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Trust No One (Dave Navarro album)

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Released
  
June 19, 2001

Trust No One (2001)
  
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Release date
  
19 June 2001

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Length
  
44:54

Artist
  
Dave Navarro

Label
  
CAPITOL RECORDS

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Recorded
  
c. 1999 Mad Hatter Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders, NRG Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Media Vortex (Burbank, California) Southern Tracks (Atlanta, Georgia)

Producers
  
Rich Costey, Dave Navarro, DJ Nu-Mark, Danny Saber

Similar
  
Dave Navarro albums, Alternative rock albums

Trust No One is the debut solo album by Jane's Addiction and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, released on June 19, 2001 on Capitol.

Contents

In 2009, Navarro stated: "I did a solo record [Trust No One] where I did everything and toured, and as great as an experience as that was, it’s not what I want to do full time. It’s a mind fuck. I don’t dig it. It’s something I do once in a while and I certainly intend to do it again, but I’m much better suited to be part of an ensemble."

Background and release

Originally, Navarro had recorded an album in 1998, under the moniker "Spread". After finding out the name was in use by another band, he decided to release it under his own name, playing the majority of instruments in the recording process.

The style and theme of the album are very dark, revolving around the events taking place within Navarro's life at the time. Many songs talk about the growing loneliness in the rock star's lifestyle and the messy divorce he had experienced.

Drummer Matt Chamberlain, plays on most songs except "Very Little Daylight" and parts of "Sunny Day", with drums by Roy Mayorga of Stone Sour, and "Not for Nothing", with drums by Navarro's former Jane's Addiction bandmate Stephen Perkins.

"Everything" contains a sample of "The Sporting Life" by Diamanda Galás and John Paul Jones, from the album of the same name.

The opening track, "Rexall" was album's first single, which included a music video directed by Honey. It was named after a drugstore in Los Angeles where his parents met. This was followed by a second single and video, "Hungry", which starred Carmen Electra and was directed by Chris Robinson. Both tracks found moderate success upon release; however, the video for "Rexall" was pulled from airplay after the September 11 attacks, due to depictions of towers falling in a city.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Navarro, unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Rexall" - 3:58
  2. "Hungry" - 3:33
  3. "Sunny Day" - 4:46
  4. "Mourning Son" - 4:03
  5. "Everything" - 4:31
  6. "Not for Nothing" - 5:28
  7. "Avoiding the Angel" - 4:26
  8. "Very Little Daylight" - 4:11
  9. "Venus in Furs" (Lou Reed) - 4:29
  10. "Slow Motion Sickness" - 5:29

B-sides

  1. "Easy Girl" - 5:09
  2. "Somebody Else" - 3:35
  3. "The Bed" (Lou Reed) - 4:26

Personnel

Musicians

  • Dave Navarro - lead vocals, acoustic and guitars, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, sampling
  • Matt Chamberlain - drums on "Rexall", "Hungry", "Sunny Day" (verses and chorus), "Mourning Son", "Everything", "Not for Nothing", "Avoiding the Angel", "Very Little Daylight" and "Slow Motion Sickness"
  • Rich Costey - programming, production, additional guitar on "Rexall" and "Hungry", synth programming on "Sunny Day", chorus guitar on "Everything", vibraphone on "Very Little Daylight"
  • Mike Elizondo - bass on "Rexall"
  • Roy Mayorga - drums on "Sunny Day" (bridge and outro) and "Very Little Daylight", percussion on "Venus In Furs" and "Sunny Day"
  • Holly Palmer - vocals on "Hungry"
  • DJ Numark - additional production and drum programming on "Sunny Day"
  • Jon Brion - intro voice and slide bass on "Mourning Son", additional guitar and ring modulator guitar on "Very Little Daylight"
  • Pinky Villandry - backing vocals on "Mourning Son"
  • Eugene - strings on "Everything"
  • Twiggy Ramirez - bass on "Everything"
  • Stephen Perkins - drums on "Not for Nothing"
  • Monet Mazur - background scream on "Not for Nothing"
  • Danny Saber - additional production, programming, bass on "Venus in Furs"
  • Brendan O'Brien - bass and keyboards on "Slow Motion Sickness"

    • Production

  • Produced by Rich Costey and Dave Navarro
  • "Rexall" co-produced by Rich Costey and Andrew Slater
  • Andrew Slater - executive producer
  • Brendan O'Brien - mixer on "Hungry", "Mourning Son", "Everything", "Not for Nothing", "Avoiding the Angel", "Slow Motion Sickness"
  • Rich Costey - mixer on "Rexall", "Sunny Day", "Very Little Daylight", "Venus in Furs"
  • Jimmy Boyle - engineer and production
  • Dale Lawton - assistant engineer (Mad Hatter)
  • Geoff Walcha - assistant engineer (Sunset Sound)
  • Ryan Williams - assistant engineer (Southern Tracks)
  • Dave Ahlert - assistant engineer (Media Vortex)
  • Steve Mixdorf - assistant engineer (NRG)
  • Mark Plati, Dave Schiffman, Danny Saber - additional engineering
  • Mastered by Eddy Schreyer and Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering

    • Songs

    1Rexall3:58
    2Hungry3:34
    3Sunny Day4:46

    References

    Trust No One (Dave Navarro album) Wikipedia
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