A 1999 reissue added extra tracks, including “Date Rap,” “All You Need,” “Lincoln Highway Dub,” “Rivers of Babylon,” and alternate versions of “Doin’ Time” and “What I Got.”
In 2006, a deluxe edition of the album restored the album’s original track listing, as it was set before Nowell’s death, and added a second disc of bonus material.
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Sublime
Sublime
Review:
“Sublime’s eponymous major-label debut arrived a few months after the band’s leader, Brad Nowell, died tragically of a heroin overdose. As a show of sympathy, the album tended to be slightly overrated in some critical quarters, who claimed that Nowell was an exceptionally gifted lyricist and musical hybridist, but Sublime doesn’t quite support those claims. The trio does have a surprising grace in its unabashedly traditionalist fusion of Californian hardcore punk, light hip-hop, and reggae. Switching between bracing hardcore and slow, sexy reggae numbers, Sublime display supple, muscular versatility and, on occasion, a gift for ingratiatingly catchy hooks, as on the hit single What I Got.” STE
“What they don't have is the vision – either lyrical or musical – to maintain interest throughout the course of the entire album. Sublime sags when the band delves too deeply into their dub aspirations or when their lyrics slide into smirking humor. The low moments don’t arrive that often – by and large, the album is quite engaging – but they happen frequently enough to make the record a demonstration of the band’s blossoming ability, but not the fulfillment of their full potential. Of course, Nowell’s death gives the record a certain pathos, but that doesn’t make the album any stronger.” STE
5.0
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5.0
