Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

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

Нечего не могу сказать

Very underrated band and album. Excellent.

Starts of pretty in the weeds but really opens up from Broken Hands onward. Fuzz Gun '91 is a no brainer addition to Fat Riff Friday.

Pretty great grunge album.

Though Mudhoney has never lived up to the hype of their first Sub Pop singles, they have carved out a rather successful career. Their early grunge work is what I remember best of Mudhoney and EGBDF might be their best album. A solid record in any era!

8/10

Early grunge before the genre gets too into itself. They're not afraid to mix things up a bit and you can definitely still hear the punk influence

4/5. Underrated fo sho, not my vibe rn, but great dynamic (ftmp) grunge

Mmm...Grungie.

Sounds like a Subpop punk album. Good stuff. 9/10 chance my next existential crisis will have a Subpup album in the background.

I'd like to hear this remastered. Full-blown heavy metal (am I right?) with this late 80s sound. Maybe a bit too monotonous, I'd like to hear more space between the sounds

I feel like this one isn't as interesting as previous Mudhoney albums, but the influence on Nirvana is undeniable. There is such a raw energy here, the shift in tone between songs is really enjoyable and overall I have definitely enjoyed the experience of listening to it.

oh deze vind ik leuk!

Amaai weer een goede week

Enjoyable fudge packing. If I was to describe this as a footballer, it would be Marco Reus.

It was loud but I enjoyed the eclectic rock sound over a lot of other grunge I’ve heard. 7

buenazo.

7/10, solid album

Pure grunge! Pure noise! Pure shit!

Very energetic album that in the right mood is perfect to keep your head bopping. A lot of fun songs without any that really stood out, just a solid and consistent album.

nirvana vibezzzz

1st half fucking banger 2nd residentsleeper zzzzzzzzz

Really liked this. Guitars are mud but that’s okay with me 😎

Sonido crudo, muy grunge. Estilo de voz parecido a Kurt Cobain

Good

Personal preference is why I give this four stars

fudge you

good but too long

No está mal, tiene una honda de Misfits con algo de rock n roll clasico, es interesante

pop rock, ok pas mal mais aussi redondant avec les albums de rocks deja ecoutes. J'ai du mal a les differencier. La pochette est vraiment chouette.

Grunge wie es sein soll

Underrated grunge pioneers. .

This started out very promisingly with some fat, dirty, fuzzy riffage which got my head bopping, as well as some interesting angular instrumentation, but by around the album's halfway point I'd just had enough of the vocals and the fairly samey sounding tones throughout. I hung on hoping I'd manage to get back into it, but come the end it felt every bit of its 42 minutes.

Love this band, not my favourite of theirs..but a solid 3

ok

Slightly better than expected. Prefer to Big Muff Superfuzz

Decent grunge rock album. Takes a little to get going, but has some solid songs on the B side. A little too sloppy (especially from the drums) at parts, but fine enough to listen to. Top tracks: Broken Hands, Who You Drivin' Now?, Shoot the Moon

Good for what it is

This was okay. It had some highs and some lows as well. I don't really like what they were going for near the end of the record. Favourite Track(s): Fuzz Gun '91, Thorn Least Favourite Track(s): Don't Fade IV, Check-Out Time

2 Mudhoney albums in less than a week, not much to add. This would have been the 1 album I guessed at. Though I actually enjoyed the ep more now. 3Star

Great rough guitar tone. Nice energy but the vocals aren't always my thing.

not bad

Unremarkable

I always wanted to love Mudhoney but could never quite get there. I like their vibe and sound, but the songs mostly lack any real hook for me (their song on the Judgment Night soundtrack being an exception). This record is like that for me too. It’s decent, and a welcome shift from the Brit rock bias on this site if only for a day, but I’m still just a very casual Mudhoney fan. 7/10

Rock, grunge sans grande personnalité

Pas trop mal Y avait des passages à la Libertines

Das Album klingt wie eine Garage, die man nie aufräumt – charmant, aber eben auch chaotisch. Die Energie stimmt, die Riffs sind bissig, doch vieles verschwimmt im gleichen, schrammeligen Grundton.

I see why this is included. If I found this in 1993 it probably would have blown my mind. But it's 2026 and, y'know, it's fine. 6 keepers in 14 (43%). 3 stars.

Good

C'est le deuxième Mudhoney qu'on pogne. J'pense que celui-là était meilleur alors je vais lui donner le même nombre d'étoiles pour bien faire du sens. 3.25 étoiles

7/10

This is one of those albums where the songs would work great set to video but individually are just very generic and you can't really remember any of them in particular

this was pretty good I expected more though.

