Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Naja
This is a quite enjoyable album.
I completely agree.
Ok
Non il mio genere,. decisamente
I had never even heard of Mudhoney. I enjoyed it, but it is very ‘of its time’. I think maybe you’d love it more if you knew it growing up…
90s rock is not the same without mudhoney. Every aspect of the grunge sound is here. Although I think their descendants finessed the recipe, the honest song writing and raw fuzz tones still hold up. Fav track: Broken Hands
New to me, never knew much about the grunge scene aside from the big names of the 90s out of the PNW.
Album 22/1001 Classic Rain Rock. 🌧 🎸
Sounds like a garage band
A strong 3 - really good music but didn't stand out enough to make 4.
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 recommend skipping this one. Attempted to cross into a number of genres and there are many bands in these genres that override what was essentially a lot of noise.
I’ll admit I was half distracted listening to this yesterday, but I don’t think that mattered. It was probably better as background noise. I didn’t mind some of the songs but as others have already said, it’s more high school level playing. I’ll give it a 2 purely for the fact that it inspired the birth of grunge.
These guys remind me (a lot) of a highschool garage band. At times the musicians seemed out of sync with one another (which I have no doubt was by design) and every song sounded the same as the last one. A few of the songs contained sections which appeared as though the song was going to turn into a jam session but it always ran too long and I found myself wishing it was over. I’d be okay if I never listened to this album again. In fact, I’d prefer it.
I hope this is the right place to submit an IT ticket? Anyway, love this whole 1001 album generator thing and everything has been going great until today. My “album” was something called “every good boy deserves fudge” by a band called Mudhoney. At first, I was suspicious, given the artwork looks like it was done by a middle schooler, but I gave it a listen. As suspected, it appears like these crafty kids have hacked into your system, and uploaded a recording of one of their garage band rehearsals, replacing your real album. You can tell from the very beginning when you hear them warming up. All of the songs are screamed over instruments that have just been learned, based on the basic notes and melodies that repeat over and over. For a minute, I thought it might be post-punk music, but nope, it’s clearly pre-teens. But, good news! They may not have been fully successful in their hack, because it looks like one song from the real album, into the drink, is still there. They missed that one but I think they got all the rest. Please take a look and reset the servers or whatever you have to do. Just send a reply when everything is up and running again. Hope this info helps. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to tomorrow’s album. Thanks!
This one brought me back to my highschool days when we would go to the battle of the bands and rocked out! Great times! Lots of Metallica, Guns n Roses, and Iron Maiden covers. The rare Rush song the brave kids who had crazy chops would give a go, i remember my friend doing Tom Sawyer, he rocked it! Well, maybe not rocked it, but Neil Peart would have approved of the effort for sure, looking back I'm still crazy impressed ...anyway... of course there were also the original songs, teenage angst expressed through poorly conceived riffs and even worse lyrics. Some weren't terrible, none were very good, but back in they day each was freaking rad as hell to 15 year old me. Mudhoney brought me back to those good old days, and as bad as my buddies were, Mudhoney is worse. They may have influenced the birth of one of my favorite genres, and I thank them for that, but there is nothing good on this album. The writing is barely on par with the average high-school kid and in that spirit I give this album a gold star! A single, yet very special, gold star they can display on their refrigerator along with the cover art for this record.
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.
Kind of drones on. Sounds like it was made in a basement. I just think it's boring and really sounds like that middle school band in the talent show.
Solid stuff.
Bun de fundal
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
Meh
This reminds me of Dinosaur, Jr. but with a bit more punk influence. Just ok.
Not bad
I wanted to like these guys back in the day. I wanted to like them now. I feel like I should like them. But something just isn't right or good with them for me.
• 2/5 • The raw, garage-grunge sound is cool, but the songs lack hooks
American Grunge. Meh! My favourite track was "Broken Hands".
I'm trying to put it into context.........coming out of the synth-heavy pop 80s and the hair band rock, this stripped down garage band sound must have sounded absolutely revolutionary. But now......it's......... ok? I hear a little Kurt and Pearl Jam in it (osmosis by association?). I wish they dug a little deeper, got a little weirder.
