’s meditation on time, purpose and integrity, pitted against gospel choir, orchestra and bitchin’ electric guitar.
7 ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN
Come Undone Hawk (2010)
Masterclass in understated doubletracked duetting, against Hi Recordsworthy strings.
8 MARK LANEGAN BAND
Ode To Sad Disco Blues Funeral (2012)
New Order-ishly elegiac, this synth-anddrum machine-led song finds Lanegan “down on my knees” in biblical supplication.
9 EARTH
There Is A Serpent Coming Primitive And Deadly (2014)
On the first Earth LP with vocals in ages, who better than Dylan Carlson’s old pal to deliver these words of pagan prophecy?
10 MARK LANEGAN BAND
I Am The Wolf Phantom Radio (2014)
With mesmerising folk/shoegaze backing from Duke Garwood, Lanegan jaw-droppingly muses on a life lived at society’s margins.
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