Some grunge!!!! Rock was shifting!! Hair was greasy! This was the vibe you know, I was hoping for something a bit more angsty and indie but this is alright. Nirvana right? That was the time. I don't know if this is mean, but idk if there's anything special about this grunge album, and don't get me wrong I do like grunge.. but this is a little bit like Mystik Spiral from Daria but then like lowkey that was better because they were funny and taking the piss... sorry Mudhoney!

This is ok, I feel like it must’ve been nice to be in a rock band in 1991 where all you had to worry about was whether or not you’d sold out. It’s a fun listen lacks that bit of edge for me, I’m sure it slapped back in the slacker 90s but today it feels a bit surface level

meh

Has kind of an Iron Butterfly vibe starting off...probably just the organ. Something So Clear reminds me of the Foo Fighters...everything on this list reminds me of something now since I've listened to what seems like an endless stream of albums. This is an early 90s band. The snoring found sound is not a welcome addition.

When it comes to early 1990s US indie/grunge, it can be a fine line between 'we don't want to be corporate sellouts' and 'we're shambling and self-indulgent on purpose, take that David Geffen!' So, the fact that the Wikipedia entry treats it like a badge of honour that Mudhoney didn't go with a major label for this didn't fill me with confidence. I ended up liking it though - I feel like if they had wanted to sellout, there would have been actual buyers, which isn't always the case.

I have no idea why this would be ok this list. Superfuzz Bigmuff is far superior.

Good, of a time, and that time rocked pretty hard. Definitely worth a better run than I got to give it, but mudhoney is on a list.

Typical. You wait 959 days to hear your first Mudhoney album and then two come along in a fortnight. Thought this one was better than Superfuzz, a bit more varied and melodic. It's still not something I'll be adding to the rotation but didn't mind it through a couple of times.

Decent grunge

Not a bad album but it's a pretty unnecessary inclusion since I think "Superfuzz Bigmuff" was enough for these guys. I like the wacky album cover though. It's gotta unique style for a grunge record. Favorite track: Thorn

Grunge pioniers, maar wel een saai album, richting het einde wordt het gelukkig wat leuker

Wacht... Waarom zijn dit precies 'pioniers' in grunge? Alles wat ik hoor is een vrij oppervlakkig en soms saaiig rockalbum dat slechts enkele weken uit is gekomen voor beide Nevermind en Ten. Even los van mijn duidelijk te hoge verwachtingen door alles wat ik over dit album kon vinden, staan er wel aardige nummertjes op deze plaat. Vooral de wat meer punky tracks, zoals Thorn, zijn wel cool.

Good

Fine.

Alright overall but nothing special

I could definitely hear the Seattle grunge scene coming through here. Not bad.

It was ok, very interesting to hear grunge but not from one of the big grunge bands, didn’t blow me away but didn’t need to skip anything

More like the bits of Superfuzz Bigmuff that I didn't enjoy so much. Still some good noise.

was vibing with this till some fucker snored in my ear for a minute straight. why would anyone include that in an album. why

Not as good as superfuzz bigmuff but still worth your time.

Solid 90s rock but doesn't stand out

This was okay, but nothing more really. I preferred it to the silly voiced American 90s alternative bands, but it doesn't reach the spots that Dinosaur Jr or Nirvana does.

I was expecting grunge but what I got seemed very alt – rock, post punk and I really liked it. It just seems so amiable and other reviewers have called it charming, and although that seems strange for a grunge band, I can relate to it. The band does just what they have to do and do it well without bells and whistles. High 3.

Cool grunge album. I'm not the biggest fan of grunge music but I can admit that these guys are so influential and this album itself is the pivotal point for the entire grunge wave.

It's okay. Not much to write home about. Honestly a bit disappointed in it, which is surprising since I tend to really enjoy grunge, and really like some other Mudhoney stuff.

Grungy rock

Grungey garage punk.

not bad, decent rock album

Tolerable by grunge standards, so just average at best.

Solid grunge album. Not totally my jam but I still enjoyed it.

So this album actually rips. I will say, it kinda suffers the same problem as the Hives album on here though. The tracks (for the most part) blend into one another. Idk, I had fun with it. Proto grunge mixed with punk/garage rock. I can hear so many of my favorite bands in this record, so I thought that was fun. I actually don’t mind the blown up and distorted vocals. Is it 1001 worthy? Probably not, but these 1001 god has a hard on for proto insert any genre here.

Growing up, I remember Mudhoney tshirts everywhere. I always thought they were a metal band! Is this a masterpiece? No. Some songs are a bit more same-samey than others, but overall it’s enjoyable, interesting, and I can see why it was so influential.