Full on, high energy, garage rock to the max. Great fuzz. Favourite tracks: Thorn, Broken Hands, Move Out, Pokin' Around
Grunge driven by drums, guitar and shouty snarling repetitive vocals and purposefully mediocre production quality.
hopefully they invested whatever little money they made 1/5
Yet another band I should have listened to many years ago. Right up my street, but I evidently wasn’t home that day
not their best
In a nutshell: every grunge band deserves... Thrashy, fuzzy, excellent guitars and drumming, muddy vocals... and so easy to compare to other grunge acts. Got a little slacker punk vibes. Also, did anyone else notice that some songs were a grunge take on Led Zeppelin? Something So Clear sounded like a reinterpretation of Whole Lotta Love. It was okay, but I preferred Mudhoney's EP Superfuzz Bigmuff. Overall: 4/10
Not sure what the harmonica did to deserve that.
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.
Some good songs. Not extraordinary but not bad
Every good boy does deserve fudge and to listen to this album
Do enjoy this genre of music but found this quite average. Might grow with repeated listens so won't rule it out
Not terrible
Just a classic three stars. Simpsons: No
Hated this at the start, but the middle bit did grow on me just a little bit. However, there is better grunge music out there. These boys don't deserve fudge after that effort.
Well there's a reason they're called Mudhoney and not Goodhoney
Grunge that’s on the garage & punkier side rather than the metallic and slower side. There's a rawness to the songwriting, musicianship, and production. Also manages to balance energy/intensity with like a detached, lackadaisical attitude. Some solid guitar riffs and solos, sometimes giving me a Dinosaur Jr vibe. Harmonica felt kinda random.
seattle's finest
I did not enjoy even one second of this
It's fine. Classic grunge.
It’s fine.
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
Correcto
Every Good Boy Does Fine! and this album is another good one
It all sorta blended together but I like it. Beat Nevermind by a couple months so you know it's gotta be at least interesting. But otherwise, it's just an okay grunge album. There are better, there are probably a lot worse.
Decent enough early 90s grunge. But its pretty evident why, intentionally or otherwise and despite being an important player in the Seattle scene, they didn't blow up the mainstream like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains did.
2.5*
Nipples are furry with mud and honey. Butt smecks at its finest
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
Proto-Nirvana grunge. Top track: Let It Slide
I don’t get why this is here. It’s like punk rock Rolling Stones with a lead so by net that sounds like he couldn’t give less of a shit
Well they tried.
Lying on the grass in the French Alps staring up at the swirling clouds and listening to an album by a band I’ve never heard of before, leave it with me! Ok maybe not the right album for this particular moment but it’s not bad.
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.
Sounds like the 90s
Fine, but not particularly memorable.
Notably does not go as hard as the other Mudhoney album featured on the list, but goes hard nonetheless. Nothing truly stuck out, unfortunately, but I had a fun rockin' time.
Graut. Ikke bånn av bøtta ettersom det er noe elgitar med distortion her.
Grunge isn't really my thing but this one was fine honestly.
This is what I would consider the early alt rock/grunge that produced the late 90s sound that I’m more familiar with. I think I would’ve been more into this if I was exposed at the time. Listening to it now, it’s not bad but nothing amazing.
'Garagepunk' heet dit. En het ontstijgt het niveau van 'opgeschoten jongens die in een garage wat aan lopen te rommelen' dan ook niet. Okee, het is niet megaslecht, maar vooral ook niet bijzonder goed. Achtergrondmuziek voor een lift in een gruizige flat in Seattle.
De eerdere plaat van Mudhoney kregen we al voor ons kiezen. Dat was vooral veel vals geschreeuw en ontving van mij 1 ster en de vraag wat dit album nu toevoegde. Vandaag dus een plaat om tegen aan te hikken... Ten opzichte van die eerdere ramp valt dit heel erg mee. Het is niet per se een schreeuwplaat meer, men probeert warempel muziek te maken. Wel met de nadruk op 'probeert', want man, dit is wel een erg matige kwaliteit. Dit presenteren als iets wat iedereen moet horen is een flinke middelvinger naar de muziek in het algemeen. Ok, het is iets beter dan hun eerste plaat, maar daarmee haalt het bij lange na nog geen tweede ster...
