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Not a bad listen. Had my head bobbin a few times. Classic 90s sound.
every good girl (daphne) too
I saw Mudhoney once, opening for Pearl Jam the day we first heard the news about Kurt Cobain. The weeks before, I was listening to the Five Dollar EP on repeat, still along with Pieces of Cake, my favorite of theirs. It's certainly dated but still fun.
Never heard of Mudhoney, only the big grunge bands. Nice to hear another one. Cool punky rock, jammin stuff. Love the harmonica!
I prefer their album Superfuzz Bigmuff for the obvious reason, but I was a grunge kid of the early 90s who found the alternative sound from genres like Punk, Grunge, Shoegaze, etc... very appealing as it was so different from the mainstream music of the 80s. These guys are a prime example of the Seattle grunge scene and i like it. Thorn is good song, too bad the album started off bad, 4 stars.
This is a fun and noisy album. Mixing on it is kind of weird; looks like it was all done with a cheap tape 8-track. But overall, a fun album I would definitely listen to again. 4/5
Last album! And it's a great last album. I've never listened to this one, and it is really good. It has a nice loose energy like they're barely containing it. The recording sounds good too, even with the fully-panned instruments in some cases. I am glad that this was what we ended on, and not like... Woodface by Crowded House... 4/5
Noisy but decent
Standouts: Thorn - I'm such a sucker for fuzzy bass lines Broken Hands ⭐- great stuff all around here some good stuff on here! - fuzzy raw guitar with a bunch of distortion (ik its due to recording equipment but they made it work really well) - an acceptable amount of feedback (not enough!) - after so much bob dylan it's nice to have a harmonica that isn't destroying my ears. also it's a interesting instrument for the genre. I don't think it works particularly well but I appreciate the experimentation I'm normally not a fan of short songs but they suit this album, each song has a good idea and it completes the vision and moves on, no complaints there. Good variety of songs from punchy to slow High 3 bumped up to a 4 by the awesome album cover
Solid. Probably a 3 really but I like their style so bumping it.
3.5 stars. Rowdy/raw punk-twinged early grunge with heavily distorted guitars and Alice In Chains-esque drawn out vocals. Enough hooks to make it a good listen though. Standouts are "Good Enough", "Into The Drink", and "Shoot The Moon".
I really regret not diving into Mudhoney's discography at the time. Listening to it for the first time now doesn't have the same impact as it would have back then. I still like the album a lot. The songs are more "hooky" than on Superfuzz/Bigmuff and there's a great variety in the songs. It lacks the X-factor that made Nevermind a classic, though. Well, maybe if I'd started listening to them in the 90's
Never been a huge grunge guy but respect these guys for being the OGs. I am not sure there would be a Nirvana if there wasn't first a Mudhoney.
Album Review 096 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney (1991) Rating 4/5 If and when I want to listen to “grunge”, Mudhoney (after Nirvana) are my go-to. To me, EGBDF is the essence of the grunge sound; none of your over-polished Pearl Jam or your woe-is-me-I’m-so-sad Alice in Chains, this 14 rapid-fire tracks of sludgy, fuzzy chaos in the mold of the Stooges.
Lots of fuzz and stuff. A fun 90’s alternative album.
BITD this one was kind of a come-down after the 1st album and the Superfuzz Bigmuff/Singles CD. But even then, I loved the sneering Mudhoney classics like "Into the Drink" and the instrumentals like "Fuzz Gun '91" were my favorite grunge treats. By the way, Steve Turner's acoustic leads (and the dual solo) over top of the fuzzed-out classic Mudhoney riffs in "Into the Drink" is an unappreciated sign of how clever and musical Mudhoney's garage rock gets. Nevermind hadn't even dropped and here's them ironizing grunge expectations. Seems better and more consistent to my ears now than it did then. Yeah, this is top notch grunge-era rock, a 4.5/5, though I'm rounding down. Does it belong on this list? I'd argue in favor of including the eponymous first album as a better, more important album. This belongs, though.
Слышал про них, но не слушал от них ничего. Вполне годный гранж-альбон. Не nevermind конечно, но вполне
Released in July 1991—mere weeks before Nirvana's *Nevermind* would detonate the grunge explosion—**Mudhoney's *Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge*** stands as both a commercial lifeline for Sub Pop Records and a defiant artistic statement. While the world was just discovering Seattle's "sound," Mudhoney was already bored with it, deliberately stepping away from the heaviness that defined their earlier work to create something scrappier, more playful, and ultimately more enduring. --- ## **Recording & Production** The album's creation story reveals a band actively sabotaging commercial polish. After initial sessions at Music Source Studio with a 24-track board yielded results that guitarist Steve Turner found "a little too fancy, too clean," Mudhoney retreated to Conrad Uno's basement **Egg Studio**—a space soundproofed with egg cartons and equipped with a vintage 1960s 8-track Spectra Sonics console originally built for Stax Records in Memphis . This deliberate lo-fi approach was ideological. The band recorded on **low-quality tape via the 8-track desk**, producing what *Trouser Press* described as "dry" production that "sharpens Mudhoney's garage-rock edge" . The result is intentionally raw—microphone feedback bleeds into tracks, vocals are fuzzed-out, and the overall aesthetic rejects the arena-ready sheen that would soon define grunge's major-label era. As one reviewer noted, the album "flew against the expectation" of radio-friendly production, choosing instead to "sound like 'Touch Me, I'm Sick' once again" . The album title itself emerged from musical ignorance: Mark Arm couldn't remember his tuning notes, and Turner recalled the mnemonic "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" (EGBDF)—which turned out to be "a terrible tuning" that even Sonic Youth wouldn't use . --- ## **Musical Style & Composition** *Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge* represents Mudhoney's **expansion beyond grunge orthodoxy**. While their debut EP *Superfuzz Bigmuff* and self-titled first album established the template for Seattle heaviness, this sophomore effort deliberately diversified their palette: - **Garage Punk Foundations**: The band leaned into their love of '60s Pacific Northwest garage rock (The Sonics, The Lollipop Shoppe) and '80s hardcore punk, creating shorter, faster songs with "shouty repetitive choruses" - **Psychedelic Textures**: Influences from Spacemen 3, Hawkwind, and Neil Young emerge in extended passages of drone and feedback, particularly on the six-minute epic "Broken Hands" - **Blues Deconstruction**: Tracks like "Let It Slide" employ "second-hand blues progressions" filtered through punk aggression, with harmonica adding unexpected texture - **Dynamic Range**: The sequencing deliberately contrasts blistering punk rockers ("Thorn," "Shoot The Moon," "Pokin' Around") with slower, atmospheric pieces, following the Stooges' *Fun House* template of placing the "slow song" at the end of side one Steve Turner cited this as his **favorite Mudhoney album as a whole**, noting the "revitalized sense of hooks" that connected the band "more directly back to '60s garage" while maintaining their chaotic energy . --- ## **Lyrical Themes** Mark Arm's lyrics on *Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge* operate in a register of **sardonic humor and existential gloom**, often simultaneously. The album captures a band aware of their position at the precipice of fame while remaining committed to underground ethos: - **Social Alienation**: "Generation Genocide" (the opening instrumental) sets an "off-kilter carnival" atmosphere, establishing themes of societal dysfunction - **Self-Deprecation & Irony**: The album maintains a knowing wink throughout—songs like "If I Think" (from earlier sessions but representative of their approach) demonstrate how Arm and Turner crafted lyrics from inside jokes and "stupid" phrases that became hooks - **Rejection of Glamour**: Coming at the exact moment when hair metal still dominated MTV, the album's very existence—sonically and thematically—rejected the "glamour of hair metal" in favor of something "loud and distorted" - **Existential Unease**: Tracks like "Something So Clear" build tension through repetition, with Arm's voice "screaming and cracking like a cry for help" over descending guitar patterns The lyrics prioritize **attitude over narrative clarity**, functioning as another instrument in the band's feedback-drenched arsenal rather than delivering explicit storytelling. --- ## **Critical Reception & Legacy** Upon release, the album garnered strong reviews: *Entertainment Weekly* described it as "the heaviest of Black Sabbath heavy metal, only somewhat speeded up and with added touches of humor" , while the *Spin Alternative Record Guide* called it "charming" . AllMusic's Mark Deming later awarded it **4.5/5 stars**, calling it "Mudhoney's declaration that they didn't need grunge to survive" and "one of their very best albums" . Commercially, it performed respectably—selling **75,000 copies worldwide** and cracking the UK Top 40 (entering at #34, notably two positions higher than *Nevermind* would debut five weeks later) . More crucially, according to Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt, the album **"kept the lights on" at the struggling label**, providing vital funds when the company was near bankruptcy . The album's influence extends beyond its immediate commercial impact: - It's been included in **1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die** alongside *Superfuzz Bigmuff* - *Pitchfork* ranked it among **"The 25 Best Grunge Albums of the '90s"** in 2022 - It established a template for garage-punk revivalism that would influence countless bands in the 2000s --- ## **Pros** | Strength | Description | |----------|-------------| | **Raw Authenticity** | The 8-track production captures Mudhoney at their most unfiltered, avoiding the overproduction that would plague later grunge | | **Musical Diversity** | Successfully blends garage punk, psychedelic drone, blues, and hardcore without sounding scattered | | **Historical Significance** | Saved Sub Pop from bankruptcy; represents grunge's last pure moment before *Nevermind* changed everything | | **Playful Energy** | Unlike the nihilism of many contemporaries, the album maintains a sense of fun and humor | | **Guitar Innovation** | Steve Turner's and Mark Arm's interplay creates "wonderfully demented" solos and textural landscapes | | **Sequencing** | Expertly paced with dynamic shifts that reward full-album listening | --- ## **Cons** | Weakness | Description | |----------|-------------| | **Intentional Lo-Fi Limitations** | The production, while authentic, can be physically exhausting—the "dirty, gritty, drone-y" sound lacks sonic variety for casual listening | | **Vocal Accessibility** | Mark Arm's "shouty" delivery and fuzzed-out vocals may alienate listeners seeking melodic hooks | | **Inconsistent Song Quality** | At 13 tracks, some material feels like filler; as one reviewer noted, it "prioritizes the quantity of tracks and sacrifices the quality" | | **Lyrical Opacity** | The emphasis on attitude over clarity means some songs fail to resonate emotionally | | **Timing Tragedy** | Released weeks before *Nevermind*, it was immediately overshadowed and never received the mainstream attention its quality deserved | | **Niche Appeal** | The "purposefully mediocre production quality" and punk aesthetic limits accessibility for broader rock audiences | --- ## **Conclusion** *Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge* captures Mudhoney at a crucial inflection point—simultaneously maturing and doubling down on their primitive instincts. By rejecting the sonic arms race that would define grunge's commercial peak, they created an album that sounds remarkably contemporary decades later. It's not Mudhoney's most accessible work, nor their most commercially successful, but it may be their most **honest**—a document of a band choosing artistic integrity over career advancement, captured in eight tracks of glorious, feedback-drenched defiance. For listeners seeking the "real" grunge—the sound before the flannel became uniform—this album remains essential listening. As one fan summarized: "This is grunge! Everything else (except for the Melvins) are also-rans" .
It’s tough to be measured through the lens of the more successful Seattle bands, but these guys deserve a seat at that table. Especially since they were early in the game. This was a cool listen. Lots of variety in the songs. And there’s even some humor thrown in here and there as well. Every good grunge boy deserves a little bit o’ honey with a lot of mud mixed in.
I like that these boys like to rock. Shame they were overshadowed by the big name grunge artist at the time. 3.5/5
I’m a sucker for
Mudhoney good.
good for background listening, fun
One to come back to for sure
Heavy. Melodic. Depressing. Classic grunge. 4
*Solid garage rock/proto-grunge *I would definitely liked grunge more if it had more of this edge
Don't know if attending the fractious school board meeting last night predisposed me to need and love this, but that is what's happening. Garage rock with the garage still there--spot on.
I really didn't like their other album, so I was surprised as all get-out that I loved this one. Maybe I was just in the right headspace, but I love its ramshackle production and quirky arrangements. And I thought the singer was perfect, whereas on the last album he drove me a little nuts. The riffs were cool. The Stooges' energy was flowing. The indie mojo was risin'. It reminded me of the kind of music my friends and I used to record. Pleasantly surprised.
It’s a solid sounding pre-grunge grundge album. Imagine being Mudhoney: you make a really solid album that you feel great about and it gets released to the world and one month later NEVERMIND drops. I wonder if Mudhoney sales went down or if Nevermind’s insane success made people find bands with similar sounds like Mudhoney. If Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge had Smells Like Teen Spirit on it it’d probably be a household name. It doesn’t have a highlight anywhere near that, but it’s a solid album beginning to end.
Har alltid gillat Mudhoney rätt korkade garagerock.
Right in my wheelhouse. I love the drumming in particular. Early version of what I think of as "90's drumming" It's hard not to compare to Nirvana, and the lyrics and singing don't hold up to Kurt Kobain. The influence is strong though, and The guitar, drums, and bass are right there. Minor quibble, songs are a bit repetitive, none jump out as real classics, just all pretty good. no skips though, solid album. Happy to see it here.
Rocks. You hear Gen X guys get wistful about grunge and how it felt like such a breath of fresh air, and you usually kind of just roll your eyes because they’re getting old or whatever. But the truth is I can see it. I can imagine hearing this in 1991 and being like “phew!”
I don’t think this is quite as good as Superfuzz Bigmuff. I just wish this was a little louder. It doesn’t sound quite as “big” as the other big grunge bands, but I think partially that’s because they came first. Favorite songs were Good Enough, Something So Clean, Who You Drivin’ Now?, Pokin’ Around, and Don’t Fade IV.
Strong 3,5
Oh yes. Classic loud guitar fuzz.
90’s Grunge ⭐️Move Out
Loved that, never heard these before, thank you!
Yeah, make my day! Mudhoney, the band that made grunge before grunge existed! I bought "Superfuzz Bigmuff" in the late eighties and loved their "drowned guitar" sound ever since. This album is possibly even better, as the musicians and their songwriting progressed, and they dared to take different directions, like the more melodic moments, the acoustic touches on "Good Enough," or the varied tempos on this particular album. Great to revisit after all those years! 4/5
There's something about this album. I'm going to score it well. Some duds but fairly decent stuff
Overall: 7/10 This one just kept getting better the more I listened to it. Since I had the time, I ended up listening to it twice! I like that it reminds me of so many bands that I listened to in my formative years. It's the kind of stuff that is perfect for getting into rock music because it's catchy and simple, yet it rocks hard and has splashes of some real creativity. I loved the use of the slide guitar in Let It Slide (lol) and the harmonica in Pokin' Around. That song specifically, by the way, is SO Dinosaur Jr. that I thought the album ended and Spotify kept playing similar songs. I'm glad I finally got to hear these guys after so many years of hearing about them and the idea that they invented grunge. Fav Song: Broken Hands
Definitely not my favorite Mudhoney album, but great nonetheless.
I didn't like this album at first, but I just had to keep re-listening to it until I did. I was initially optimistic about finally giving Mudhoney an honest shot beyond their hits. But my first impression was... disappointment? And disappointment at my disappointment? Mudhoney made grunge possible! They're the *cool* band! They're from my area! How could they be this boring? The first three tracks were just okay on a first listen. It gave me flashbacks to the Foo Fighters album that I had a couple days ago. Good Enough is by far the most popular song on this album, but I didn't feel like I wanted to continue listening until after I got past it. Broken Hands, placed in the exact middle of the lineup, had something interesting to offer. At six minutes long, it's double the length of most other songs on the album. It's nice when a song has enough variation to make you perk up and realize that hey, this is good! I *will* be listening to this again! Next up is Who You Drivin' Now?, which was where I found my footing with this album, because I immediately liked this one, and soon I was adding every song left to my main playlist. Fuzz Gun '91 has no vocals and isn't even two minutes long, but made me trust that Mudhoney has more to offer, so I will be digging through their other albums ASAP. I did skip past the snoring in Don't Fade IV, though. It's a shame, because I love the rest of the song, but 30 seconds is too long for me to be willing to horrible snoring!
Vibes: 4 Instruments: 4 Production: 4 Emotional Value: 4 Storytelling: 3 AC: 0 Stand Outs: Generation Genocide, Into the Drink Overall: 3.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love the original grunge sound of Mudhoney, and I really quite liked Superfuzz Bigmuff, but I like this one more.
Mudhoney is great. Second best thing to come from Green River next to Mother Love Bone.
Solid grunge. Better than most, not as good as some. I can definitely see the influence they had on other bands I like. Some tracks were 3s and others were 5s. Kind of hard to rate ⭐⭐⭐.75
These guys are like not as good Nirvana. I suppose the Grunge movement was huge in 1991 but there are plenty of bands that did this sound but better. That being said it's a decent enough album. And it warms up a lot in the second half. Took me a bit to warm up to this album, but by the end I was much enjoying it a lot. Who you Drivin' Now?, Fuzz Gun '91 and Pokin' Around are my picks. The singles from this album are among the weaker tracks, which is an interesting quirk.
Great album that I have owned three different copies of. An under appreciated grunge group and the second loudest concert I have been to
Didn't get much time to listen, but I like what I heard.
Bloody brilliant
Enjoyable proto-grunge that's a lot funkier, and a lot more fun, than much of the po-faced music it inspired. Some clear nods to the blues that sits at the root of its musical family tree, and a bit of Beefheart too, I think?
Grunge = good
Proto grunge. En del af green river som ville lave endnu mere rå grunge end dem som stiftede Pearl jam. Indspillet så det “lyder” skrald men er mega fedt
Kings of grunge.Seattle legends.Amazing record
it's grungey and its messy, of course I like it
Enjoyed this, took me back to my youth
I remember being less impressed with this back in the day, but I think this is actually pretty great. They're not all bangers, but it's a great overall feel.
I've been hearing for a long time that Mudhoney were the godfathers of grunge rock. They put Sub Pop on the map and fostered the shift in rock music. They rejected the glamour of hair metal and made something loud and distorted. Their sound was fuzzy and messy and their themes were dissections of self and society. Punk rock was back for a new generation and louder than ever. This album has plenty of that. Mark Arm's voice screams and cracks like a cry for help. The music plays from track to track with heavy adrenaline and never lets up. It's easy to see how influential their music was not just to the grunge era but even to punk and hardcore music today. This album sounds so contemporary it's almost surprising to see that it's almost 35 years old. It also got me curious to listen to their debut album and I can confidently say I'm a Mudhoney fan and will be going down a rabbit hole soon. 4.5 Stars
Some of the songs were a little heavy for me, but most of this was really good. A solid grunge album, it's obvious that Nirvana admired them.
Sauber! Macht Spaß - jedenfalls im entsprechenden Alter.
I really didn't vibe with this when I first such it on, but a few songs in I was really enjoying it. I preferred the dirtier, fuzzier songs to the harder ones. Great album.
Does it sound a little dated? Yes. Does it sound dated from the greatest era in rock history? Also yes.
Good
Vet inte om jag borde eller inte borde gilla detta men nu gör jag det iaf!
I've been giving out an absurd amount of 4 star ratings recently but sure, whatever, I love music after all, don't I?
Wonderfully chaotic, sloppy and rough. Its power comes from the rawness of the performances, the lack of a cohesiveness for sound. You might think they’re amateurs, but they’re just one loud jam away from changing your mind.
Interesting listen. You can hear it as an inspiration for a lot of pop-punk bands in the early 2000s but also as influence on grunge.
Really enjoyed the previous Mudhoney album we had so was looking forward to this. Definitely didn't enjoy this one as much, but still was pretty decent. I like the cover, feels familiar and I don't know why. I'll probably go back to this, but 3.5 for now
Off the cuff remark: as a nipper I'm sure all the cool kids had a Mudhoney T-shirt, naturally I didn't. This is a fine example of what grunge was all about, to my mind. Scuzzy stooges-esque rock n roll. Standout track: tricky, Who You Drivin' Now perhaps? Revisit?: you know I haven't for a long time, but this reminded me I should.
I was not too familiar with this band, good early grunge, leans more to the punk aesthetic than later bands that got big.
Wasn’t able to listen to whole album but definitely added some songs to my playlist
Mudhoney may not have been the best of the grunge era, but they were undeniably among the first. It’s historical, almost a playbook for the sound. I enjoyed it, and while I wouldn’t call it essential front-to-back, a couple tracks definitely earn a spot on a Seattle Sound playlist.
I don't like grunge and expected to dislike it too... But this was good. Very creative. Love half of the songs. Generation Genocide was good, I was expecting all album to be like this.
Solid stuff.
It felt a lot like the pixies, I found a couple songs that I can revisit. If I need background spider house music this’ll work.
Not bad
Yet another band I should have listened to many years ago. Right up my street, but I evidently wasn’t home that day
Interesting
This is most definitely something I can see myself revisiting sometime soon. I find it interesting how much it's characterized among grunge of the early 90s. This leans much more heavily on punk and garage then grunge. Perhaps because they were from Seattle. Super interesting though. I had never heard of Mudhoney before listening.
Every good boy does deserve fudge and to listen to this album
Grandfathers' to all of your favorite bands and the original grunge starting points.
I need to admit something. I am 28 years old, have lived 1/3 of my life in Washington and I’ve never listened to a grunge album before today. I’ve walked through the Nirvana exhibit at MoPOP, I’ve even bought records from Sub Pop, but my entire experience with grunge up to this point has been "Smells like Teen Spirit" and "Come as You Are" (hearing them probably fewer than 10 times in total). Diving into grunge is something I’ve been dreading because it’s a genre with so many beloved albums and I don’t want to be that guy who gave it a shot and didn’t “get” it. Prior to EGBDF, I genuinely thought grunge was just dudes singing poorly over rough rock instrumentals with depressing lyrics. The idea of it being a genre with legitimate musical proficiency had not really crossed my mind. That’s why Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge came as such a pleasant surprise to me – it’s an album that simultaneously had me moshing in my kitchen and gave me a fair bit of musical intrigue to really sink my teeth into. The album’s title (referring to the most basic level of music theory) is brilliant because the songs feel like a middle finger to the rules, even when there’s so much evidence of technical skill visible in between the cracks. It’s not a perfect album and there were a few tracks that honestly didn’t do much for me, but the high rock energy, slanted rhythms and occasional harmonica solos gave EGBDF enough unique flair that I can easily see myself coming back to it sooner rather than later. This was an excellent first impression of grunge and (for once in my life) I’m actually looking forward to digging in further! Highlights: Generation Genocide, Something So Clear, Thorn, Into the Drink, Broken Hands, Who You Drivin’ Now, Pokin’ Around
Every Good Boy Does Fine! and this album is another good one
I don’t often reach for Mudhoney but I’m never disappointed when I do.
I liked this, but perhaps it is my enjoy grunge coming through.
I was not blown away, but I was impressed
Okay so this one is gonna get a bit of a boost because of the impact Mudhoney had on the burgeoning grunge scene. Honestly, if this group had any of the bigger grunge band's frontmen (Veder, Cornell, Cobain, Staley, Lanegan) it would be getting a 5. I love the music and what they're doing on this album, lyrics are really solid too, I just can't really get past Arm's vocals. Really don't like them. Love everything else and their sound, the punky, fuzzy, sloppy sound, just not the vocals.
I can see where this had so much influence on others to come from the Seattle grunge scene. solid listen. 3.5 stars
E.G.B.D.F. — I remember how disappointed I was when I first listened to the full album on release day. It just felt too bluesy, too much harmonica, too much organ, and somehow too controlled. Not noisy and heavy enough. They're advertising their competence with the title, even. I had hints from the preview Let It Slide EP/single that the record might be a letdown, yet I still held out hope for some return to the sounds of the self-titled album or a Superfuzz Bigmuff redux. Like so many fanatics, I didn't want change. I even recoiled from the artwork. I was dumb. It's a good record and solid entry into the Mudhoney catalogue. But I was also right. As the band became more competent, they lost some edge. I still prefer the petulant, flailing Mudhoney from their first few years — always seemingly falling down, each song both a collapse and an explosion — over these self-satisfied good boys and their tidy, tame treats.
I enjoyed it—good rhythm and overall sound waves. ★★★★
Didn’t think I’d like it but I did
It was pretty cool ig
This was actually my first time listening to Mudhoney, and they feel like the perfect bridge between Dinosaur Jr. and grunge. This album came out right before Nirvana’s Nevermind, but unlike the big grunge records that followed, this one had a much more unpolished, gritty garage punk feel, and it really leans into the noise rock side of the genre. The production is murky and warm, clearly favoring texture and attitude over any kind of polished studio sound. That’s one of the reasons I don’t revisit a lot of 90s grunge, because once it blew up, most of the bands went super radio friendly and polished, which I think goes completely against what grunge was originally meant to be.
This was such a cool album and most unexpected type of music! I feel like I have heard of these guys but I don't know if I actually have lol but it was a great punk sounding album! Solid!
every good boy DOES deserve fudge shit rips, its loud. cover art is a 5. album is a 4.
Love this and once again slightly pissed that I didn’t know about until now. I was buying all kinds of albums back in the 90s, especially alternative rock and was all in on the grunge wave. SubPop must have not marketed well where I was. Nonetheless, I’m going to have this in my rotation from here on out.
Review forthcoming
I liked this, it's like Nirvana but worse
This evokes 80s college radio rock, Husker Du, glimmers of the Meat Puppets, and a touch of Swans. I can see how much it influenced Nirvana, not likely the other way around. I loved the sonic sound of this although there weren't a lot of hooks. All around though, I enjoyed this one.
Great heavy 90s indie rock album.
7/10 Favorites: Let It Slide, Into The Drink
Much catchier and poppier than a lot of the grunge from this era.
I think this project has made me a Mudhoney fan? Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5
90s
Pretty decent grunge-like sound. Need to listen to again really.
Great record but i think it would be better after another listen
A good album, I liked Let It Slide and Something So Clear the most.
It’s weird to consider a Mudhoney album “tight” and “well-produced” but this is clearly a moment for the band to grow up and take their garage grunge to the masses. That reads well through the album, and their songwriting is on point. Still, it’s lacking the power and intensity of the early stuff and makes it a really solid fuzz album instead of a titanic fuzz achievement. But you’ll still jam out to this one, worth the time listening.
Kult album
18/06/2025 I had never heard of this band before and to think fate wasn't kind to them as pioneers. They should be rocking on their successes.
This album has recently been in rotation for me. Brings back memories. Growing up listening to SubPop, it was them and Soundgarden at the top. Seemed they got “left” behind at about this time, but hear that Arm was pretty adamant about staying on an independent label going back to the Green River days, whereas other bands coming through SubPop signed to major labels. Anyway, this has become my favorite Mudhoney album of them all.
Idk
This album rocks, I hadn't really listened to Mudhoney before and I am wondering why it took me so long to come around...
splendidly snotty fuzzy noise
This does my grungy little heart good
When this album gets going, it's rad as hell.
Not as good as the last mudhoney album
Grunge was a huge part of my teenage musical years, but I didn't hear much of this. More garagey than I might have thought, but I like that about it
Lovely mix of rock and punk
Aaaah. The band that put Sub Pop on the map. Not their best IMO, but still pretty great!
Apparently I like grunge now. Never heard of this band before but after giving the album a listen I immediately wanted to replay it. It's raw and rough around the edges, and I quite enjoyed it.
This is another one of those albums where I find myself kinda cursing the fact that I can't ever really find the time to give these things more than one play. I mean, just on a first listen, I can tell that if I had time to let this thing grow on me, I'd really love it. On the same level as, say, NEVERMIND or TEN — no, of course not. But the album stays just so consistently good throughout that I'd hard pressed not to dig it even a little. Really, my only problem with it comes down to the fact that this was my first runthrough of the thing. Diving into unfamiliar territory like this is always a bit hard for my auDHD brain, but it's also a matter of not knowing how to spread out the energy. In an album like this, unless it really clicks with you, it can be hard to not just let it out all at once, in a big, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, this shit rocks!" 'Coz after that's gone, you can spend the rest of the album, y'know, kind of zoned out. Y'know, in a state of mind where you're not exactly **ignoring** the music, but you're not really absorbing it either. You can hear it happening, but it doesn't exactly leave an impact — that sort of deal. And it makes an album that's already twice as long as the last thing I heard from them feel **even longer**. Like, yeah, 42 minutes should be no thing, but when you're in that state of mind... And that's a bummer, 'coz, again, I think the stuff here is pretty good. I know I like it a lot. But I feel myself nodding off during the album, and I hafta wonder if I actually find it that boring — and I know I don't! I'm just running on fumes 'cuz I didn't anticipate how to pace myself! And that's not the album's fault, nor is it really even mine. So, y'know, I won't let it affect my overall rating of the thing, 'coz it's not this thing's fault I have other stuff I wanna listen to in a day. (And that's not even touching on the fact that I'm behind on albums by a few days — heck, I was supposed to have this review out yesterday.) So lemme TL;DR this thing back to the top: is it the toppest tier of Seattle grunge? I wouldn't say so — in fact, I feel it's more punk than grunge, though that's besides the point. The album's got an energy and a quality about it that makes it hard not to put it up there, even if I feel like I need more time with it before I can fully appreciate it. Every album deserves more time, &c. It's a big thumbs-up from me.
A good ol' slice of 90s rock. Solid 4 Stars.
I’m at a 4.5 that I will bump down to a 4, but I’ll be damned if I’m not struggling with giving it a 5 just for the hell of it. Welcome back to Mudhoney; we got Superfuzz Bigmuff as the 45th album of the whole thing, and I gave it a 4, mainly for “a hint of repetition in the styles of each song that does become a bit apparent once that initial wave of energy washes away”. 462 days later, my brain is a bit more forgiving of grunge-adjacent “repetition”. It is, however, not totally forgiving, hence the struggle between bumping it down or bumping it up. This is, at bare minimum, a 4 to my ears – it’s just some kick-ass grunge, and another example of Seattle in 1991 being the closest equivalent to the Garden of Eden there’s ever been in the world of music. So, why the struggle then? Honestly, if I had to guess, I think the album just feels long. At 42 minutes, it’s a little under double the runtime of “Superfuzz Bigmuff”, so I think some of the luster just slowly erodes away over the course of the album. There’s never a decline in quality, because every track here is pretty good, but there’s just a decline in a listener’s tolerance. I don’t think this album fully does enough to keep the listener’s attention for its entire runtime, & while I know you can’t go full-throttle for the ENTIRE album, I had phases throughout listening to it where I entered less of a “zen state” and more of a fugue state. That’s not me calling the album boring, but I think there are portions in a number of tracks that coast for a bit, followed by extremely subtle transitions into the next segment of the song, in a way that sort of just sneaks up on the listener… but without the sort of “wow” factor that’s more typical of grunge of this era. That’s the “fugue” state I’m talking about, because I had to rewind every time it happened just so my brain could fully catch it. So, is that my fault as a listener, or their fault as composers? Is it anyone’s fault, really? The answer is no, no, and definitely not. It’s their style, and I think it works well enough. Even if I don’t fully vibe with it, it’s not anything egregious enough to ruin the album, but it does bump it down to a 4 for me. It also doesn’t quite stand next to its contemporaries – I do feel like if I gave this a 5, it would be within the same space as Nevermind or Ten, and I just don’t think it’s there. That said, I do recommend this a lot; I don’t think it’s deserving of the 2.83 average on the site. Maybe with a few more listens, I’ll go back up to a 5 anyway. For now, it’s a bump down to a 4, but it’s still a pretty enjoyable 42 minutes, and a pretty good album.
Nothing against Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but it feels so refreshing to listen to a grunge album by a band not so prominently in the cultural zeitgeist. These tracks are fast and intense, oozing with youthful energy. These guys must've put on a hell of a show back in the 90s, I'm sure the mosh pits would have been riotous.
A real find for me. Thrilling from start to finish. Stooges, Ramones and garage influences. Nice use of organ and harmonicas alongside the buzzsaw guitars.
Early grunge, sounds great - I never got into mudhoney - I think I was a little too young for pre Nirvana grunge. I will definitely be checking them out now.
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge and to listen to this album because its certainly a very good album. I saw that a critic from Entertainment Weekly compared this album to a Black Sabbath if it were sped up and had a bit of humor and while i can see that, i would more easily compare it to the grunge contemporaries of it's time such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. I don't like this album as much as i like the offerings from the two i already mentioned but i still think its very good. The music was fast and fun and, of course, had plenty of humor and quirk to it and while the vocals are a bit awkward at first, they still fit the songs well. I really enjoyed this album and think its a good addition to all the other grunge albums of 1991. Best Song: Don't Fade IV Worst Song: Generation Genocide
Hadn't heard this before! You can still hear grunge's roots here, more punk, less radio friendly. Really cool.
Intro to Grunge 101.
Good grunge album, plenty of punch to it. I could definitely learn to love this album, but I wouldn’t give it a 5. Intrigued to hear more of their discography. I imagine they’re underrated, and outcast by Nirvana.
cool grunge album. reminds me a little bit of pavement in the way that this one sounds and less like "classic" grunge bands like nirvana and soundgarden. a lot of fuzzy distorted guitar and bombastic drums. although i enjoyed my time with this one, it didn't really do enough to get it in the realm of a 5. it's a nice album, but it wasn't really mindblowing. still, i could see myself getting into this one more.
This was more punk than a lot of grunge. Which for me, is a good thing.
"Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" is the second studio album by American rock band Mudhoney. Grunge and garage rock are the Wiki-listed genres. Absolutely. An interesting description of their music is "Imagine Black Sabbath heavy metal, only sped up and with added touches of humor. The album was recorded at low quality on an eight-track deck. The album title refers the mnemonic used to remember notes (EGBDF) on a treble clef. Mudhoney is Mark Arm (lead vocals, guitar, organ), Steve Turner (guitar, harmonica, backing vocals), Matt Lukin (bass, backing vocals) and Dan Peter's (drums, backing vocals). Commercially, the album made it to #34 in the UK. The album opens with the instrumental "Generation Genocide." Fuzz guitar, a slow driving pace and beat and high-pitched guitar solo. The band amps up the pace on their only single from this album "Let It Slide." A more melodic fuzz guitar mixed with distorted guitar slashes. Layered vocals but you do hear Mark Arm repeating "Let It Slide." I think it takes aim at record companies. Mudhoney decided to stay on their small label Sub Pop for this album although being courted by larger companies. "Good Enough" adds jangly guitars and a bouncy beat to the fuzz. I guess R.E.M.'s influences were hard to avoid. About an addiction. Pounding drums and a distorted fuzz guitar anchor "Into the Drink." A quick, fast guitar solo. This is more in-line with garage rock. Guitarist Steve Young brings out his best Neil Young guitar riff intro and solo in "Broken Hands." I have no idea if they're related. A slow but steady pounding beat. A song that builds with intensity. I guess I kinda, sorta maybe get the Black Sabbath in their music but I really heard the garage rock of band like the Sonics mixed with contemporaries at the time Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth. Anyway, you slice it this sounded good today. Melodic riffs, layered fuzz and distorted guitars, a mix of fast and grinding paces and Mark Arm's exhausted howling vocals. I do think they are at their best when they kick up the pace and come across as a garage-punk band. Their initial EP and this album are the best Mudhoney that I've heard and definitely worth checking out.
It was an ok album
Loved it
This is good rock music! I don't really have anything articulate or thoughtful to say, except that if I heard this at a show in someone's basement or garage I'd be impressed. More melodic and interesting grunge than I've heard from this time.
Even better after an annoying album. Give ‘em some fudge.
Another band whose name and influence I am very aware of, but whose discography I have not explored. Enjoyed finally listening to a full album.
Nice feeling to it, good energy
Very grungy, mostly high energy, but some songs are a bit too simple for me to really get into them. Standouts were Generation Genocide (instrumental intro to the album), Into The Drink, and Broken Hands (more vibey than the earlier songs). I thought Don't Fade IV was a bit of a dud, and I didn't like the harmonica in Pokin' Around - the rest of the song was pretty good though.
Late 80’s early 90’s punk/garage rock hits just right! My favorite genre. Songs about nothing and everything
Fun album. Interesting music with an edge, but also a sense of humor.
Good old classic grunge.
По мнению А: 4/5 По мнению С: 4/5 ИТОГОВАЯ ОЦЕНКА: 4/5 (04.02.2025)
All the usual sounds associated with grunge are here, present and correct. It's a pretty solid listen for fans of fuzz-buzz pop/rock with a twist.
When I was learning piano it was “every good boy deserves football”, I think I like “every good boy deserves fudge” better. The album is cool too
Yeah man shouty fun the fun i like
Of its time, but what a time. At the raw, punkier end of grunge, my favourite kind. Good album, good times. (Nearly -1 for gratuitous harmonica use but nostalgia saved it)
Glad I listened to it. Will listen again
The vocals are uninspiring and sound like any generic punk album. The guitar has so much reverb it sounds like it was recorded in a garage. Within the first couple songs I was ready to give up on this album. But I hung in there, in search for something that made it great. That's when I picked up on the drums. My god the drums on this album. The pacing and complexity at which it's played really just brought me right back in and brought this album up from a 2 to a 4 in my eyes.
I don't know why this has such a low overall rating. I'm starting to find myself as a fan of Mudhoney, I certainly have enjoyed the two releases from this list. Fave? I couldn't really pick one it just feels like they all have their moments.
Solid grunge - makes me nostalgic for a version of my teenage years that didn't happen in this timeline. Fave tracks - "Something So Clear", "Shoot the Moon"
shoul re listen
rocks hard, nothing special but it’s pretty fun
Rocked out to this one! Love it.
I quite liked it! A bit punk a bit hard rock here and there, wasn't a masterpiece or anything but it was a pretty damn good listening experience
Lo-fi grunge gold. I did not dislike any song on this album though my years of being an angsty teen are behind me. Not something I'll put on frequently but I'll keep it as a resource for when I want some grunge not from the usuals. Thanks for saving SubPop Mudhoney.
Nice!
Day358 - 17 year old me would have loved this if i would have known about it.
I like grunge. I liked this.
Not my kind of music BUT they started the Seattle grunge scene and Stone Gossard 🎸 was an early member. Their lyrics are sick and their style has evolved over the years. Giving them extra points for their impact on the World of Music.
Nice vibes
I think this album is a step up from their previous album both song writing and production wise. The only thing it is missing is a big song like Touch Me I'm Sick. I really like the guitar tones here, they have this compressed fuzz sound or something, where they are very dirty, but still kind of clean and don't muddy up the mix. I don't remember their previous album super well, but I think the vocals are a huge improvement here too. I think I'll checkout some of their other albums in my free time. High 4.
Pretty fun!
Listened Before? N Great album, perfectly captures an era in rock music. Grunge/alt stuff from the early 90s has such a carefree attitude and this album is one of the better ones I've heard. I really enjoyed this. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Good Enough
This was a good "raw" sounding album. I liked it a lot. it wasn't pretentious or anything, it was just a solid album with a good sound.
I mean ben geen grunge fan, maar deze is wel goeie
could i write poetry to this? y
When you think grunge, you probably think of Nirvana, or possibly one of the handful of other big names, like Pearl Jam, maybe Soundgarden. But there was a budding scene that was developing in Washington state before 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' hit big. Mudhoney is about as pure grunge as you're likely to find. Energetic, fuzzy, and roughly recorded. This is the first album I've heard by them, but I was impressed. It's maybe not as good as Nirvana generally, but I'd picked 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge' over 'Bleach' at least. It's a great album that lets you feel more intimately part of that original scene, rather than the worldwide sensation that grunge would soon become.
Fun grunge
Loved Superfuzz. Garage punk grunge. I will take it.
Nirvana before nirvana. This album goes hard.
Good album
Proto grunge!
Nice, a little noisy
The fuzzy guitars Of catchy melodic blasts Voice a scratchy glue
3.75
Enjoyed it
Grunge. No está mal, pero no me ha encantado del todo.
Under the circumstances...
Decent grungey album, but plays a clear second fiddle to Nirvana in the same space.
Classic grunge by one of the leaders and founders of the grunge movement. In many ways Mudhoney were more grunge than Nirvana could ever hope to be. I will always prefer their early singles but this is probably my favorite album of theirs.
Back in 2021 I bought the vinyl 30th anniversary edition and so began a deep…. Passionate…. Fulfilling relationship with Mudhoney. I wasn’t too fond of it when it came out, having listened first to super fuzz bigmuff, so the ‘new’ sound of one clean guitar one dirty was a bit underwhelming. However revisiting the album now I think k it’s their best mixing influences as varied as 60’s beat pop, surf rock, punk and grunge to create something so sloppy yet so brilliant. Mark Arm deserves to be in the Mount Rushmore of grunge. 4/5
4/5
Excellent entry from one of the first bands I know of to be considered grunge.
Not that epic as it's meant classic, still very good
Gloriously fuzzy. Love it.
4/5 - solid
I think this may be my first time listening to Mudhoney on my own? To skip the inevitability of talking Nirvana, I like a whole lot of Sub Pop stuff past and present. And probably future. Some of this fits on the chill, almost Dino Jr side of the scale, then some of it is energetic and right at home on a cool skate video, like Foundation's The Good Times are Killing Me, which also has... Modest Mouse. Okay.
Not my favorite Mudhoney album (that would be the 1989 Self Titled LP) but still very solid. I've always said THIS was the band that Seattle should be recognized for, not Pearl Jam or Nirvana. This is a fuzzed up, anthem-laden, garage screamer of an album. My only complaint is it lacks the same raw ferocity that made Superfuzz Bigmuff and the Self Titled LP so untouchable.
Nothing genre defining, but just a lot of fun grooves and not too abrasive
I only ever listened to their first album so this was nice. I didn't realize how prolific they are.
The super fuzzy lo-fi production really appeals to me. The songs are fun, not really a grunge fan so I wasn't sure what to expect, but it feels more indie or garage rock to me. Glad it came up.
Great album perhaps just a little more mainstream and diverse than the earlier albums. Really not a bad song on the album but nothing to send it over the top either. Mudhoney was so close to greatness but just never got there for some reason.
There wasn't a stand out track like Touch Me I'm Sick, but it was still a good listen. A less flashy version of grunge then most of their peers.
Really enjoyed this album. Nice and sludgy, just like I like my early 90s music. There are better grunge acts, but this one isn't bad. I'll listen to it again.
This is a pretty good album, fun listen and nice early grunge. It starts to wain a bit in the middle and end of it though. Not terrible, but not the best out there. It’s good.
I don't know which band was first referred to as "grunge" but if it wasn't Mudhoney, it should have been, or maybe Tad.
- you can hear the 80s rock fading into the beginning of grunge - they may have started the wave, but they didn’t perfect it - 3.5, round up for how iconic they are
I already love Mudhoney
I probably play the S/t and SuperFuzz BigMuff more but this is probably their best. 4.5
Nice typical mudhoney album
Excellent!! Great music, although a couple of songs lose a bit of pace.
Hammer Sound, aber die Songs sind bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen etwas zu schwach. Vor allem im Vergleich zu Superfuzz Bigmuff 3.5
If I had been born just a little earlier, I would have absolutely been a grunge kid. As it is, I missed the boat by a few years. Objectively, this isn't a great album. It's messy, disjointed, and poor Mark really struggles to carry a tune. But subjectively? I loved it. The over-the-top, lo-fi aggressive irreverence is right in my wheelhouse and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this one. Hand me my flannel, I guess i'm in my grunge era now.
Grunge. No está mal, pero no me ha encantado del todo.
I enjoy the garage production. Some killer bass on this album too. Solid 4. Best track(s): Broken Hands, Let it Slide
Never heard them before. I enjoyed most of their songs on this album.
vibey. better grunge than nirvana
52/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Decent mix of punk alternative and rock. Sounded familiar yet don’t think I have heard any of these songs. A couple played with the time signature which added interest. 3.75/5
Early grunge influence. Punk
cool kinda grunge thing? I dig it but it's nothing special 4/5
I feel like I slightly overrated the last Mudhoney album we got in retrospect, so I was prepared to rate this lower to compensate. But I actually enjoyed it quite a lot, so I'm going to go with my gut and rate this one a 4 too.
Total chaos, loud distortion. These guys were having fun and I'm feeling it. Not their best work but who cares. The cover is perfect, I want to sail with big flaming turbo boat like hell YEAAAAH Fav : Don't Fade IV Worst :
I wish the audio quality of the album was better, as I feel many of the tracks would benefit from a heavier sound that blows your socks off, and instead it feels like you're just listening to a band off in the distance. Still, what can be salvaged is usually pretty good, with some great parts sprinkled in to keep the listener interested. Sometimes it gets a little too punk flavored for my blood, but there are great, juicy bits of grunge to snack on throughout, and including instruments like the organ and harmonica help it stand out. Its nothing awe inspiring, but I enjoyed my time listening to this.
Awesome punk and grunge album with a great sound. Each track deserves to be played loud and could feature on a Tony Hawk video game. INTO THE DRINK!
Solid album from th grunge era. always heard of this band but never actually heard them. loved Pokin' Around, Good Enough, Something Clear, Shoot the Moon.
Fun and loud. Best Seattle grunge. All the others were too serious.
definitely has its moments thorn broken hands who you drivin' now? fuzz gun '91 pokin' around don't fade iv
I wonder if the title is a nod to The Moody Blues album, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour? Mudhoney is pure grunge. Raw, underground, and so highly influential in their local scene that totemic albums like Nirvana’s Nevermind, and Pearl Jam’s Ten exist partly because of them. Get out your flannel and Birkenstocks and go a month without washing your hair, because it’s a rainy early 90’s day in Seattle and this is your soundtrack, blasting out of your Dodge Horizon’s crummy cassette player.
Good stuff
dobro mi je ovo bilo, poslusat ce se opet
Meni se bas svidaju:))
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Good enough, Move out, Pokin’ around
Oh man. School schedule got me slammed, but I can't believe the stuff that's been rolling on this list this week! My first thought when seeing this Mudhoney album here was... is it possible, just possible, that "Superfuzz/Bigmuff" is also gonna be on this list? Seems unlikely, but anybody who knows Mudhoney knows that their best album ain't the one with "fudge" in the title. I guess we shall see. Anyway, I enjoy this sucker for what it is and was surprised at how well it holds up. If I were writing clickbait headlines for bad music blogs, I could easily imagine cooking up one that says, "Mudhoney is the best grunge band you've never heard of." I've always found Mark Arm's voice to be off-putting and grimy. I think it's because it almost always sounds as if it's doubled in some capacity? I'm not sure. He doesn't sound like any of the other grunge singers, and yet... I hear it and I just think "That's grunge." And I love it. But this isn't their Nevermind.
3.5
Hard not to listen to this and not hear Nirvana. The influences are very direct.
...it was unkonwen to me and I rally liked it!
All of these songs popped right back into my memory. These guys were right there in the mix of all the grunge we were listening to in the early '90s
J'aime beaucoup cet album alternatif-punk fluide et boudeur. Mais, comme souvent, je me demande ce qui le démarque pour qu'il se retrouve dans cette liste d'incontournable, car il me semble qu'il ressemble aux autres albums du même genre.
The title of the album alone is worth 2 stars. Very grungy, had a good time with it
Thought it was punk at first, then alternative , then grunge and liked it all. Late 80s Seattle scene was the place to be. 1st listen 3.5
Another good album from Mudhoney, after checking out Superfuzz Bigmuff a short while ago. Still don't like the vocals enough for 5 stars, and the beginning of Don't Fade IV is extremely annoying, but overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Another excellent grunge record, though I think it's lacking just a touch of the fire that puts Superfuzz up to a 5 for me.
The title is a pneumonic device to help you read sheet music
This absolutely slapped. It felt to me like a 90s, grunge take on a stooges album in all the best ways. So much energy, such fuzzy and powerful guitars, and immense drive. Didn’t quite excel enough to be a full 5, but this was still fantastic. 4.5/5
Pretty good, some great songs. A bit too long.
This album is a cool look into the early 90s Seattle scene. Instead of signing to a major label, Mudhoney released this on Sub Pop almost single-handedly keeping the label afloat, and thank god they did. While this album may not be as memorable or influential as Nirvana’s three studio albums, this is a solid grunge album. The rhythm section is quite good, and a few of these songs fall into a great groove. There’s a lot here to like, from the hardcore and post-punk influences to the dynamic changes throughout.
Mudhoney never really got the love they deserve. This is a great grunge album. The songs were fun, everything about this album was a really good listen.
I am the diamond you left in the dust I am the future you lost in the past Seems like I never compared Wouldn't notice if I disappeared You stole the love that I saved for myself And I watched you give it to somebody else But these scars no longer I hide I've found the light you shut inside Couldn't love me if you tried Am I still not good enough? Am I still not worth that much? I'm sorry for the way my life turned out Sorry for the smile I'm wearing now Guess I'm still not good enough Flannel and guitars - This is a great album. 4/5
Pretty punk rock. I like it.
Quintessential example of the nascent grunge form of pop music.
One Mudhoney album is probably all that is needed for the list, so maybe this should be it since "Superfuzz Bigmuff" is technically an EP? This is a 3.5 for me, but I'll round up to 4 for influence, and because it holds up well.
Very of its time but pretty good. I found a lot to like, especially some of the guitar riffs.
Litt heavy, men akkurat heavy nok
7/10 pretty fun! I like it a lot!
Harmonica is everything. I like this album overall. It really is kind of an evolved version of the Mudhoney in Superfuzz, however still the same in all the ways I care about. Vocals, garage punk, and production that shows all this off. Good album. I wanted to listen to it again the second it was over. 4
I’m glad to have listened to this. This definitely expanded my conception of Grunge outside of just Nirvana. This album definitely holds up, and earns its spot on this list. Not perfect, but good!
the first non-nirvana grunge album i’ve ever listened to, and it’s pretty solid!
Grunge. No está mal, pero no me ha encantado del todo.
Quirky grunge.
Mudhoney are often overshadowed by other Grunge stalwarts like Soundgarden and Alice in Chains but this album shines through
I really dig this... not sure why like this over MC5, Hüsker Dü, Velvet Underground that came before... but I just like this better. More Nirvana meets Dinosaur Jr. Maybe it's just the more punk / garage vibe to it. The guitar work is great for my taste. The drumming is very punchy and appropriate. I actually like the vocals... there's a decent variety but still a nice set of songs. Biggest surprise: Pokin' Around is really catchy. I think this is a 3.5 - 4 for me. Rounding it up because this one speaks to me more than the other 3s.
