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''The Great Escape Artist'' is the fifth album and fourth full studio album (much of the material on their 1987 debut record was recorded in a live setting) by American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released on October 18, 2011 on Capitol Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jane's Addiction Eyes Summer Comeback )〕 The album is their first since their 2003 effort, ''Strays'', and features multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek contributing bass guitar〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jane's Addiction Singer Admits They 'Annoyed' Duff McKagan )〕 alongside Chris Chaney. The album's release was preceded by the singles "End to the Lies" which was released as a free download on April 7, 2011, and "Irresistible Force (Met the Immovable Object)" which was released on August 3, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jane's Addiction: New Song Available For Free Download )〕 Regarding the album's title, vocalist Perry Farrell states: "I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great. I just love the future even more." Describing the album's overall aestheic, Farrell has noted: "it's a strange mixture of that post-punk goth darkness that Jane's had, with what's going on today with groups like Muse and Radiohead. As much as I want to appease fans and make old Jane's fans love me, I just can't help myself from moving forward."〔 Following the album's completion, producer Rich Costey stated, "This was a real Jane's Addiction record." ==Background and recording== Jane's Addiction began writing ''The Great Escape Artist'', shortly after founding bassist Eric Avery's departure in 2010, with vocalist Perry Farrell stating, "Eric did not want to record. So we took him out of the equation. We couldn't live with not recording."〔 Commenting on the relationship between the remaining three members of the band, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and himself, Farrell stated: "Dave and Steve and I are like brothers. I've got children, and my kid smacked my other kid in the head this morning, but at the same time they hate being separated. On a plane one will say, 'I wanna' sit with my brother.' That's how I feel about Dave and Steve. I hope they'd tell you the same thing."〔 In January 2010,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Velvet Revolver: Jane's Addiction 'Songs Could Be Really Special' )〕 Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan joined the band for nine months, assisting in the writing process, and performing live with the band. Describing his arrival, McKagan stated: "I went to dinner with Perry. He talked about how he was kinda bummed out. I guess, because Jane's had started the writing process for the record, and then they went through whatever they went through with Eric. He kinda lamented that, and at the end of dinner, he asked if I had any songs or anything like that. Basically, he was asking me for my help. () I started coming to Perry's garage with the rest of those guys, where they have a ProTools set up and so on. We just started jamming a few songs, and then went into a bigger room."〔 Navarro noted: "We've been longtime friends, we've played together in a lot of the same scenarios, we're from the same time, the same city, the same scene to a degree. Those elements were in alignment." Upon joining, McKagan phoned former bassist Eric Avery: "I just wanted to let him know that I really respected everything he had done, and that I wasn't in there trying to take his place. We had a really great talk."〔 Despite describing the songs as "really cool," "really heavy," and "Pink Floydish."〔 McKagan departed from Jane's Addiction in September 2010, with Farrell noting, "he didn't like the idea of electronics at all. That was his complaint."〔 Following McKagan's departure, Farrell commented on the band's morale, stating "there was a moment of silence. Everyone had gripes, but at the same time, it was a sad time because we were building something together. It's like a sports team, then one guy gets traded, or retires, or gets injured. But your team has to go on. That's the state we were in." Navarro remarked, "whether he stayed in the band for ten years or five minutes, he kept us in the direction of being productive. At the end of the day, that's really all I can ask for."〔 After considering a number of producers, including Flood,〔 the band subsequently enlisted Rich Costey to produce the new material. Regarding the decision, guitarist Dave Navarro stated: "Rich is great. I worked with him on my solo album, and we have a long-standing, close relationship. I really trust his instincts and his ears. () As it turned out, we all really gelled with Rich. The communication between all of us was there immediately."〔 At the suggestion of Costey, the band continued writing and recording, with TV on the Radio multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek joining the band on bass guitar.〔 Sitek, however, has not joined the band on a permanent basis, with Farrell noting: "He's like a pretty girl that I'm sleeping with but don't have to marry."〔 Initially, both Navarro and Sitek split bass guitar duties during the writing and recording process.〔 Described as "a solidifying element to the line-up," drummer Stephen Perkins remarked that Sitek's involvement "opened up my eyes to a lot of new ideas as a drummer,"〔 and noted that "There is this feeling we can make something ambitious. There is this ambition we have in us to break ground again. We really want to, as artists, move forward. That's an exciting thing, just like in the old days. We want to capture that danger and excitement again, and it's worth taking our time to do that."〔 Navarro later stated, "it's strange to write with a guy who, by all accounts, is a member of the team, yet has very little investment in the project following the release. He worries ''only'' about what we are making; he doesn’t have to tour, answer questions in the press and make this his life for a while. That kind of perspective is both unique, invaluable and hard to come by. He only cares about the music and nothing more, he goes back to TV on the Radio when he finishes working with us."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://davenavarro6767.tumblr.com/post/6351968521/hi-dave-who-will-be-credited-on-bass-for-the-new )〕 Perry Farrell recorded his vocal parts at his home studio, sending audio files, by email, to Navarro, Perkins and Sitek. Regarding this method, Farrell stated: "I am enjoying it. I'm not sure if it's because I've finally gotten old enough to calm down, and just let things kind of unfold or what. In the past, there was a lot more friction."〔 During recording, former bassist Chris Chaney re-joined the band for its live performances, and subsequently began recording bass guitar parts, alongside Sitek, for the forthcoming album. In May 2011, Farrell commented on Chaney's involvement stating: "I have to keep () away from Queen, who want him and they're not gonna' get him unless we're not doing anything. Then they can have him. I'm getting him on the record and then he's gonna' come out with us for eight months."〔 According to Navarro, "There are a few moments on songs that I am playing bass parts, but overall the bass duties are split between Dave Sitek and Chris Chaney, both creative and talented players. Chaney will be touring with us when the tour to support the album begins. He is the only bassist that has recorded a full length album with us, and is truly a member of the Jane's Addiction family, besides Avery, especially on the road. We are certainly lucky to have him."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Great Escape Artist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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