Begin 2024 kregen we het debuut van Mudhoney en daar heb ik eerlijk gezegd weinig actieve herinneringen meer aan. Ik ken Mudhoney wel van naam uit de (early) Seattle grunge. Ik was dan ook enigszins verrast in het eerste nummer een Hammond-orgel te horen, maar in het vervolg is het wel die kalere, ruwere Seattle sound die ik had verwacht. Het is me allemaal soms iets te nonchalant en ongeinteresseerd. En simpelweg niet goed genoeg. Er beklijven weinig nummers, zoals dat bij Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam of Soundgarden wel genoeg gebeurt. En dan is dit niet de stijl Seattle-grunge die ik leuk vind. Al veer ik wel af en toe op. Let it Slide herken ik (was dat hun 'hitje' in die tijd misschien?) en Thorn is nog wel een aardig rock n rolly nummer, had iets weg van Velvet Revolver (wat dan op zichzelf weer Guns n Roses meets Stone Temple Pilots was). Ik zie dat ik het debuut een (magere) 3 heb gegeven. Ik vind dit wel iets beter voor zover ik het nog kan vergelijken. Om er nu een 4 voor te geven, vind ik wel iets teveel van het goede. Tegenover een magere 3-, staat een prima 3+ dit keer. Helaas verdwijnt die nuance in de gegeven sterretjes. Het is wat het is.
I've heard of this band but never really listened to them or checked them out. I know their history in Seattle, behind the grunge "movement". Kind of excited to check this out. Very cool stuff. I can see where the influence from Nirvana and all the other Grunge bands to follow came from.
Interesting listen, and I am back and forth on whether I like it or not. Some tracks are not my personal taste, some are just so drab it’s offensive, but the garage rock (“grungy”) is where some of my music roots are, so I listened with an open mind. My biggest grip with it is that it’s not that original, the writing especially is a bit weak overall, and it’s not like it’s all that revolutionary in terms of sound, so you kind of are left wondering why is it an important listen ? Some pluses are that it does not sound as dated as some classic grunge album can, (except on a few track, like the closer Check Out Time which can go.) I think it’s also a lot more fun than what I was expected which is very refreshing in an album of that genre which too often the heaviest shit you can find. Sometimes it’s a bit odd, and those are the moment where it really shines, because it sets the record apart from others in a similar lane. I especially like the two songs with harmonica on it, (Move out, Pokin around) because they introduce a new sound and are a welcomed changed for the heavy guitar riffs, which are masterful, but can sometimes blend together in this kind of album. Ultimately, I think it’s very well made, and it rolls on engagingly. It’s nothing revolutionary, and I wish it pushed itself further on experimenting with other sounds, but it’s solid. If it was cut in half I would love it more, but I’m glad I discovered it.
Nice 90's alt-rock before the terrible 90's era guitar/vocal sound overtook everything
I really liked their earlier album (Superfuzz Bigmuff) so I was surprised that I disliked this album. I don’t think this band is good enough to have multiple albums make the list, and unfortunately this is the worse of the two by a lot. Very whiney.
Pretty good album. Very early grunge and it's closer to 80's metal in some parts which is interesting to hear. I liked it as a time-capsule but likely won't listen to much more.
i remember trying to listen to these guys a couple of times when i was a teenager and not being able to get into it. listening to it now is making me realise it was right up my alley but it’s not really my speed anymore. i still enjoyed this and still thought it was fun to listen to
2/5
I enjoyed it—good rhythm and overall sound waves. ★★★★
The first song that made me check my phone and say “maybe I’ll add this to my playlists” was something that Spotify just started playing after the album ended. It wasn’t awful by any stretch; it just didn’t really resonate with me.
Didn’t think I’d like it but I did
Pokin around was probably my favorite song on the album. Cool raw, rushed sound, not everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed it. Nothing earth shattering though.
Me acordó a Nirvana, buen disco.
nope
So 90s
It was fine.
Middle of the road grunge
Not great, not terrible. If I could give this 3.5, I would.
It was pretty cool ig
This is a very low 3 out of 5
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.
The review that said these sounded like songs left off a Tony Hawk videogame was right.
Not that good or exciting.
3/10 - nothing memorable, not quite hardcore punk but no rock song stands out
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!
Didn't enjoy it all that much. There were a few slower songs later on that I didn't mind.
