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Stain is Living Colour's 3rd studio album, released in 1993.
As you may well know, Living Colour's whole aspect of music was to combine the elements of jazz and funk, and combine them with heavy metal. So it's safe to say they are an experimental band. The lyrics have the usual tone of being related to world problems, such as racism, homophobia, child soldiers, etc. The songs usually have some sort of a radio sample of someone talking about these topics. Usually rather indistinct behind the music, they are rarely important to the song in any way. Just like Vivid or Time's Up, Stain has a mix of heavy and....I don't really know. Songs like 'Nothingness', 'Bi', and 'Ignorance is Bliss' aren't exactly slow songs, because they still have heavy guitar vibes. However, they didn't do them exactly right, making for one of the very few problems. Songs that are just weird are on Stain too, such as 'Hemp' (the opening to the last song on the album, 'Wall'.), and 'WTFF'. Although these tracks are not necessarily enjoyable, they don't make for a con on the album due to their paucity and general lack of bearing on the more quality songs.
To end on a good note, we still have the unforgivingly heavy songs, such as 'Go Away', 'Never Satisfied', 'Postman', and 'Wall'. These songs, although slightly degrading due to sudden lapses of the ability to keep up with themselves, still give us these good heavy metal vibes.
Overall, Stain is definitely able to keep up with Living Colour's other albums, and makes for a great listen.