Drunk bike album = 4

Najs. Man hör på vissa låtar att dom var stor inspo för Nirvana. Tycker deras tidigare EP och singlar är ännu bättre!

This record starts off decently with a few enjoyable songs. 'Good Enough' is good enough, as is 'Let It Slide' and a few other tracks, but it all gets a bit samey towards the end. Not a bad record by any means, but you only really need to hear a select few tracks.

Didn’t know of this band. Not as bad as I expected.

Some good tracks. Some that even sound like early Flying Nun Records (New Zealand).

Somewhere between a 3 and a 4. I appreciate the importance of the band, but I just wish the recording had more punch.

And every good boy deserves a good album after this. 3/5

Its good. I like grunge

A 2.5 for me rounded up. Really liked / didn’t like certain songs.

I love Nirvana, but I don't care much for grunge apart from them. Bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains are just tedious. That's likely the reason I've never given Mudhoney a listen. After the first listen, I'm positively surprised. The punk influences and lo-fi production feel much more closer to my heart than the polished soundscape of Superunknown, for example. After a second listen, a couple of highlights stand out (especially 'Let It Slide' and 'Good Enough'), but there's still quite a bit of filler. Right now it's a strong 3 stars, but extra listens could push it to a four.

No fav song

Fine, not as good as I was expecting

Enjoyed this. A good bit of punky grunge

I missed listening to Mudhoney when grunge was big and I am not sure that I would have even enjoyed it very much since this isn't the typical big "grunge" sound that I preferred to listen to. As I stated in my review of the prior Mudhoney album, this isn't even really grunge music but is more garage rock, which of course, is where so much grunge really originated from. I am not sure this book needed two Mudhoney albums, but I have started to wonder if I don't say that about many of the albums that are represented in this book. I do think this type of music is overrepresented in the book...and I am a fan of this type of music. My favorite songs: Let It Slide Good Enough Into the Drink Who You Drivin' Now? Shoot the Moon Check Out Time

Almost good!

Who You Drivin' Now was first song that stood out. Grunge needs to make a full comeback. But if not, we will always have the early 90s. 3/5

Pretty good punk/grunge without much to write home about, good enough

6/10 Meh, no es malo pero no me atrapó. Fui medio distraído todo el viaje, no había nada que me llame la atencion pero no es malo

This is a pretty good album full of punky grungy goodness

Vraiment cool mais je catch pas pourquoi c’est dans ma liste

I didn't hate this but it ended up just feeling like this big tuneless mess. I finished listening to it a few hours ago and I can barely remeber anything about it.

It was good, if just wasn't anything special to me. I prefer a lot more grunge albums and bands that came out during this period.

Yeah this was fine. Not as good as some other pink albums, but not bad.

Not the worst thing ever. This album is actually pretty good at times, but it really doesn't do anything exceptionally well.

2,5

#428 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ✅ It was a bit underwhelming at first, I soon realized that was intentional on the bands part. I felt it sounded a lot more old timey than 1991 at first and after reading about the making of the record, they were indeed going for the 70's garage rock punk sound, which I would rather call proto-metal hard rock sound (Blue Cheer et. al). I like Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, so in my opinion this is a rather weird turn in their career. Then again, they've got tired of one thing and went towards a new one for most of their career. Not my favourite, I've not extensively listened to their catalogue either. Decent 3/5, but left me wanting.

I've heard plenty about Mudhoney but have never actually heard an album by them until now. I like this. The Nirvana comparison is probably too obvious, but maybe not fully apt either: Whereas Nirvana felt more in-your-face and raw, this album at least played around with some different instrumental layers and incorporated a wider variety of influences than Cobain and Co. ever did. Nothing really stood out to me here, but it was an enjoyable listen.

Interesting listen. Enjoyed some of it but not blown away

Not the end of grunge that I prefer, but still fun enough. Bit scrappy which I guess is part of the charm.

2.9

Not quite my tempo but maybe

Stupid fucking album name. This album was a very pleasant surprise, as I’m not really a fan of grunge. Really dug the garage punk edge, and then theres some of that subdued feel that will become a mainstay of 90s rock, but then there’s even some late 60s and surf vibe. There are lots of fun ideas and unique approaches to guitar in particular in these songs, it feels fresh even today. It’s entertaining to me when the guitarist pops out a key for a bit during a solo. Much more my style than a lot of the more boring grunge I’ve heard

Good in parts!

I rather liked this album, it was interesting and I cant tell if the poor production was done on purpose or not, but it sort of adds to it.

A decent grunge album but not one that hits home for me (or with as many monster hits) as several others from this period.