I'll admit to being pretty underwhelmed initially by this. Listening more closely to it, there's a bit more to it than on the surface. But only a bit. The singer doesn't exactly bring a lot to the table, and the riffs and songs don't do enough to combat that. When nothing on the album really grabs you and makes you want to strap on a guitar and chunk out a riff, or replay a song, then you're in trouble. Actually, it's really hard to imagine why this made it into a list of 1001 albums - checking out lists of 1991, it doesn't exactly shine in what was a stellar year for rock and pop. It would be like Ned's Atomic Dustbin or EMF turning up on this list!
This album makes we want to go camping and run naked in a cornfield. Fun times.
every good boy DOES deserve fudge shit rips, its loud. cover art is a 5. album is a 4.
I would say 3.5. I'll listen to this again
First song sounds like Nirvana. Or this is like a lofi guided by voices-esque nirvana. A little more experimental but pretty alright. Exactly like their second track "good enough"
3.5/5
I don’t like anything about this album Weak songs, terrible audio quality
*I heard no music, only loud noises, screaming, squawking, and banging. Not easy listening
2+
Dirty grunge
Loud, brash, sometimes fun.
Jeg synes den sidste havde lidt mere karakter
Fedt lyt, minder ikke særlig meget om andet start-90er grunge!
Much more "polished" than Superfuzz Bigmuff. Doesn't sound very authentic... Budget Nirvana
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.
Ahhh, I’m torn. The sound is quite cool at times, the fuzzy guitar and garage rock vibe hit something raw and real. But it also gets too punky and vocally monotonous for my taste. The energy is there, but it lacks variation and depth. 3/5
Schreimusik.
Fun album, not really too much of an opinion on it beside liking what I heard well enough.
Review forthcoming
Early 90s grunge. Fairly boring, there’s loads of better grunge.
I liked this, it's like Nirvana but worse
Nothing
its fine. But I cant really see how this stands out from their peers, although this being a 1991 release struck me as interesting, I assumed early 2000's indie rock. It kinda borders on skater rock, which is fun, but assaults your senses.
Another album that makes me think that maybe 1001 albums was too ambitious for the author. This album isn’t particularly bad but there isn’t anything on it that stuck out to me as original or unique compared to other albums on this list. Some of the guitar and bass work was fine but I’ll never listen to this again and will promptly forget it by tomorrow
I dont know if i like mudhoney :(
I didn't care for most of this at all, but the Broken Hands solo is a fantastic discovery, so I can be generous with the score.
Esse álbum é muito divertido de ouvir. Mudhoney em grande forma. Como é um álbum que já escutei muito decidi fazer uma audição com um fone não óbvio para ele. Foi uma experiência bem legal, como assisti Mudhoney em uma casa pequena e sufocante. QKZxHBB Hades.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This was alright. I liked a few songs in particular, Thorn, Broken Hands, Who You drivin now?, Don't Fade IV. Maybe I'll check this out again after some time and see if it grows on me. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Seems like good rock, just not for me.
Much enjoy
This is the first I've listened to Mudhoney, supposedly an overshadowed forefather of grunge. But this album has more punk in it in my opinion, maybe a touch of grunge. It's still good, though unpolished and not as fun as punk from mainstays of that genre. My favorite was probably Let It Slide.
1. Oh golly that’s a lot of mudhoney. 2. Ok, this is fun. The ole mudhoney clomp - love it. 3. This rules! 4. Who you driving NOW! 5. Nirvana sux. Mudhoney 4eva! 6. Okay, that’s enough.
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.
I miss when drums sounded like this but really, it all blurred together.
Great heavy 90s indie rock album.
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Into The Drink, Shoot The Moon I was surprised to see a second Mudhoney album on the List. I had never heard of them prior to starting this journey and so to see them get two albums, the authors of the List either have a soft spot for Grunge or there is a perception that they are just a good band. I think the album is average. I don't exactly expect grunge music to be particularly harmonic or melodic, but the vocals are meh. The instrumentation is great. There was a harmonica on one of the tracks that I liked. I went back to listen to Superfuzz Bigmuff to see how the band's sophomore album compared, and I think I like their freshman album more. I think they are at their best when they are actually singing instead of yelling, and they are actually playing chords and guitar riffs instead of just absolutely off-the-walls shredding and hammering on cymbals. On "If I Think", they actually do this. They sing. The guitar has a good hook (if that's the right terminology). There might be one of two of these kinds of tracks on Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, but they are far and few between, and so I think the album suffers from a lack of musical diversity. All the songs are basically screaming and blasting guitar drums and bass. I also dig both the album art and the album title.
