Jane's Addiction (album)

Jane's Addiction
Live album by Jane's Addiction
Released May 15, 1987 (vinyl) and September 20, 1987 (CD).
Recorded 1987 at The Edge Studio in Los Angeles, California
January 26, 1987 at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California
Genre Alternative metal, alternative rock
Length 46:31
Label Triple X
Producer Mark Linett and Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction chronology
Jane's Addiction
(1987)
Nothing's Shocking
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars [2]

Jane's Addiction, also known as Triple-X or XXX, is the debut album by Jane's Addiction. The band opted to record their debut album live in an attempt to better capture the energy they were known for. The album was recorded live at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on January 26, 1987, with some light overdubs and corrections added at The Edge studio in Los Angeles, including an audience applause dub from a Los Lobos concert.[3]

The album included two cover songs: "Rock & Roll" by The Velvet Underground, and "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, although the latter was titled "Sympathy" on the album.

The songs "Jane Says" and "Pigs in Zen" were both re-recorded in 1988 and released on Nothing's Shocking, the band's major label debut. "Whores" and "Chip Away" were re-recorded in 2009 by the reunited Jane's Addiction for release on the NINJA EP, a collaboration with Nine Inch Nails to help promote the joint NINJA tour.

The very first CD pressing of the album contains a typo in the track list on the disc itself; "Pigs in Zen" is listed as "Pigs in Ten." This typo was corrected on all subsequent pressings.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins, except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Trip Away"     3:34
2. "Whores"     4:04
3. "Pigs in Zen"     4:54
4. "1%"     3:31
5. "I Would For You"     3:52
6. "My Time"     3:32
7. "Jane Says"     4:52
8. "Rock & Roll" (Velvet Underground cover) Lou Reed 4:03
9. "Sympathy" (Rolling Stones cover) Keith Richards, Mick Jagger 5:25
10. "Chip Away"     2:43
Total length:
46:31
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Personnel

Jane's Addiction
Recording personnel
  • Mark Linett – production
  • Patrick von Wiegandt – recording engineer
  • Eddy Schreyer – recording engineer
Additional personnel
  • Karyn Cantor – photography[4]
  • Perry Farrell – artwork
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