This is #day683 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I've never quite gotten around to grunge bands like Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, or Stone Temple Pilots, so this list is a good opportunity to catch up. This record does feel like an important branch of the genre, though I can't say I'm hell-bent on revisiting it soon. The garage-punk production is fun and helps it stand out from other albums in this vein. Otherwise, let it be a 3 out of 5 for now. We'll see what their other record has in store when the time comes. Looking forward to #day684.

Consistent career of being just good enough.

i thought the 1st Mudhoney album/EP was pretty good, hopefully this one is too Generation Genocide - no rating Let It Slide - 3/5 Good Enough - 3/5 Something So Clear - 4/5 Thorn - 4/5 Into the Drink - 3/5 Broken Hands - 5/5 Who You Drivin' Now? - 4/5 Move Out - 3/5 Shoot the Moon - 3/5 Fuzzgun '91 - 3/5 Pokin' Around - 3/5 Don't Fade IV - 4/5 Check-out Time - 4/5 Average score: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ i liked this a little less than Superfuzz Bigmuff, but it was alright

Yeah! Very good!

scho besser tönendi musig ghört hahaha aber isch ja au de sinn vom ganze sie stelled sich selber vor als "truly the band that made the '90 grunge rock movement possible" ...findi jz scho grossi wort wo da gschriebe werded aber joaaa es gaht alles chli ah mier verbii aber thorn hani jz na cool gfunde joa es passt iwie nöd so ufd liste. falls sie würkli so hrunge-pioniere sind, verstahni nöd wiso nöd s debutalbum druff isch. hanmer weg dem es 2 überleit aber grunge gfalltmer eifach. gaaaanz knapps 3

Pretty good album that I have never heard before. Kind of punk lite in a way. It has a lot of good music that has some variety to it. Nothing really blew me away but it was consistently good throughout. Just read a little about them and realized that they contributed to the Seattle Grunge movement in the 90's which would explain why I like it. I was the perfect age to absorb that music at the time. I'm sorry I didn't listen to it when I was young, I'm sure it would have loved it.

1% more polished production wise compared to their earlier entry on this list, but still a fun early grunge album. Not entirely sure the band needed 2 albums in the book though. 7.5/10.

I could probably have coped with this when I was twenty but I'm too old for it now.

"man, Superfuzz Bigmuff was pretty good i wonder i-" the answer was no. Superfuzz Bigmuff had some quality to it that this does not. the albums sound the same except the apparent magic was absent ig. 2.5

Pffffft. I’ve heard better from bands doing the same stuff.

This was better than expected but also not great per se. Many people say this is one of the best grunge albums ever made. You must hear it if you like the raw, rough sound of early Seattle rock. It shows that the local music scene was much bigger than just the few famous bands that became huge. Would not join my rotation but I'm ok being forced to listen to it.

Never heard this grunge band. Solid. Seattle band bsides

6.5/10

The Good: We get fudge! The Bad: We don’t know what kind of fudge… The Ugly: Don’t want to find out what we get if we are bad boys… 1991 was an awesome year to be young (as in, old enough to drink “legally”, young enough to know nothing about 1960’s music, or even ‘70s music. Saturday Night Live probably had one of the best casts ever. Beer was cheap, smokes were cheaper, and fuel was given away for free… almost. I watched the movie “Singles”, still have a DVD copy at home, and it acted as a small documentary of what grunge was all about… My favorite band of that style is Temple of the Dog… missing on the list, to my knowledge. Anyway, Mudhoney was a band who’s name I heard here and there, and I probably heard a song or two by them hidden somewhere in the back… So, listening to this album was like me busting my cherry 3 1/2 decades later… I was not impressed. Yes, it has noise. Yes, it has guitar. Yes, it is grungy. I believe that I could have done without this album… 2 1/2* upgraded to 3*, because I like to support guitar based music...

That was not bad!

3.5 Nice guitar sound

Solid, but not outstanding. I didn't really get into Mudhoney back in the day, and listening to this doesn't change my view. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 334 Already owned : 76 Purchased : 16 To buy : 3 Nope : 239

A 90s Seattle rock album, but not the highlight of that scene by any means. It's muddy and grungy with some decent moments, but this album suffers with songs blending into each other and gets boring after a while.

T'was alright

Pretty good, like a high 3

The music was alright, actually, I quite enjoyed some of it, but the voice, blagh.

Decent quality grungy listen.

There was excitement heading into this one! The albums generator has graced me with Superfuzz Bigmuff and I've been a fan of Mudhoney since. This one has all the signs of being a solid piece of work, it's described by themselves as perhaps the most cohesive project, and it's got some pretty stunning artwork representing it. We're working a burning image in primary colors, with two harsh pastels and intense reds, it's like Munch meets Harring and the Life's Good logo. I don't think it's as impressive as it reads on paper, it really just gave me the urge to listen to Nirvana by the end of it. I gave it another listen, same acceptable experience with the yearnings for a more solid grunge experience. I'd buy the record at a discount price, just to have something well made in between my rock and roll listens. 3.2/5

fun atmospheric grunge moment

was this on Skate? It should've been. Very enjoyable - classic 90's punk. 7/10.

Mudhoney never really did it for me the way the other big grunge bands did, but I still respect them as trailblazers. You can hear all the elements of grunge and later 90s bands to come, especially Nirvana and Pavement.

This is alright. Not wowing me. The music kind of reminds me of Nevermind era Nirvana with maybe a little more punk thrown in. The vocals are kind of just there. Nothing wrong with it, but it's not gonna stick with me.

I know this album and listening again here I am mildly disappointed, as it seems dated.

Himbo album (pretty but not much substance)

More monotone than I would prefer.

Early grunge album. Never listened back in the day. My intro to grunge were nirvana, pearl jam and the likes. Though not as impactful it still has its place. Not a bad album in my opinion

its fine. prob foundational. too slow and not enough emotion for me; put it in broadening anyway

Surprisingly good.

Okay Grunge, not unpleasant, but not a classic for the period. Haven't heard of them before.

p664. 1991. 3 stars. Noisy Nirvana clones with some decent songs, but not good or with enough variety to repay repeated listening.

it's ok. theres better sludge and better grunge out there.

Weirdly, it almost felt too peppy for grunge and too passive for punk.

I didn't hate this album but it was a bit lacking... I didn't find any of the hooks all that catchy and not a lot of the tracks really grabbed my attention (for good or bad). As far as grunge goes, this is no Nirvana, it lacks some spark that I can't put my finger on. There were a few bits that had me going briefly and a few bits that I wanted to skip (like the random 30 seconds of snoring). Going to go with a low 3.

wieder rock.. ganz ok.. gut? idk

Decent enough grunge

More of a messy experiment than an actual grunge album, but one that pays off in some moments. I just don't think this album ever really commits to an idea for long enough to actually make anything out of it, which is pretty frustrating as there is a lot of potential here. I had have fun listening to it overall, like I said the ideas that it has are for the most part really interesting and unique, but it moves so quickly with no real rhyme or reason that it just ends up coming across as incomplete in the end.

love the name

It's fine. This sounds like something I would have pretended to love just because 'Nick the Dick' was into them or something like that. 3/5

Not familiar with Mudhoney (and not particularly keen on grunge), I played the expanded edition of this album, with a bunch of demos and alternative versions. Unusually, I kind of preferred the more raucous sound of the extra tracks over the album proper, which sounded a bit too smoothly produced for me. I rate the album 3, the bonus tracks 4.

Not as rough a diamond as their first (very short) album and sounded more like they went into the studio with the bare bones of each track and then 'jammed' it out. But yes it was ok.

Not bad but nothing is that notable. Every songs sounds super similar. Vocalist annoyed me for some reason. Still not a "bad" album.

An album with no lows and a couple highs for me. Pretty fun all things considered. Pokin' Around is familiar sounding, the starting chords.

It's alright, solid grunge but nothing groundbreaking

Muistan kun nää veivas joskus sata vuotta sitten Ilosaarirockissa ja sen jälkeen silmäätekevät musajullit sano, että jo ol kaameeta. En tiiä sitten ootettiinko Narvanaa vai mitä sairaan kovaa poppispändiä, mutta kyl se ol sitä mitä menussa luki eikä muuta. Kai se myös vähän kuvastaa sitä, miten erikoinen genretermi se koko runke on, kun sen alle mahtuu monensorttista tavaraa, jotka ei kauheesti kuulosta toisiltaan. Ehkä semisti yllättää, että jokainen hyvä poika ansaitsee tän 1001 albumin listalleen, mutta toffeetahan tää on. Nannaa pieninä annoksina, mutta hampaathan siinä menee, jos liiaks naatiskelee. Keskiviivan arvio lienee tän kohtalo.

i think i know why this album is on here, and it is pretty good overall. i don't hear much difference across songs and found myself frequently bored by too many of the instrumentals

No filler, but no killer either 🤷‍♂️

Growing up in Seattle (and at about the right time), I knew a variety of people who swore by Mudhoney, and a friend in college (from Portland) who absolutely loved them, but I never really found the right hook to get into them, either then or later. They definitely formed part of the burgeoning grunge scene, at least in Seattle (although thankfully were spared from the heroin curse that plagues so many post-Green-River Seattle bands), and I can see why people seem to consider this their best album, but it feels like something is missing from nearly every song, although I can't say what exactly; maybe it's just their intentionally very lo-fi recording style, or maybe it's their slightly-too-snarky humor. My favorites of the lot are probably the one-two punch of "Let it slide" and "Good enough" (the latter having a weird hipster/Madchester video), "Broken hands", and the final track "Check-out time". Not at all a bad album, but also strangely forgettable; it'll be interesting to see if their debut album (also in this collection) is much different.

didn't grab me--is it my headphones or does the whole thing sound very subdued?