68/100. A snapshot of early 90s grunge before the genre fully exploded. It’s raw and unpretentious. This is for when you’re in the mood for something scrappy, loud, and proudly rough around the edges.
No no noise.
Better than Coldplay
very 90s grunge. Too 90s grunge for me
7/10 Favorites: Let It Slide, Into The Drink
Rv
Somewhere in the nexus of punk and the emerging alternative /grunge wave.
Much catchier and poppier than a lot of the grunge from this era.
Fun rock album, makes happy moments.
2.5
I’m just not finding this as compelling as superfuzz. Some of the riffs are great, and I think the stripped down aspect is cool, love the harmonica, etc, but it just isn’t hitting for me in the same way
A flushing toilet makes more interesting sounds.
3.
I think this project has made me a Mudhoney fan? Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5
Interesting but also a bit all over the place, not bad
90s
Pretty decent grunge-like sound. Need to listen to again really.
altrock, 2 not my thing. vocals annoying.
Great record but i think it would be better after another listen
Punk rock, wasn't bad
No mg el grunge buenas letras algunas igual el tema es q no les entiendo un carajo CANTEN BIEN
This was solid. Very Nirvana-esque and I’m pretty sure Kurt was a big fan. Overall I enjoyed it but idk if I’d listen to it again
some fine stuff but nothing notable
A good album, I liked Let It Slide and Something So Clear the most.
7/1/25. Glad to finally dive into Mudhoney. Liked the raw sound and energy from this.
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.
I like a bit of grunge but this album I find a bit boring. A 2 for me with an extra star because they were influential and helped define the genre, and some songs are good.
Cover 7 Interesting. Can be fun. Don't know if I'd come back to it again. Maybe.
Nothing much to say.
Very standard grunge. Nothing remarkable about it in any way.
Kult album
I get this was hugely influential for the whole grunge scene, but (unpopular opinion) grunge is overrated. I quite like the fuzzy, unpolished sound, and the hard drumming, but the songs just aren't memorable.
borderline my vibe but not quite yet
kinda boring....hard for me to get into
Not for me. Too punky for grunge, too inconsistent and overall nothing really stuck out
This was such a nothing album for me. My rating may be overly harsh, but I just finished listening and can barely remember anything I just listened to. I did have to crank the volume up to cover the sound of my carbon monoxide detector, though.
I thought Move Out was good, but the rest didn't do much for me. 2 stars.
Ok 2/5
Nice early grunge
I really enjoyed this. Good, fun, REAL music.
Love this album, what a band. It has everything going on right from the iconic artwork, a great set of songs which really capture the energy and excitement of Mudhoney at their best.
Ok very 90s skater punk vibe
Strangely, I didn’t enjoy this as much as when I first heard it.
Fine, but nothing really stands out, even on a second and third listen.
Pretty generic sounding grunge album. Not bad, but not nearly as good as some of their contemporaries. 2.5/5 Won’t listen again
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 was probably good at the time since it was pretty early grunge, but now it's lost in all the much better albums of the genre. I'm surprised it left the garage they recorded it in, to be honest.
I couldn't get past the 2nd track - I may try it again if I think about it.
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...
Vähän aggressiivinen mun makuuni, oli verenmaku suussa vaikka yrittivät pitää keveänä. Meni siis jotenkin minusta vikaan. En inhoa silti.
Bändille ominainen, grungemainen epävireisyys toimii omille korvilleni latistavana elementtinä. Mutta tiedätkö, pojilla on ideoita, enkä ihmettelisi, vaikka joku haluaisi kuulla niitä uudelleen. 2,5
Noisy
i do think this is really cool and i saw and enjoyed what they were trying to do with it. i think i am just not in the headspace for this right at this moment but it is definitely one i will revisit i think.
Another album by Mudd honey, but really is just sound. I can’t say there’s really a ton of art in this that I can understand.
Búinn að hlusta. Fékk 6, var ekki stórhrifinn
splendidly snotty fuzzy noise
Yeah it's not bad. Prob won't be playing again but can handle hearing it in public
This just sounds like noise to me
This does my grungy little heart good
When this album gets going, it's rad as hell.
