Led by former Carcass and ongoing Arch Enemy member Michael Amott's fuzzed-out guitar riffs, the Spiritual Beggars never let up on Another Way to Shine, one of the best stoner coming-out parties of the '90s.
Kicking off the debut in typically energetic fashion, "Magic Spell" blasts the top off of Another Way to Shine, setting a high standard for the following eight tracks.
All comparisons and genre-tagging aside, this track just plain rocks.
Music so accomplished paradoxically solicits the simplest of descriptions, so there's no sense complicating descriptions of this stoner gem with obvious comparisons and inadequate adjectives.
Suffice to say that fans of the genre will love the more energetic entries and appreciate all of Another Way to Shine.
There is some lumbering, relatively dull material toward the record's finish, but second-rate offerings from Amott and company easily surpass most records dished out during later waves of stoner rock.
Highly recommended.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magic SpellSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Blind MountainMichael Amott, Spiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Misty ValleySpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 06:47 | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| 4 | Picking from the BoxSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | Nowhere to GoSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 06:23 | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| 6 | Entering into PeaceMichael Amott, Spiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | Sour StainsSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | Another Way to ShineSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Past the Sound of WhispersSpiritual Beggars | Spiritual Beggars | Play | 05:57 | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| 50 mins | 114 MB | |||||
| 50 mins | 318 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Amott | Composer, Design, Group Member, Guitar, Layout Design |
| 2 | Björn Engelmann | Mastering |
| 3 | Göran Finnberg | Remastering |
| 4 | Spiritual Beggars | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Ludwig Witt | Drums, Group Member, Percussion |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |