<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T - Shirt (1994) </Td> <Td> Smile from the Streets You Hold (1997) Smile from the Streets You Hold 1997 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T - Shirt (1994) </Td> <Td> Smile from the Streets You Hold (1997) Smile from the Streets You Hold 1997 </Td> </Tr> <P> Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T - Shirt is the debut solo album by John Frusciante, released on November 22, 1994, on American Recordings . Frusciante released the album after encouragement from several friends, who told him that there was "no good music around anymore ." </P> <P> Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T - Shirt combines avant - garde and stream - of - consciousness styles, with guitar, piano and various effects on a four - track recorder . The album's first half, Niandra Lades, was recorded before Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992; during the recording of Blood Sugar Sex Magik . The second half, Usually Just a T - Shirt, was recorded while the band was on tour in the months leading up to Frusciante's departure . Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T - Shirt sold poorly upon its release in 1994, and was taken off the market, only to be re-released in 1999 . </P>

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