Moja cierpliwość do takich płyt się kończy. Znam grunge. Lubie grunge o ile jest zrobiony dobrze. Ale to jest jakaś kakofonia. I to nudna do tego. Co samo w sobie chyba jest osiągnięciem. Wokal mnie odrzucał. Kompozycje mnie nużyły. Daję 4/10, bo bywały tu już gorsze wpadki.
Nice. Quite grungy. I really enjoyed Something So Clear, and Broken Hands. Fuzz Gun '91 surprised me too. This was my introduction to Mudhoney. I will likely listen to more.
nah
Wild, unhinged, guttural and completely absorbing.
Another for the “never really tried getting into them when I was younger and that’s unfortunate because this is pretty good” pile.
As far as garage punk goes, it's fine. I can respect their commitment to low-fidelity recording methods, but the result ends up being a tinny and shallow sound to my ears. Album art is fun, though.
Fav songs: Generation Genovide; Something So Clear I had this album on cassette tape as a kid. I didn't listen to it much probably because I didn't get it, wasn't into rock very much much less garage rock, and I was 14yo. I don't remember how or why I got it but I remember it was when I started to find my own music. Today, I would say I liked the album. It's quite fun. I love the humor and low-fi production. The listener would be better served if it was a crisp 30 mins. It feels over long at the end.
Sounds amateur like a teen garageband. I don’t get it.
Pretty lame
This was the most unremarkable album yet.
It just ain’t that good, man. 3/10
much shorter than the other mudhoney album, im working rn and I didn't really process listening to this.
4/10 - when I saw the title of this album idk but I thought it’d be jazz. It was not and it also wasn’t that good but also not horrible
Not as good as the last mudhoney album
The instrumentals I enjoyed. A few of the vocal songs as well. Maybe when I was in my 20s, I would have thought this was aMAZing. But 30 some odd years later, it just feels sloppy to me. Bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam of the same era had some pretty good melodies to counter the wall of crunch they were putting out. I just didn't feel that with this band. The album was recorded on low-quality tape via an 8-track desk, which really shows you the sound and lack of clarity (for me at least). I think there is a lot of potential here, but there just needed to be... something more. Top tracks: "Generation Genocide", "Let It Slide", "Into the Drink", "Who You Drivin' Now?"
I really enjoyed their debut EP Superfuzz Bigmuff but this full length album isn't as good. Did Mudhoney really need two albums? Given that the 1,001 list doesn't usually choose EPs then why did they go with the EP and then this album? Anyway, Mudhoney is still super grungy on this album but it just doesn't hang together or have the same melody of their EP. Plus there are other super grungy pioneers like the Melvins that could use a spot on this list. If I had to pick, I'd say I liked Let It Slide, Something So Clear, Into the Drink, Broken Hands, Shoot the Moon, Fuzzgun 91, and Pokin Around. That's half the album so it's not without quality, but like I said it feels like individual pieces of glory not a collective whole.
The opening track sounded like I was about to hear some late 60s heavy psychedelia...too bad the rest of the album didn't follow that sound. The rest sounds like a garage band demo. Slacker singing, fuzz guitars. I can acknowledge that these guys were ahead of the curve (and I liked Superfuzz Bigmuff), but It's no surprise these guys didn't make it huge. I'd call it a 2.5 and I'll round up since at least it's mostly listenable. Favorite tracks: Who You Drivin' Now (actually a fun track unlike most of the others), Move Out.
ist mir dann doch zu "punkig"
Mehhh
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!
Every good boy deserves to not have to listen to this pile of shit!
Hard to believe they were bigger than nirvana in their heyday and before Nevermind exploded. Even im the 90s could t get into these guys and still can’t. Maybe it’ the mix, maybe it’s the vocals. Maybe it’s Maybelline.
