Sick (Loaded album)
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| Studio album by Loaded | ||||
| Released | March 30, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | June 4–18, 2008 at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, Washington | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, hard rock, punk rock | |||
| Length | 49:50 | |||
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Century Media Eagle Rock Entertainment (reissue) |
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| Producer | Martin Feveyear | |||
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2011 CD+DVD Edition
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| Billboard | (positive) |
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| The Boston Globe | (favourable) |
| Exclaim! | (negative) |
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| Ultimate Guitar Archive | (7.7/10) |
Sick is the second studio album by American rock band Loaded. It is their first album since reforming after they went on hiatus in 2002. It was recorded and produced by Martin Feveyear at Jupiter Studios in Seattle, Washington, and was released on March 30, 2009 in Europe and April 7 in the US, through Century Media Records. Writing for the album began in 2008 when vocalist Scott Weiland departed Duff McKagan's other band, Velvet Revolver, in April of the same year. Recording for the follow-up to their 2001 debut album Dark Days began and was completed in June 2008.
Following the release of the album, Loaded went on to promote it for over half a year; releasing one single, "Flatline", and touring in several regions, including the United States, South America and several countries in Europe as well as playing at several music festivals. The album received generally positive reviews, many of which made some comparisons to McKagan's former band, Guns N' Roses.
When singer and guitarist Duff McKagan began working on a new project with his former Guns N' Roses band mates Slash and Matt Sorum in 2002, he effectively put Loaded on hiatus the same year. Adding former Loaded guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland to the lineup, they formed the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver in 2003. They released their debut album, Contraband, in 2004 and the follow-up, Libertad, in 2007. Loaded reunited in 2006 to perform a benefit show for Jerry Allen's Cancer Fund and continued to play shows on occasion. Knowing that Velvet Revolver's tour was ending, McKagan announced that Loaded were working on a new album.
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