Last Words: The Final Recordings is the eighth and final studio album by the American rock band the Screaming Trees.[5] The album itself was recorded two years after their album Dust. Shortly after Dust was released, Epic Records decided to drop the band. However, in the years of 1998 and 1999, the band recorded the album in Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard's studio. Due to the band's break-up in 2000, and Mark Lanegan's refusal to perform with the band, the album wasn't released for twelve years until drummer Barrett Martin released it on his own label, Sunyata Records. The album received mixed reviews.[1][4][3]

Last Words: The Final Recordings
Studio album by Screaming Trees
Released	August 2, 2011
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Grunge, alternative rock
Length	38:44
Label	Sunyata Productions
Producer	Barrett Martin
Screaming Trees chronology
Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1990–1996 (2005) Last Words: The Final Recordings (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	B[2]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[3]
Pitchfork Media	5.7/10[4]

Track listing

Personnel

Screaming Trees

• Mark Lanegan — lead vocals
• Gary Lee Conner — lead guitar, piano, clavinet, backing vocals
• Van Conner — bass guitar, backing vocals
• Barrett Martin — drums, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone, percussion

Additional musicians

• Peter Buck – guitars
• Josh Homme – guitar on "Crawlspace"

References