Fine!

2.5

It started and ended lacking in quality compared to how good the songs in the middle were. High 3

Never. really listened, some interesting musical keys, not so much. on the rhythm side though

крутые челики, но не думаю что это их лучший альбом. или даже хороший.

Raucous noise, apparently recorded on Nanna's cassette player, lands somewhere between Velvet Underground and Nirvana. Which isn't a bad place to be. Loose, grungey goodness.

Helt ok, men de inspirerte er bedre enn kilden.

I don't really have any strong feelings about this one. It's alright. It's a little murky and rough around the edges. It all kind of bleeds into one. But.. I kind of dig its shabby charm.

Najs om man är på humör

Pretty solid, although I like other bands of the era much better.

I like these guys. Solos are pretty wild with some notes you would not expect. I don’t know if I liked this as much as the other album we had of there’s but could possibly move up with more listens. 3.25

¿Qué podía salir de Green River? Pues nada menos que Pearl Jam y Mudhoney. Los primeros, junto con Nirvana, los líderes de su generación pero los segundos con discos a la altura de ellos. Shoot the moon te das cuenta que no son los Pixies, son más planos y rudimentarios. Seattle no es Boston (si de algún lugar parecen salidos es de Detroit)... aunque de compararlos lo haría con Dinosaur Jr. por su trayectoria. Tanto de unos como de otros sabes que si coges cualquier disco suyo tienes lo mismo: un sonido y una calidad como pocos. Let it slide condensa el sonido de Seattle en apenas 2 minutos. Who you driving now? te hace moverte como no podrías con Nirvana Pearl Jam o Alice in chains. Ahora bien, es mejor su debut, Superfuzz Bigmuff.

Really good fuzzed out garage rock. Lumped in with the grunge scene by virtue of proximity only. Favorite track: Thorn

Lyricists they ain't, but they got the energy and the sound. I'm reminded a little bit of Hot Snakes. I know these guys are foundational, but as happens so often, if you weren't around for the foundation, it doesn't hit nearly as hard. It's good, but it's not great. Would love to see this live.

Honestly very forgettable.

3/5

Sounded to me like an okay-ish also-ran 90s grunge band, but from reading I gather they were actually influential in the birth of the genre. Enjoyable enough.

Okay grunge from the early 1990s but other bands did it better.

Many of my favourite bands are from the grunge genre. Mudhoney however is band I’ve never listened much to. I have tried a few times, but no… Today I have listened through my first album with them. I guess it’s okay, but I understand why they never really became more than an underground band. It’s an okay listen, but few of the songs really stick out. Favourite song: Good Enough

Not my thing

nope

Loved the guitar tone a lot, excellent fuzz. Didn't go anywhere much but enjoyed a lot of the songs.

My rating 2.8. Not in my wheelhouse. This album shows they wanted to stay ahead or away from the upcoming Grunge wave that they helped usher in. That may have been a mistake.

Decent proto-grunge.

Them again.

Eh - Mudhoney are kind of the forgotten men of grunge, and honestly I can see why. TMIS and SFBM clearly have historical relevance and importance, but without that theyre very much just *fine*. Some nice songs and ideas, but nothing kuch that sticks in the head, and i'm left wondering 'why this?' Over hundreds of equally, if not more, valuable additions. A strong 2/ weak 3 that just makes a 3 from some of the riffs

This is a perfectly fine punk record that came out of the cusp of the grunge movement blowing up. Where it falls short is when you hold it up to its contemporaries. This is noisy, but nowhere near as experimental as Sonic Youth. It may sound like Nirvana, but lacks the pop sensibilities and Cobain's passionate yell. I enjoyed how they incorporated harmonica into their sound on several songs, with 'Move Out' standing out. I don't recall other grunge bands using the instrument like they did here. 'Fuzz Gun' 91' is an instrumental piece that brings the fuzz as the name implies. 'Thorn' is the catchiest tune you'd find on here. Outside of these moments, there really isn't anything particular standout here. There's a reason this band isn't as well remembered as other bands of the genre.

