311: Transistor Vinyl 2LP

311’s fourth full length is back on vinyl! 1997’s Transistor found the LA-by-way-of-Omaha band shifting gears aesthetically by turning down the rapping and expandinginto realmsof reggae-rock fusion. At 21 tracks (clocking in at over an hour), this is easily the band’s longest effort to date, and features the hits “Beautiful Disaster,” “Transistor,” “Prisoner,” and “Stealing Happy Hours.” Official 2017 reissue on Volcano, housed in gatefold sleeve with original picture cover.

• gatefold sleeve
• music label: Volcano 2017

reviewed by Bo Linas 02/2017