Luscious Jackson’s Fever In Fever Out is back on vinyl. An expanded 30th anniversary edition of the New York band’s 1996 album is out now through Capitol Record Club. It is pressed on red and blue double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies.
The fourth side is all bonus material: seven live recordings, acoustic versions, and outtakes. Some came from the Capitol archive. Others came from a pile of cassettes Jill Cunniff had kept from the sessions. In a newsletter to fans, the band said Cunniff bought a refurbished Walkman to listen through the tapes, then voted with Kate Schellenbach and Gabby Glaser on what made the cut.
The find is “Lost In A Crowd,” a previously unreleased song with music by Glaser and lyrics and lead vocals by Vivian Trimble, the band’s keyboardist. The band lost Trimble in April 2023 to complications from cancer. They wrote that they were “happy to pay tribute to our beautiful Viv.”
Side D also has an acoustic “Naked Eye” recorded for WHFS, the defunct Washington, D.C. alternative station. It adds live versions of “Love That’s Real” and “One Thing,” an acoustic “Why Do I Lie?,” and the original version of “Roses Fade.” “Water Your Garden (14th Street)” is an alternate mix the band describes as house music crossed with Brazilian pop.
Released in October 1996 on Grand Royal/Capitol, Fever In Fever Out paired Luscious Jackson with producer Daniel Lanois, who recorded them in New Orleans. Emmylou Harris and N’Dea Davenport of The Brand New Heavies sang backing vocals. The band took “Naked Eye” to No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The sleeve includes unseen photos from Les Guzman’s album shoot and from the band’s own collections. Capitol is also selling a two-sided T-shirt with imagery from the “Naked Eye” video.
The reissue follows last year’s vinyl edition of the band’s 1994 debut Natural Ingredients.
Fever In Fever Out 30th anniversary edition tracklist
Side A
1. “Naked Eye”
2. “Don’t Look Back”
3. “Door Sound”
4. “Mood Swing”
5. “Under Your Skin”
Side B
1. “Electric”
2. “Take A Ride”
3. “Water Your Garden”
Side C
1. “Soothe Yourself”
2. “Why Do I Lie?”
3. “One Thing”
4. “Parade”
5. “Faith”
6. “Stardust”
Side D
1. “Love That’s Real (Live)”
2. “One Thing (Live)”
3. “Naked Eye (Acoustic)”
4. “Why Do I Lie? (Acoustic)”
5. “Lost In A Crowd”
6. “Water Your Garden (14th Street)”
7. “Roses Fade (Original Version)”