Editing Uncle Anesthesia

{{Infobox album
| name         = Uncle Anesthesia
| type         = [[Album]]
| artist       = [[Screaming Trees]]
| cover        = Screaming Trees Uncle Anesthesia.jpg
| alt          = 
| caption      = Original album artwork by [[Mark Ryden]]
| released     = January 29, 1991<ref name=OS/>
| recorded     = June 1990
| venue        = 
| studio       = [[London Bridge Studio|London Bridge]], [[Seattle, Washington]]
| genre        = [[Psychedelic rock]]
| length       = 47:05
| label        = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer     = [[Terry Date]], [[Chris Cornell]]
| prev_title   = [[Something About Today]]
| prev_year    = 1990
| next_title   = [[Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989]]
| next_year    = 1991
}}
'''''Uncle Anesthesia''''' is the fifth studio album by the American band [[Screaming Trees]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Righi |first1=Len |title=A Taste of Mudhoney for Screaming Trees |work=The Morning Call |date=3 May 1991 |page=D1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Caren |title=Forest and Last and Always -- Uncle Anesthesia by Screaming Trees |journal=Melody Maker |date=Jun 20, 1992 |volume=68 |issue=25 |page=31}}</ref> It was released in 1991 via [[Epic Records]].<ref name=OS>{{cite news |last1=Abbott |first1=Jim |title=In the Bin |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=1 Feb 1991 |department=Calendar |page=25}}</ref> It includes three of the four tracks from the band's previous Epic release, ''[[Something About Today]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Screaming Trees |work=The Seattle Times |date=October 12, 1990 |department=Tempo |page=8}}</ref> 

"[[Bed of Roses (Screaming Trees song)|Bed of Roses]]" was released as a single and peaked at No. 23 on the Modern Rock charts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008 |date=2008 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page=222}}</ref> The band supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Das Damen]]; [[Dan Peters]] played drums on much of the tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=John |title=Screaming Trees Growing Tall |work=Vancouver Sun |date=7 Mar 1991 |page=F21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eichenberger |first1=Bill |title=Psychedelia lives |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=April 25, 1991 |department=Weekender |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robins |first1=Wayne |title=Spin on the '70s |work=Newsday |date=10 May 1991 |department=Part II |page=103}}</ref>

==Production==
Recorded at [[London Bridge Studio]], ''Uncle Anesthesia'' was produced primarily by [[Terry Date]] and [[Soundgarden]] vocalist [[Chris Cornell]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phalen |first1=Tom |title=Seattle's Screaming Trees... |work=The Seattle Times |date=January 25, 1991 |department=Tempo |page=8}}</ref><ref name=LA/> Unlike in the past, the band rehearsed for a couple of weeks before recording.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Justin |title=LP Propels Screaming Trees to New Heights |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=April 12, 1991 |department=Weekend |page=114}}</ref> The album took six and a half weeks to record.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menconi |first1=David |title=A Seattle Alternative |work=The News & Observer |date=June 18, 1993 |page=W8}}</ref>

''Uncle Anesthesia'' was the last to feature drumming by original member [[Mark Pickerel]], who left on amicable terms in 1991.<ref name="LA">{{cite news |last1=Penner |first1=John |title=Screaming Trees' Perennial Woes Settle to a Low Hum |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 Mar 1991 |page=F2}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Barrett Martin]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Azerrad |first1=Michael |title=The Lost Boys |journal=Rolling Stone |date=Feb 18, 1993 |issue=650 |pages=15, 25}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( ''Uncle Anesthesia'' > Review )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=uncle-anesthesia-mw0000314091|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Rivadavia, Eduardo|access-date=March 17, 2010}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
|rev2score = B−<ref name="CH">{{cite news |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=Recent Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=17 Feb 1991 |page=F2}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Brackett, Nathan. "Screaming Trees". ''(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide''. November 2004. pg. 721, cited March 17, 2010</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev4score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Screaming Trees|first=Michael|last=Azzerad |author-link=Michael Azzerad|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=343-344}}</ref>
}}
The ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' noted the "strong rockin' guitars with psychedelic undercurrents and the occasional pause for the pensive cause."<ref name=CH/> The ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' wrote that "vocalist Mark Lanegan croons fairy tale lyrics that melt through a sonic wall of guitars and percussion."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Dave |title=The Screaming Trees Uncle Anesthesia |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=22 Feb 1991 |department=Weekend |page=18}}</ref> The ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'' concluded that "if Jim Morrison had joined a garage band instead of the jazz-trained Doors, it might have sounding something like Screaming Trees."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Larsen |first1=Dave |title=Screaming Trees Uncle Anesthesia |work=Dayton Daily News |date=April 19, 1991 |department=Go! |page=14}}</ref>

