Martian

I recently stumbled across this Sublime tribute album while digging for information on unrelated stuff - background stuff on G Love, if I'm honest.

I normally give tribute albums a pan on principle, but I picked this one up due to the names on the track listing; with No Doubt and Jack Johnson putting efforts into it, I figured it probably wasn't some half-assed marketing attempt.

And... well. Particular favourites are Johnson's cover of Badfish/Boss DJ and Spearhead and Gift of Gab's rendition of What I Got. But really, the whole album is top-notch. It's pretty commonly known that Brad was friends with Gwen Stefani (who appeared on Robbin' the Hood in the track Saw Red) and G Love, along with a large portion of folks from the Long Beach scene. This album, therefore, stands out as a tribute to a fallen friend. The title proclaims it as a tribute to Sublime, but it's really all about Bradley Nowell.

Any fans of Sublime, this one comes highly recommended.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame