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Few albums have defined an entire musical landscape quite like Welcome to Sky Valley. Originally released in 1994, Kyuss’ third studio album took the colossal riffs and scorched psychedelia of Blues for the Red Sun and pushed them into something even more immersive. It remains one of the fundamental records of desert rock and an essential piece of the wider stoner-rock story.
The line-up is formidable: John Garcia on vocals, Josh Homme on guitar, Scott Reeder on bass and Brant Bjork on drums. This was the first Kyuss album to feature Reeder following the departure of Nick Oliveri, while it would also prove to be Bjork’s final studio album with the band.
Josh Homme’s guitar sound is one of the album’s defining characteristics. Thick, warm and deliberately unconventional, it gives the riffs an almost physical presence. Reeder and Bjork create an equally important foundation underneath, allowing the music to groove rather than simply bludgeon, while Garcia’s ragged vocals give Kyuss an identity that countless subsequent desert-rock bands would attempt to emulate.
The sequencing is another reason Welcome to Sky Valley works so beautifully on vinyl. Rather than presenting itself simply as a collection of individual songs, the album is structured into three movements, allowing heavy riffs, psychedelic passages and quieter moments to flow into one another. The vinyl configuration preserves that unusual structure across its two sides.
Produced by Chris Goss and Kyuss, the album was recorded at the legendary Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California. Three decades later, its combination of Sabbath-sized heaviness, psychedelic atmosphere and sun-baked groove hasn’t lost any of its impact. It’s not merely a classic stoner-rock album; it’s one of the records that established what stoner and desert rock could actually be.
This Rhino/Elektra vinyl reissue carries the exact UPC supplied, 081227958732, with catalogue number R1 61571. Retail databases identify the pressing as a US vinyl LP reissue originally issued on 22 July 2014.
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Tracklisting:
Side A
Side B
The short hidden piece “Lick Doo” follows “Whitewater” and is present on this vinyl pressing, although some retailer listings omit it from their abbreviated tracklisting.
| Weight | .5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 32 × 1 × 32 cm |
