Bullet proff Records pressing. "Plastic Green Head" is prime stuff. While Eric Wagner's occasionally screechy vocals are an acquired taste, the superheavy gothic guitar riffage takes no getting used to. Trouble may have gone through their share of bassists and drummers, but the guitar duo of Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin has remained intact and churning out some seriously damaging sludge since their self-titled Metal Blade debut back in 1984. Trouble does the midtempo throb grooves as well as Corrosion of Conformity or Monster Magnet, but they're versatile enough to pick up the pace when necessary. They even include covers of Carole King's "Porpoise Song" and the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" that suitably honor the original versions--though the heavy-handed psychedelic flair is pure Trouble.
01 Plastic Green Head 3:35 02 The Eye 4:20 03 Flowers 4:20 04 The Porpoise Song 4:43 05 Opium-eater 4:25 06 Hear The Earth 3:59 07 Another Day 4:54 08 Requiem 4:55 09 Below Me 2:44 10 Long Shadows Fall 3:39 11 Tomorrow Never Knows 5:23