'Welcome to Sky Valley' (or to use its lesser-known correct title, 'Kyuss') is perhaps the finest work the American stoner rock outfit ever produced, and certainly one of the defining works of the genre. A little more energetic than its predecessor, this is still predominantly slow and contented music that never sounds so much lazy as under the influence, the tracklist being helpfully divided into three movements to aid comparison.

The first movement (tracks one to three) starts out with the catchy 'Gardenia' before descending into instrumental indulgence with the sometimes blaring, sometimes peaceful and entirely incoherent 'Asteroid,' one of the finest songs here if one of the less instantly accessible. 'Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop' is laid back before the second movement delivers some blaring guitars in '100 Degrees,' Eastern-tinged acoustic plucking in 'Space Cadet' and the throwback piece 'Demon Cleaner' which, like peanut butter, ranges between crunchy and smooth. The third and final movement is the most rocking and energetic of the album, roughly speaking, and this album should be on anyone's essential list of nineties rock.

1. Gardenia
2. Asteroid
3. Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop
4. 100 Degrees
5. Space Cadet
6. Demon Cleaner
7. Odyssey
8. Conan Troutman
9. N.O.
10. Whitewater