Kettle Whistle is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

, released November 4, 1997 on Warner Bros

Warner Music Group

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. The album was released to coincide with the Jane's Addiction's 1997 "Relapse" tour, and includes new recordings, unreleased demos and live tracks.

Kettle Whistle is the only Jane's Addiction release to feature Flea

Flea (musician)

Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...

 on bass.

The liner notes feature an anecdotal article on the band by Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....

.

Track listing

1. "Kettle Whistle" (New Track) – 7:47
2. "Ocean Size" (Demo 1988) – 4:31
3. "My Cat's Name Is Maceo" (Demo 1987 with Additional Recording 1997) – 4:23
4. "Had A Dad" (Studio Out-take 1988) – 3:45
5. "So What!" (New Track) – 4:41
6. "Jane Says
   Jane Says
   "Jane Says" is a song by alternative rock group Jane's Addiction. It was first released in live format on the group's 1987 live debut album, Jane's Addiction. It was re-recorded in the studio for their first studio album, Nothing's Shocking...
   
   " (Live at Irvine Meadows 1991) – 6:31
7. "Mountain Song
   Mountain Song
   "Mountain Song" is a song by Jane's Addiction released on their 1988 album Nothing's Shocking. The song was also named the 71st best hard rock song of all time by VH1.-Music Video:The music video was shot at the Scream in August 19, 1988...
   
   " (Demo 1986) – 4:08
8. "Slow Divers" (Live at the Roxy 1986 with Additional Recording 1997) – 4:35
9. "Three Days
   Three Days (song)
   "Three Days" is a ten minute, forty-six second song featured on Jane's Addiction's 1990 album, Ritual de lo Habitual. It is a three-part song that meditates on death and rebirth...
   
   " (Live at the Hollywood Palladium 1990) – 12:06
10. "Ain't No Right" (Live at the Hollywood Palladium 1990) – 3:23
11. "Up the Beach" (Live at the Hollywood Palladium 1990) – 3:20
12. "Stop!
    Stop! (Jane's Addiction song)
    "Stop!" is a song by Jane's Addiction released on their 1990 album, Ritual de lo Habitual. It reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for two non-consecutive weeks...
    
    " (Live at the Hollywood Palladium 1990) – 4:23
13. "Been Caught Stealing
    Been Caught Stealing
    "Been Caught Stealing" is a song by Jane's Addiction. The song was released on their 1990 album, Ritual de lo Habitual, and was re-released on their 2006 compilation Up From The Catacombs. The song was Jane's Addiction's biggest hit, spending 4 weeks at #1 on the U.S. modern rock chart.-In popular...
    
    " (Studio out-take 1989) – 4:20
14. "Whores" (Live at the Pyramid in L.A. 1986) – 3:58
15. "City" (Soul Kiss 1988) – 2:30

Track Information

• "Kettle Whistle" was performed by the band in the late eighties, and never recorded. The "Relapse" line-up of the band recorded the song in August of that year at Mount Mehru Studios in Venice, CA. This studio is owned by Farrell and Perkins' former band Porno for Pyros
  Porno for Pyros
  Porno for Pyros was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992, following the initial break-up of Jane's Addiction...
  
  
• The version of "Ocean Size" included on this compilation is a demo the band recorded to show their producing abilities to Warner Bros. The track was recorded at Capitol Records Studios in 1988.
• "My Cat's Name is Maceo" is about Farrell's cat and was recorded in 1987 at Hully Gully Studios in Los Angeles with Maceo Parker guesting on alto sax.
• The version of "Had a Dad" included was originally intended for Nothing's Shocking
  Nothing's Shocking
  Nothing's Shocking is the first studio album by the American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics upon release and is often cited as the band's best album. Despite this, it peaked at number...
  
  but was rejected by Warner Bros.
• "So What!" is a new song recorded by the "Relapse" line-up.
• The live version of "Jane Says" is from the first Lollapalooza
  Lollapalooza
  Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
  
  , which was also the final tour by the band's original lineup.
• The version of "Mountain Song" that appears here originally appeared on the soundtrack for the film Dudes
  Dudes (film)
  -Plot:Two punks from the big city , traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie...
  
   and was used to get the band signed to XXX Records.
• "Slow Divers" was the opening track for the live show which was released as Jane's Addiction
  Jane's Addiction (album)
  Jane's Addiction, also known as Triple-X or XXX by fans, is the debut album by the band Jane's Addiction. It was recorded live at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on January 26, 1987. Overdubs were later recorded at The Edge studio in Los Angeles and added to the album mix. The audience track is...
  
  .
• "City", as it appears on this album, was played only by Farrell and Navarro. According to the liner notes, the other half of the band were lost in traffic at the time.

Personnel

Jane's Addiction:

• Perry Farrell
  Perry Farrell
  Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...
  
   – Lead vocals (all tracks)
• Dave Navarro
  Dave Navarro
  David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
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   (all tracks)
• Eric Avery
  Eric Avery
  Eric Adam Avery is an American musician and is the former bass player for the rock band Jane's Addiction. Avery played in Jane's Addiction initially from 1985 to 1991, and rejoined the band in 2008 before departing again in 2010....
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
• Flea
  Flea (musician)
  Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on 1, 5, 8; Trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   on 5
• Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....
  
   – Drums (all tracks)

Additional musicians

• Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
  
   - Saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  on 3
• Dave Fridmann - Keyboards on 5
• Christine Cagle - Backing vocals on 5

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Billboard Top 200	21
	UK Album Charts	199

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Jane Says"	Modern Rock Tracks	25
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	37
1998	"So What!"	Modern Rock Tracks	22
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	37