The Brian Jonestown Massacre : Their Satanic Majesties΄ Second Request 1996

The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American musical project and band led by Anton Newcombe. It was formed in San Francisco in 1990.

The group was the subject of the 2004 documentary film Dig!, and have gained media notoriety for their tumultuous working relationships as well as the erratic behavior of Newcombe.The collective has released seventeen albums, five compilation albums, five live albums, thirteen EPs, sixteen singles as well as two various-artist compilation albums to date.

The bandname is a portmanteau of deceased Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones and the 1978 Jonestown Massacre.

Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is the fourth studio album by American psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It was released on June 18, 1996 by record label Tangible and distributed by Bomp! Records, and is the second of three full-length albums released by the band that year.

The album's title and music is influenced by The Rolling Stones' 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request reveals vast experimentation with Indian drones, sitars, mellotrons, farfisas, didgeridoos, tablas, congas, and glockenspiels. Following in the footsteps of Keith Richards and Brian Jones, BJM capture and explore the psychedelic rock sound of the late 1960s.

The opening track, All Around You (Intro), pays tribute to the showmanship of the Stones, calling one and all to the psychedelic trip that they are about to experience.

Opening with the brilliant "All Around You (Intro)," a tongue-in-cheek guide to the mind-altering journey ahead, the record is a kaleidoscopic, drug-fueled freakout -- like the Stones' namesake album, Second Request is painted by Eastern drones and psychedelic tangents, each track bubbling with dozens of sound effects including sitars, mellotrons, farfisas, didgeridoos, tablas, congas, and glockenspiels.

Travelling through the past, darkly, the Massacre arrives on the other side unscathed; their music is too rich to be merely retro, and too knowing to be merely slavish -- the Stones themselves haven't made a record this strong or entertaining in years.

The song "Donovan Said" is itself a tribute to Donovan's "The Fat Angel", mimicking the vocal patterns of the verse at about a 3/4's of the speed.

TRACKS

01. All Around You (Intro)     5:35
02. Cold To The Touch     3:32
03. Donovan Said     4:42
04. In India You     3:40
05. No Come Down     5:48
06. (Around You) Everywhere     0:56
07. Jesus     6:30
08. Before You     1:59
09. Miss June 75     7:33
10. Anenome     5:34
11. Baby (Prepraise)     0:30
12. Feelers     5:27
13. Bad Baby     0:24
14. Cause, I Lover     7:28
15. (Baby) Love Of My Life     1:06
16. Slowdown (Fuck Tomorrow)     3:42
17. Here It Comes     3:04
18. All Around You (Outro)     4:48

Personnel

    Anton Newcombe – guitar, sitar, organ, vocals
    Jeff Davies – guitar
    Matt Hollywood – bass, guitar, vocals, backing vocals
    Dean Taylor – guitar
    Joel Gion – percussion
    Brian Glaze – drums
    Mara Keagle – guitar, percussion, vocals ("Anemone"), backing vocals

The liner notes also contain a list of instruments appearing on the album:

"Αcoustic guitar, sitar, clavs, mellotron, tambora, echoplex-feedback-generator, electric guitar, dumbek, tablas, flute, farfisa, recorder, tape loops, drums, acoustic bass, shinni, chanter, didgeridoo, vox jaguar, French horn, viola, tuba, SMS serge, 12-string electric guitar, harmonium, tambourines, cabasa, conga, jimbe, accordion, celeste, glockenspiel, bells, fish, piano, hammond, cello, wolf horn, maracas, weird-fucking-Chinese-shit, tyco drum, vibes, woodwinds and other top secret crap."

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