This wasn't very interesting or memorable. 3/10
This is one of the best album names I've ever heard. Unfortunuately, I'm a few songs in and I'm having a hard time connecting to the vocals. I feel like I'm listening to old Green Day but with worse singing. Every song has some nice 90s sounding punk/rock guitar/drums. "Something So Clear" has sweet riffs. "Into the Drink" is a cool song. I like the drums and the guitar part. "Who You Drivin' Now" has got me moving. They are absolutely shredding on "Fuzzgun '91". Loving the harmonica on "Pokin' Around". "Pokin' Around" is also going super hard. I love it, abut the vocals are only OK. These kinds of albums are tough for me. I'm not as punk as I wish I was, and I have a hard time enjoying the vocals when they're a little flat like this. It sounds too much like someone just yelling instead of trying to hit any notes. It rocks pretty hard though. 6/10
I preferred Superfuzz Bigmuff, and including this as well feels kinda superfluous. BUT I really like the album art, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ok, fine, ears over eyes. Strictly musically speaking, this really isn’t anything special, so I guess I’ve gotta cap it at 2.5 stars.
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.
3/5. Loud and heavy, I did enjoy the aesthetic but many of the songs were forgettable. 90's grunge is fun to listen to but it does need to be unique as it can easily fall into loud to be loud. Thankfully, there are melodies and slower songs on here mixed in. It definitely leans pop a few times as well. Overall, it was good but not great. Best Song: Let It Slide, Fuzzgun '91, Into The Drink
Yeah... Nah... There's better grunge.
Þetta er mjög leiðinlegt.
this album really felt like it filled in a gap in the spectrum between bands that were more like sonic youth and bands that would become the more straightforward grunge sound. i liked the former more than the latter, but all around it was enjoyable and i ended up re-listening to some of it.
a lot of the times you come across something that everyone gushes about because it's foundational to a lot of stuff that came after and is better, but this is still pretty good in its own right
i listened to this directly off of the 3.5 hour Ella Fitzgerald gauntlet, and therefor viewed it in an incredibly generous light
two albums by this band seems unnecessary
I knew I was not a grunge fan, and this did not help. This is one of the rare occasions I didn’t even finish the album.
+: Good Enough, Fuzz Gun '91 +-: Generation Genocide, Something So Clear, Into the Drink -: Let It Slide, Thorn, Who You Drivin' Now?, Move Out, Shoot the Moon, Pokin' Around, Don't Fade IV, Check-Out Time --: Broken Hands 2,7/10
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.
Wasn’t familiar with them. Somehow missed them in the 90s and since I have no nostalgia for this band and album, it was hard to get through. Very pre-grunge alt rock sound but not what I would call quality music.
I’ll be honest, after previously hearing Superfuzz Migmuff and not liking that at all, I had low expectations for this album today. Fortunately, it was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. That’s not to say that I loved it either, but it definitely didn’t sound as messy as the previously mentioned album. There is a fine line between music sounding raw (which I tend to like) and rough, and this fortunately lands on the former side. Still not an album I’ll be seeking out again, but it was a decently fun listen.
Not all alternative music from the 90s sounded like it came from Seattle - case in point, Mudhoney offers an album that sounds like it came out of the 70s punk rock era and refreshes 90s Alt. 3/5
Not sure I've ever listen to 'grunge' before, but I constantly found myself bopping to some tunes and turning the volume up or down on others. It was fun, exciting, and full of emotion. I can understand why this was so popular in the 90s during the anti movement. It's added to my playlist.
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.
Bad punk. Did not enjoy. Some ok guitars at times though
Good early grunge album.
Klingt wie Nirvana nur ohne die nice stimme. Good enough ist ein schönes Lied! Into the Drink hat einen sehr vielversprechenden Anfang. Der Rest klingt alles sehr ähnlich
Not really a fan, not my genre and I wasn't really pulled in.
This was OK. Pretty harmless. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it either.
Didn't jive with this one.
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.
☀︎ j’aime pas: Good Enough, Something So Clear, Into The Drink, Broken Hands, Who You Drivin’ Now, et là j’ai arrêté d’écouter. ☀︎ j’aime: le fait que j’ai décidé d’arrêter
I wasn't very hopeful for this, I thought it looked terrible. It wasn't good, not gonna lie, but it also wasn't terrible.
unimpressive album to me, no songs really stood out, and i absolutely hated the song that started with snoring
Late punk / early grunge. Not a fan of either. The album stretched for longer than I would have wanted. 4/10
I know is not fair to compare bands, especially at a time when they were all striving to define a genre, but this album was like listening to a soft/safe nirvana. Fuck harmonicas !!
