Blues for the Red Sun

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Blues for the Red Sun
Blues for the Red Sun cover
Studio album by Kyuss
Released June 30, 1992
Recorded Sound City in Van Nuys, California in 1992
Genre Stoner rock
Stoner metal
Desert rock
Psychedelic Rock
Length 50:39
Label Dali Records
Producer Kyuss & Chris Goss
Professional reviews
Kyuss chronology
Wretch
(1991)		 Blues for the Red Sun
(1992)		 Welcome to Sky Valley
(1994)

Blues for the Red Sun is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by stoner rock band Kyuss. It is named after episode five of Carl Sagan's Cosmos, entitled "Blues for a Red Planet". It is one of the earliest pioneering recordings in stoner metal, a bass-heavy, grungey form of heavy metal. The album is considered a classic of stoner rock, along with Monster Magnet's Spine of God and Sleep's Holy Mountain. In 2001 the album was featured in Q magazine's list of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Thumb" (Brant Bjork/Josh Homme) – 4:41
  2. "Green Machine" (Brant Bjork) – 3:38
  3. "Molten Universe" (John Garcia/Josh Homme) – 2:49
  4. "50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)" (Brant Bjork) – 5:52
  5. "Thong Song" (Josh Homme) – 3:47
  6. "Apothecaries' Weight" (John Garcia/Josh Homme) – 5:21
  7. "Caterpillar March" (Brant Bjork) – 1:56
  8. "Freedom Run" (Brant Bjork/Josh Homme) – 7:37
  9. "800" (John Garcia/Josh Homme) – 1:34
  10. "Writhe" (Josh Homme) – 3:42
  11. "Capsized" (John Garcia/Josh Homme) – 0:55
  12. "Allen's Wrench" (Brant Bjork/Josh Homme) – 2:44
  13. "Mondo Generator" (Nick Oliveri) – 6:15
  14. "Yeah" (John Garcia) – 0:04

[edit] Personnel

v • d • e
Kyuss
John Garcia | Josh Homme
Bass
Drums
Studio albums
Sons of Kyuss (1990) | Wretch (1991) | Blues for the Red Sun (1992) | Welcome to Sky Valley (1994) | ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
Split EPs
Compilations
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