Album
Niandra LaDes And Usually Just A T-Shirt
1994 · Rock
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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 10 collectors.
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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
Album Sales: 45,000+
First Release Date: March 1994
A solo debut album by John Frusciante. This album was recorded between two time periods; the first half, Niandra Lades, was recorded before Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992; during the recording of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The second half, Usually Just a T-Shirt, was recorded while the band was on tour in the months leading up to Frusciante's departure.
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt sold poorly upon its release in 1994, and was taken off the market, only to be re-released in 1999. The reason for this was because it estimated to have sold only 45,000 copies when Frusciante ordered it out of print in 1998—when Frusciante rehabilitated and rejoined the Chili Peppers. His 1997 follow-up Smile From the Streets You Hold was also withdrawn from the market at the same time.
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
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