Music
The album is roughly broken into two parts. Tracks 1–5 consist of unrelated hard rock style songs. The cassette tape of this album has about ten minutes of silence on side "A". Tracks 6–9, as a whole are in memoriam of singer Perry Farrell's deceased friend known as Xiola Blue, who died of a heroin-overdose in 1987 at the age of 19 ("Then She Did" also chronicles Farrell's mother's suicide when he was 4 years old). "Three Days" and "Then She Did," in particular, have a heavy progressive rock influence, while "Of Course" carries a heavy Eastern-influence, with a prominent violin throughout.
The intro segment of "Ain't No Right" features Perry Farrell singing excerpts from the song "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, which Farrell eventually slurs into an angry rant. At this point, the intro ends and Ain't No Right begins.
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