Bloodletting (Twentieth Anniversary Edition)

Bloodletting, Concrete Blonde's third album, gave the band their first mainstream hit ("Joey"), making them one of the most popular alternative rock bands of the early '90s. Featuring guests such as Steve Wynn, Bloodletting was a gothic tapestry of danger, vampires, alcoholism and passion. Shout! Factory's reissue of this album is the first time it has ever been re-mastered. Along with the original album, this disc features long out-of-print B-sides like "I Want You" (the B-Side for "Joey"), and a previously unreleased French language version of the title track; along with a twelve page booklet with lyrics, a new essay and rare photos. Born out of the early 1980s Los Angeles post-punk scene along with bands such as X, Wall of Voodoo and the Go-Gos, Concrete Blonde got their start as Dream 6 and signed with IRS Records, where labelmate Michael Stipe of R.E.M. suggested they change their name to Concrete Blonde. Their eponymous debut album came out in 1987, and was followed by Free (1989), which spawned the college radio hit "God Is a Bullet."