{"product_id":"sublime-icon-blue","title":"Sublime - Icon [Blue]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSublime's Icon squeezes the Long Beach trio's sun-bleached chaos onto a single blue LP, a primer drawn from the three albums that made their name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradley Nowell, Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh never fit neatly into any one scene. They mixed punk energy, dub basslines, ska upstrokes and hip-hop sampling into something that sounded like a backyard party running long past midnight, and Southern California has been humming it ever since. Nowell's death in 1996, just months before their self-titled album broke them worldwide, froze the band in amber and only deepened the affection for these songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selection leans on the essentials. \"Santeria\" remains the definitive slow-burn singalong, a lilting reggae groove wrapped around a revenge fantasy, while \"What I Got\" turns a borrowed lyric and an acoustic strum into pure laid-back philosophy. \"Badfish\" shows their tender side, drifting along on a melancholy skank, and \"Date Rape\" pairs a bouncy ska rhythm with a pointed cautionary tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree decades on, these songs still sound like the best day of summer, sun on the dashboard and the windows rolled all the way down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePressed on blue vinyl, it looks right at home next to a beach towel and a stack of worn-out skate magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57165860077873,"sku":"602507202330","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Sublime-Icon_Blue.jpg?v=1793351623","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/sublime-icon-blue","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}