The pioneers of grunge. This album is fast, noisy, fuzzy and excellent. Mudhoney has a bit of snarl but it’s clear they didn’t take themselves overly serious, it works pretty well here. It’s messy but all ties together so well, it’s really impressive how it sounds so messy and clean at the same time, Broken Hands is a track that perfectly captures this. Thought it was pretty cool that Mudhoney basically saved Sun Pop from sinking, so they not only pioneered grunge but also kept the doors open for other great acts who may not have been given opportunity elsewhere. 4 stars
Grunge was short lived but I'm glad it lived long enough for Mudhoney to give it a try. Love it!
Great record. I was never that much into Mudhoney until I bought this record. A very good decision
Does Mudhoney need two albums on this list? No. But I found this album much better and more accessible than their previous entry here. The solo in Broken hands was sick. A lot of gave me Dinosaur Jr vibes. Seems like they were contemporaries. A solid rock album.
I thought of this as the non-grunge grunge album when I bought this in the 90s and was a tad disappointed. Listening to it now, I realize that I was a tad harsh and Mudhoney's return to the garage and away from the traditional grunge was an important "moving on" statement that is powerful today. Today I am a sucker for the great farfisa sound.
I don't really have much to say about this album besides it is a really good grunge album. If you like grunge you will like it. A solid 9/10
With its groove and high distortion and overdrive, I can hear the transition from fuzzy alt rock of Dinosaur Jr or Fugazi to grunge of the following year. It's groovy at times but often fast, wild, fun, and even humorous. Compared to Superfuzz Bigmuff, it's much more consistent and polished with better deep cuts. Only a few forgettable tracks.
Liked the sound, really like the guitars of the grunge era, something so clear was fave song on this one, will check out more by the artist whilst prob not putting this on again anytime soon
I had vaguely been aware of Mudhoney's existence, but never listened to an actual song by them, never mind a whole album. This turned out to be an enjoyable experience. They sounded like a mix of Nirvana, the Pixies, with a bit of Neutral Milk Hotel thrown in for good measure. The vocals were great, the guitar was fantastic, nothing irritated me or felt off. This was very close to being a 5 star album, but not quite there.
Mudhoney’s best effort
Mudhoney is, of course, essential grunge from the earliest days of the genre. Masters of the fuzz, Mudhoney brings much of the same energy from their breakout Superfuzz Bigmuff, but with more matured songwriting. Much of EGBDF is solid and clearly delivers on the punk-inspired grunge sound that they're so well-known for.
The recording quality on this leaves a lot to be desired, but no complaints here. This record rips. Mudhoney is a behemoth in the Grunge scene and Mark Arm already saw the writing on the wall. This is a classic album, one of the best of the era and the genre.
So glad to have listened to this album.
Every Good Boy Does Fine Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Every Good Boy Deserves Food Every Girl Buys Designer Fashions Every Good Bear Deserves Fish Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit Every Good Boy Deserves Fun Every Good Bird Does Fly Every Good Boy Deserves Football Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips Elvis Goes Belly Dancing Fridays Every Green Bus Drives Fast Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet Every Good Burger Deserves Fries Elvis's Guitar Broke Down Friday Even George Bush Drives Fast Every Girl Buys Designer Flip Flops Every Girl Bakes Delicious Fudge Eat Good Bread Dear Father Ernie Gave Bert Dead Frogs Elephants Go Bouncing Down Freeways Apparently no one can agree on one mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef, as all of the above (and probably more) exist. Nice to see that they don't all offer nice things only to good boys. But girls can just buy and bake things? I won't hold the sexism of treble clef mnemonics against Mudhoney.
Made me wanna go surf then slam some cold beers
Torn between a 3 and a 4 on this one cuz nothing stuck out as great but I liked the rough and noisy vibe of the album a lot. Other grunge bands seemed a little clean and whiny while this one still has the rawness and energy of an underground band. The guitar playing is never off but has a loose vibe that feels like it’s about to fall off the rails but never does. Broken hands goes hard and the beat on pokin around is a lot of fun. Gonna rate a 4 cuz I think this would be sick to see at a show and I like that they tried to keep that feel. 👍:poking around, broken hands, good enough
Great grunge/punk album. I loved most of the songs on the album. It was so close to a 5/5 but it is not perfect so I can’t give it a 5/5. My favorite song was “Something so Clear”.
rocking grungey goodness. 4 stars.
i like
Grungy sound. New fave
Solid album, this feels more like Dinosaur Jr or other noisy indie rock than grunge to me, but I suppose grunge has always been a weird fuzzy boundary in that respect. In any case, I liked this, will probably go check out their other albums soon!
I really enjoyed this album! Most of the songs kind of blended together for me, but there were none I disliked and overall I loved the general sound of the album. Fav songs: Let It Slide, Check-Out Time
There is something to be said for a band revered amongst the Seattle grunge scene, opting to stick with 8-track mixes and holding firm to their sub pop label. In an amongst the grunge power-chord tropes like 'Shoot The Moon', there are tracks like 'Something So Clear', 'Thorn', and 'Fuzz Gun '91' that show this group had a lot more to say and do. Kudos to them for going after that vision and kudos to this list for recognizing the value of it.
Didn't feel like there was a chance I didn't like this one. Mudhoney are mainstays of a scene that I've always had an affinity for. Oh, and if you haven't read Our Band Could Be Your Life and you're even remotely interested in American underground and/or DIY music, go buy it and read it immediately. Standouts: Let It Slide, Something So Clear, Broken Hands, Shoot The Moon
Great stuff. Would listen again
Not a bad grunge-like album. Enjoyed the two play throughs. No song really caught my ear, but I might give it another listen
Cracking early nineties slice of grunge
Enjoyed, if at points anonymous. As with a lot of stuff like this, I bet it was amazing live.
Really solid stuff
This album is far better than I gave it credit for when I was a teenager in the 90s! Some really great songs on here, and an important foundation for the sounds to come after.
Grunge rock, pretty standard sound for the genre/era. Solid but nothing caught my ear
90’s grunge but with a 60’s rock spirit. Some tracks sound like something The Doors might have done if The Doors formed thirty years later than they did. “Generation Genocide” has a psychedelic feel and “Something So Clear” could almost be a grunge-ified “Break On Through (To the Other Side).” Hearing harmonica on a few songs was a surprise! The album has a fiery punk energy and strong songwriting. An excellent album overall.
Another band i missed when I was listening to music from the early 90's. This is a good one for sure.
LO AME QUEEEEE
Really enjoyed this. Loved the weird guitar riffs and the nasty yet warm guitar tone. Cool blending of styles from punk to indie rock to rock n roll.
This album probably gets overlooked more than it should. Worthy of a spot in the list.
Not heard them before. I was probably just a few years too young. Enjoyed this - some good grooves.
Worth another listen at some point
Grunge always goes down well
Defines the 90s
Very enjoyable, like an early Nirvana with even less focus or production work. Not super catchy, or immediate, but one I will probably come back to.
Had never heard of this band, but a fun album that I will come back to
Of all the tragedies I endured growing up in the Midwest in the 90s, not immediately discovering Mudhoney may have well been the worst.
This record by fuzz-propelled garage grunge anti-stars from the Washington State area doesn't have the all-time hits the band are still known for today (such as "Touch Me, I'm Sick" or "Suck You Dry"). But overall, it's the most cohesive and convincing entry from their early output. Buy either this or a compilation from them (or better, buy both--there's only *one* compilation out there anyway). Number of albums left to review or just listen to: more than 900, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter
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Very underrated band and album. Excellent.