Bom álbum, grunhe mais punk

grungy, but ehh. not that mindblowing

I prefer the mnemonic Every Good Boy deserves Fruit. It just wasn’t quite the grunge I wanted.

This album has a great energy. It sounds like a band from the 80s capitalising on the grunge explosion but still held true to their style.

Some songs weird, others I thoroughly enjoyed. Would probably be like a 2.5/10 but rounding up to a 3

2.7 Ehhhhhhhhhhh

A little too punk to be grunge. A little too rock to be emo. A little too disconnected to be alternative. Just misses. 3.

I didn't realise the importance of Mudhoney, a band I've never listened to before. That's good enough reason to listen to this. As an album it's OK without setting the world on fire when you listen to it today.

Can see why it's on the list in terms of history. Lacking in the enjoyment department. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Good

Solid grunge but not a classic

Interesting short songs; initial tracks were too noise-rock for my mood that day, but later tracks mellowed out nicely

Completely, totally average. Nothing good enough to take interest in, nothing bad enough to want to skip.

Le premier album de grunge du projet, c'est pas mal et ça tente des trucs, sans être complètement mémorable.

Honestly I was expecting something cool but it just turned out to be a kinda average lot of droning guitar noise 3/5

Deren EP neulich fand ich okay, das Album hier gefällt mir besser. Bin so zwischen 3 und 4 Sternen.

Organized chaos. Energetic and fun, but not for every day.

More fuzz than I have on my face now. I can definitely hear the grunge connection.

listening at home in the dark with a cold thoughts: • if you picked just one album to explain the whole grunge thing, I don't think it would be wrong to pick this one • the only thing I can think of to describe grunge as distinct from the alternative/underground rock & punk happening at the same time is an arena rock meathead aspect, and it wears me out pretty quick

Sort of what you see on the tin. I prefer Superfuzz because it’s grosser, sounds more unpleasant in a good way. This album just sorta drags on and on

This is exactly the kind of stuff I was listening to as a preteen thinking I was hot shit. I will say that as good as this album is, it gets a little monotonous and I've heard other bands do this sound better.

It was fine. But there wasn't take any hook. I think there were better early 90s Subpop records to include

It was pretty grunge, which I had a hard time with. The instrumentals were interesting at times

Mudhoney ain't bad. A little garage grunge is my thing at times and today while working from home and cooking lunch, it worked out great. Sounds like early Nirvana (Bleach) but not as hard. I like the use of harmonica, unexpected. "Don't Fade IV" was a brilliant way to introduce snoring into a song but reminded me of the snorlax next door that keeps me up at night. 2nd best snore usage I've heard after "Fungus Dream" by Daedalus. I think Every Good Boy Deserves Beer but ok...2.63 stars.

Ya know what, hell yeah!

Grungerific. Squarely in the vein of Nirvana meets Smashing Pumpkins, Mudhoney seems like they were almost as good as some of their contemporary grunge counterparts, but a slightly lesser version. This is a really good record, and one that I think I’d enjoy more with each listen. However, again, it’s just not quite as good as comparable bands of the time.

Good alt rock. Nothing lyrically stuck out and got stuck in my head, but I liked the vibes

very rush sounding

fauvorites: shoot the moon, fuzzgun '91

It's never quite gets off the ground.

Super solid rock album. I could see how someone might not like the lead singers voice but I like it a lot. I I do think this album should’ve had more variety of sounds. This album has clear boundaries and parameters, you know exactly what the next song is gunna sound like cause it’s all inside the same wheelhouse. Sincerely not a bad album just sort of underwhelming at moments.

Favorite Track: Good Enough

A solid grunge/garage rock album, no wonder, since they were a big influence on Nirvana

Always wanted to listen to more Mudhoney. Fairly disappointed by the result. Fairly standard album

Nice grungy feel

6/10 Best songs: Something So Clear, Broken Hands, Who You Drivin' Now?, Check-Out Time I feel like I've heard of this band, but I know nothing about them and have never listened to them before. This album has a grunge-y rock vibe. I do enjoy it - the guitars are quite brilliant - but the droning singing gets a bit old.

I remember buying and listening to this when it came out in 1991. Although I enjoyed it, I never totally got right into it. I do like the lo-fi garage rock sound and Mark Arm’s distinctive voice but I think the album might be a bit too long as it seems to drag towards the end. Now that I’m hearing it again many decades later I think the problem might be the vocal melodies which follows the riffs too much. Otherwise it’s a fun album and best enjoyed in small chunks.

Decent punk album. Nothing stood out to me.