It was ok. Pokin' around sounded a bit like a rip off of Dancing with myself - except it had harmonicas? Death to harmonicas
I find this a frustrating listen because there are glimpses in there of something I could love but it is obscured by the production style. 3.5 rounding down
You can tell this was influential for grunge, and you can also see why this didn't blow up like some other grunge bands did.
There was nothing noteworthy about this album. Other than the name Mudhoney which I only know as a band that Nirvana made obsolete
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
I was quite surprised because the first few songs were not as grungy as I expected, but then from thorn it switched and became a pretty standard grunge album. It was okay. A few songs stood out, but for the most part it was pretty generically grunge. 3.5 stars
Good noise. Grunge isnt super distinct to me but it was enjoyable
fine
Tykkäsin enemmän skeitti punkki henkisistä kappaleista. Muut kappaleet oli jotenkin taas turhaan laahaavia ja mitäänsanomattomia. Parani loppua päin, positiivinen maku jäi kuitenkin. Parhaat: Thorn, Shoot The Moon, Pokin' Around, Don't Fade IV
Hadn't heard this before! You can still hear grunge's roots here, more punk, less radio friendly. Really cool.
Pretty neutral for me, should be right up my alley though Will I listen to again: 44%
Intro to Grunge 101.
Not their best
Couldn't do it
Well, it was better than the last Mudhoney we were subjected to, but it's still the most paint by numbers, sludgy grunge you could ever conceive of. There has simply got to be better music than this someone could enjoy listening to.
Not bad
Just not a massive grunge man. It was decent enough. But nothing really jumped at me.
I like the sound, but as an album I wasn't very entertained
Not for me
Pretty good for Grunge but I do hope The Wipers are on this list instead of the middle of the road 90s grunge that keeps popping up.
No, no, NO!,
3.5/5
To the "I just prefer Nirvana and Pearl Jam" crowd: YOURE POSERS!!!! This is real grunge, raw, unfiltered and artistic.
6/10 Favorite Tracks: Let It Slide, Good Enough, Shoot The Moon Least Favorite Tracks: Don't Fade IV, Who You Drivin Now, Fuzzgun 91', Pokin Around
This was pretty fun but didn't leave too much of an impression on me beyond "good". I think my issue with grunge is barring the big four, there isn't much I reach out for purely withing the genre save maybe Failure and Hole. This did enough to differentiate itself from those bands but still, I think I'll take those.
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.
This was totally alright but don't think it made a lasting impact tbh
I really thought I would hate this but I did not... There's something here for me
Honestly i didnt understand this music. Couldn’t comprehend what i was hearing at all. Absolutely indecipherable for me
A pretty good album. A little loud and noisy and a trifle messy for these ears at my age. No memorable melodies after 2 listens2.5 stars
Pretty good rock album. Maybe it's due to hearing it in today's music environment instead of when it came out almost 25 years ago, but I wouldn't say it's more special than that. It would be interesting to hear it in context of the music that was out around the same time when this style of rock was starting to take off; probably would feel much more fresh after a decade of 80s radio rock than listening to it in the 2020s. That's probably my biggest critique of the album, since as a whole it's solid. Overall: 3/5
Just experimental loud noises that sounds like rejected sports video game music. Favorite Track: "Torn".
Never listened to this band, even though I would have thought I would have given when they were popular. This was generally pretty good. Not a huge grunge fan but there was some variety here.
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.
I didn’t hate it as much as the other one but it felt like a poor man’s nirvana
Have been really enjoying the grunge/punk genres recently, but cannot say I enjoyed this album at all. Some fun heavy riffs and I do like some of the musicality + how raw their sound is, but overall it felt boring and repetitive. Like some of the higher energy tracks but just doesn’t do it for me. Would be great to put on of you wanted to break some stuff but like maybe not break it too bad. Fav track: Let It Slide
Feeling more rocky
I wanted to like it more than I did. At times I heard many different bands I really like: Nirvana, Mastadon, Pearl Jam—but most of it didn’t sit right in my ears. Would return to this again in the future to try again. For now, most of the songs felt like the worst of Dinosaur Jr songs, which was both surprising and difficult to get through at times.
Early 90s Seattle bands make me all warm and fuzzy. Not the greatest album as a whole but I enjoyed it.
Painful
Come pokin’ around with that harmonica anytime