Volumes 1 & 2 is the first full length album by The Desert Sessions

The Desert Sessions

The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jeordie White The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jeordie White The Desert Sessions are...

. It features the seven tracks found on the original 10 inch singles, plus three bonus tracks.

This album differs from subsequent collaborative Desert Sessions in that it was recorded solely by Josh Homme's band The Acquitted Felons playing for three days straight on psilocybin mushrooms.

Track listing

1. "Preaching" * - 0:44
2. "Girl Boy Tom" * - 4:25
3. "Monkey in the Middle" - 2:47
4. "Girl Boy Tom" - 2:52
5. "Cowards Way Out" - 5:36
6. "Robotic Lunch" (Alternative Version) - 5:22
7. "Johnny the Boy" - 4:32
8. "Screamin' Eagle" - 3:36
9. "Cake (Who Shit on the ?)" - 9:03
10. "Man's Ruin Preach" * - 0:50

Tracks marked with a * are CD only bonus tracks and do not appear on the individual vinyl versions.


The two "Girl Boy Tom" tracks are actually part of a single song. "Monkey in the Middle" is crammed between the two tracks with a fade out from "Girl Boy Tom" and fade back into "Girl Boy Tom". Thus the title "Monkey in the Middle" is a sort of play on titles, being the monkey in the middle.

Personnel

• Josh Homme: vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass
• John McBain
  John McBain (musician)
  John Paul McBain was a guitarist for Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy, his solo work, and has contributed to The Desert Sessions...
  
  : guitar, keyboards
• Fred Drake
  Fred Drake
  Fred Drake was an American musician best known as a founding member of earthlings?. Drake is also renowned for having been co-owner of Rancho De La Luna, the setting for the collaborative musical project The Desert Sessions, in which he took part.Fred recorded with a wide variety of musicians...
  
  : guitar, drums, keyboards
• Dave Catching: guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion
• Ben Shepherd
  Ben Shepherd
  Ben Shepherd is an American musician, two-time Grammy Award Winner best known for playing bass in the grunge band Soundgarden from 1990 until the band's 1997 break-up...
  
  : bass
• Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...
  
  : drums, bass, percussion
• Alfredo Hernández
  Alfredo Hernandez
  Alfredo Hernández is an American drummer best known as a member of desert rock bands Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork and the Bros and Yawning Man. He is jazz trained.- Career :...
  
  : drums
• Pete Stahl: vocals