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Album name：Saturnalia
This wily and depraved collaboration between Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) was aptly named for the Roman festival of misbehavior. Saturnalia allots equal time to both of the veteran alternative rockers as they traipse a wayward path. The sinister strings, Mellotron, and harmonium compliment Lanegan’s bourbon-drenched baritone as well as Dulli’s vocal abandon. While Dulli’s compositions, the funereal 'God’s Children,' torchy 'The Body' and ghostly 'Front St.', are terrific, Lanegan’s contributions may not have an equal impact--though his mere presence is imposing. Guttural ballads like 'Bete Noir,' 'Seven Stories Underground' and the lingering 'Who Will Lead Us' surge with his familiar, nostalgic imagery ('I think the chariot is coming… Lord, I’ll give this trumpet up'), and 'Idle Hands' will have ‘Tree’s fans reminiscing. --Scott Holter
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