Not memorable. Some rock album

This is the most background music 3/5 album I've ever heard

While revolutionary for what they tried to do, since then many other bands have improved on the concept and I feel like this album has been left behind. There is a fine line between Rock, Grunge and Punk influences and 'just noise' and even though I really want to like this album as I am very much a fan of rock and grunge and 90s music like this I am just not that into it. There are no real stand out songs and only a handful of songs I would listen to again. All in all... eh its alright.

3/5 Every good boy DOES deserve fudge! It's a really good garage rock album from the originators of grunge, but it was a little boring at times with barely any switch-ups. It all quickly felt like the same songs, but the sound was very nice regardless. I liked Good Enough and Check-Out Time.

More of a garage rock outing from Mudhoney which came out only a couple of months before Nevermind. Good fun album with better songwriting than their previous outings....sort of Blue Cheer meets the Ramones. Worth a listen.

Didn't initially grab me but actually I really liked it by the end. Particularly the use of the undistorted harmonica and undistorted (acoustic?) guitars amongst the fuzz, which worked really well.

A very high 3

I don’t even know what to say. Sure?

Weird. It's like late-60s prog rock with significantly better production and a grunge tinge. At least, the first track is. After a solid instrumental in Generation Genocide, Let It Slide goes all in on the Cobain-esque vocal delivery (seriously, why do all Seattle grunge bands have identical-sounding singers?). Good Enough is a punk song in grunge's clothing. The chords are simple and all major. And the vocals are actively lazy. Yep, that's the punk genre we know (and love, for some reason). Still, I can't deny that it's the catchiest track on the album, and apparently Spotify listeners can't deny it either. The following song, Something So Clear, continues the punkish undertones with a brash, bluesy riff and (strangely) doubled vocals. These guys need to decide what era they're trying to emulate, because it's all over the place right now. Broken Hands is by far the longest song here, and you can feel its length. The track isn't great. It's slow, lumbering, and doesn't have any particularly good hooks or musicianship to make you want to come back. Move Out, in contrast, has a very distinctive riff accompanied by a strange, mildly unpleasant acoustic guitar tone. (To you Led Zeppelin fans, it's the same one as in Hats Off To Roy Harper.) It's such a puzzling track that manages to be confident in its confusion. Cool. Fuzz Gun '91 is a welcome relief from some of the worse vocals leading up to it. It's actually a pretty great grunge instrumental in its own right. As another reviewer so eloquently put it, it's passable Seattle grunge, but someone else did it better. 3/5 Key tracks: Good Enough, Something So Clear, Into The Drink

I'm a sucker for early grunge.

I’ve been sleeping on Mudhoney. Definitely going to give this album another listen

Good not great

Grunge, garage rock, punk rock, alternative rock. Whatever you want to call it, Mudhoney play it fast and loose. Love that they aren’t po-faced like so many of their contemporaries. The production, which sounds like it’s coming through a busted college radio, is a plus in my book. (What did it sound like when it was coming through a busted college radio?)

Decent

Glad I was too young to think this was as good as it gets!

#209/1001. Another album that takes me back to my high school years. As grunge got bigger and bigger, there were many interesting acts who popped out. For me this was a natural continuum of punk which I had listened to quite actively for a few years. But apparently not for some: as we were blasting this tape at our high school recreational area, playing table tennis, some newly born Nirvana fans came in, stopped the tape and put on teen spirit. I thought then why bother, Mudhoney was much better. But the question now is that do I still think so? The answer is probably no. I can't blame they would be only Nirvana wannabes or grunge wave riders, they rock and are fun, but nothing stands out ageless as so many Nirvana tunes have done. So a nostalgic three.

Good

They had the smarts to clean up the vocals to offer a counterpoint to the scuzzy guitars, giving the sound a lot more dynamism, creating a bit of breathing room in the mix. They're like an American Jesus and Mary Chain, fusing noise and pop into louder fuzzier heavier version of basically the 60s garage rock template, complete with surf solos. The dirty bass parts rip and the nasal slacker rock singing works perfectly for the dgaf affect.

I think the album art is supposed to depict this album getting obliterated 3 months after launch by Nevermind

157/1001 Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ Well this far more in my wheelhouse than a number of the albums I've had from this week. It's scrappy, sludgy and very DIY sounding, but I enjoyed it. Obviously you can't look past the influence on the grunge scene they had.

I appreciate the alt rock sound. Interesting to note that Kurt Cobain considers Mudhoney an influence.

I actually enjoyed the first half of this album, but the ladder half was much more disappointing for me. I also didn't feel as though there were memorable moments or catchy songs on this album, which usually brings me back.

It didn't open strong for me given the wealth of grunge since, but picked up as it went on. High 3

Likeable grunge, but one tempo

They make an awesome sound. Unfortunately the vocals are relatively weak and the songs do not mean through