''[[The Province]]'' opined that "Gary Lee Conner resurrects the guitar sound of Syd Barrett and takes the band toward Interstellar Overdrive."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Tom |title=Screaming Trees: Uncle Anesthesia |work=The Province |date=31 Mar 1991 |location=Entertainment |page=85}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' determined that "Gary Lee Conner can tear off a screeching lead or stomp a wah-wah pedal like any halfway-initiated Black Sabbath disciple, but he's not merely a piledriver; his atmospheric playing on tracks like 'Bed of Roses' give them unexpected delicacy."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Trees' Metal Roots |work=The Washington Post |date=17 May 1991 |page=N21}}</ref> ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]'' stated that "Lanegan's spooky, back-from-the-crypt vocals and Gary Lee Conner's luminous guitars give this album an otherworldly glow."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Karla |title=Seattle slew of sounds has sprung forth |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=April 23, 1992 |department=Entertainment |page=8}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
|headline = ''Uncle Anesthesia'' track listing
| all_writing     = [[Mark Lanegan]] and [[Gary Lee Conner]], except where noted
| title1          = Beyond This Horizon
| length1         = 4:13
| title2          = [[Bed of Roses (Screaming Trees song)|Bed of Roses]]
| writer2         = Lanegan, G. Conner, [[Van Conner]]
| length2         = 3:02
| title3          = Uncle Anesthesia
| writer3         = Lanegan, G. Conner, V. Conner
| length3         = 3:52
| title4          = Story of Her Fate
| length4         = 1:41
| title5          = Caught Between
| writer5         = Lanegan, G. Conner, V. Conner
| length5         = 5:03
| title6          = Lay Your Head Down
| length6         = 3:32
| title7          = Before We Arise
| length7         = 2:26
| title8          = Something About Today
| length8         = 3:02
| title9          = Alice Said
| length9         = 4:11
| title10         = Time for Light
| length10        = 3:50
| title11         = Disappearing
| length11        = 3:12
| title12         = Ocean of Confusion
| length12        = 3:05
| title13         = Closer
| length13        = 5:48
| total_length    = 47:05
}}

==Personnel==
; Screaming Trees
* [[Mark Lanegan]] – vocals
* [[Gary Lee Conner]] – guitar, backing vocals
* [[Van Conner]] – bass, backing vocals
* [[Mark Pickerel]] – percussion, drums

; Additional musicians
* [[Chris Cornell]] – producer, recorder ("Lay Your Head Down"), backing Vocals ("Alice Said," "Uncle Anesthesia," "Before We Arise")
* [[Terry Date]] – backing vocals, producer, engineer
* Scott Miller – backing vocals
* Terry Pickerel – percussion
* Jeff McGraph – trumpet

; Additional personnel
* David Coleman – art direction
* Karen Mason – photography
* [[Mark Ryden]] – artwork
* Screaming Trees – producer

==Charts==
'''Singles''' - ''Billboard'' (North America)
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1991
|"Bed of Roses"
|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="center"|23
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Screaming Trees albums]]
[[Category:1991 albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Chris Cornell]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Terry Date]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Mark Ryden]]