Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist

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Album Review

Release date: 18 October 2011

Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist

Album Review: Jane's Addiction - 'The Great Escape Artist'

A pop-wolf in rock-sheep clothing

“ We’ve become a big business ”, crows 52-year-old frontman Perry Farrell in his inimitable way on ‘ Immovable Force ’, and while that might be true of Jane’s Addiction, having only produced their fourth album since 1985, they operate with the sort of diligence exercised by Enron before it went bankrupt. No matter: another long-awaited offering finally drops and it’s wonderfully...

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Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist Lyrics

Jane's Addiction - End To The Lies Lyrics

You sit around there telling stories
Taking chips from old past glories
I had never thought that you'd wake
A single left, choose

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Jane's Addiction - Curiosity Kills Lyrics

What I feel
Is Different than the word love
Love is for fools
What I feel

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Jane's Addiction - Irresistible Force Lyrics

We didn't know that it would blow up
With such might
The stars are even brighter
Contrasted by the night

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Jane's Addiction - I'll Hit You Back Lyrics

Jane's Addiction - I'll Hit You Back
Track 5 from The Great Escape Artist (October 2011)

Next time

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Jane's Addiction - Twisted Tales Lyrics

I had no mother
I felt no trust
No family structure
Yes, I been busted

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Jane's Addiction - Ultimate Reason Lyrics

I had no life, I had no love, I was a bug
I had no mirror, wore dirty clothes over and over
The day I saw her my mind was set

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