Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

I’m so close to the end. I think I’ve started and finished this album multiple times without rating it and now I don’t know what to think. Sometimes it grabs you with its alt rock grunge vibe and sometimes it feels a little humdrum. Where am I with this? Three stars for safety.

It's difficult for me to like a lot of grunge from the 90s. There's a lot that I do like, and I can recognize it as being good music made by talented artists, but, for me this album is like a lot of music that came out during that time - full of angst and a desire to make something different, but there's not much heart or passion. At least not for aspects of life they're playing and singing about that I can relate to.

the "fathers of grunge", not as popular as Nirvana and others. Most of it is good but got a little too much for me by the end of it.

I can appreciate they've laid the groundwork for grunge to follow; and pushing back against slick production in favor of more raw sound on the album, that seemed on-brand.

Superfuzz got 4 stars, so this gets 3.

One of the architects of grunge and what’s probably their best work. Rough and tumble.

Don’t know

A bit heavy for my mood when I was listening to it

I can roll with Mudhoney a bit, but this was fairly unremarkable. A few good tracks, but overall a good example of baseline Grunge. It’s a genre that tends to be defined by its outlandishly great leaders when in reality a lot of what was coming out was middle of the road, such as this.

Not Bad, but far from great. Very forgettable, nothing resonates past the initial listen, but the garage sound was fun

I definitely can tell that this was an early influence on the grunge genre but something about the sound isn’t complete. Decent overall

This was just ok

Only heard "Touch me I'm sick" by Mudhoney before listening to this one. Mudhoney certainly is a lesser grunge band compared to Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Lesser in the sense that the previous mentioned are a level above in terms of musicianship and songwriting. The production quality is also muddled. I read that it was recorded on a low quality tape which explains a lot. It's not a bad album just bland. I rather listen to other grunge bands than Mudhoney.

Good but I like heard more interesting albums before

This was a fun one, felt kinda surf rocky

This is fine enough, but not really anything in here to get me going. Lo-fi production buries some solid drum and bass work throughout. A few standout tracks to my ear: Pokin' Around, Move Out, Something So Clear. Overall, this one runs very middle of the pack for me: soft 3 / 5.

I liked the fast paced tempo of the guitar and drums but the singer was a bit too whiny for me. It started growing on me after the instrumental Fuzz Gun '91 but still a mid to low 3.

The instrumentals on this are pretty solid even though some songs are a bit repetitive. The voice isn’t my fav but works in some songs. Parts became catchy (hooks?) and got me in the long run. Going for a low 3 here.

Interesting to learn about grunge bands I haven't heard before. Music was decent but not particularly meaningful to me. I liked Into The Drink and Move Out, really didn't like Who You Drivin' Now, as exemplars. I don't think I'll be coming back to Mudhoney.

Actually I thought this was pretty good and I would give it a 4 except for the one song with snoring in it that made me not want to listen to the album again.

The industrial division of thrash inc

Great early grunge with a side of punk thrown in. Knew Overblown and a few other MH tunes but overall not super familiar with them. Will enjoy browsing through their extensive catalog. 3.5

Meh

It was OK, and brings back memories of the 90s - but couldn't hear a track that stood out

I should have listened to this ages ago but for some reason didn’t. Nice grunge. Moments of five star rock, but in the end a 3 for me and I think the main reason was minor sloppiness in playing and songs sounded the same enough that I was ready for it to end when it did.

Best Song: Broken Hands. Has a sort of dudebro, singalong vibe that's halfway charming. Loved the solo at the end too. Worst Song: Good Enough. Commercial music for a melancholy Walmart ad. Overall: Ever wondered what grunge would be like without any of the angst and charm? Look no further. It's got a certain dive bar appeal to it, but it lacks the heart necessary for this genre to work. The second half was better than the first, though.

decent early-90s grunge album. Mudhoney was one of those Seattle bands that everybody knew of but never quite got the spotlight that the handful of breakouts got. I think, most likely, that their music was a little less accessible for the mainstream.

If in the mood for grunge it is good

Good beat for shoveling lots of snow today.

Surprisingly did not find this album to be that bad. It’s a 90s grunge album and that’s all it needs to be. Nothing really too special about it but it’s consistent and enjoyable. Wish more unknown albums would’ve been like this. 6.2/10

I get why Kurt liked these guys.

The year before this album was released, Mudhoney played live at the Burland Hall in Newtown, but , sadly I missed it. That same year, lead singer Mark Arm released a single on Sub Pop which he called The Freewheelin Mark Arm, in honour of Bob Dylan; the A-side being a cover of Dylan’s Masters Of War. Fortunately I did manage to grab a copy of that. I’m pretty sure I knew Mudhoney before I knew Nirvana. I think there’s some truth in the Trouser Press review of the album : "Conrad Uno’s dry 8-track production sharpens Mudhoney’s garage-rock edge — evident in Arm’s fuzzed-out vocals and a shared fondness for second-hand blues progressions — enough to stand apart from the watered-down metal of most flannel merchants, but they don’t go anywhere with it." Still there are highlights here. I really like Who You Drivin Now? They take no prisoners on Into The Drink. The blues-influenced Something So Clear. Move Out is a rousing 60’s throwback that features Arm’s harmonica (more successfully than his harp on Pokin’ Around). I enjoyed it, but can someone please tell me where they got the intro to Broken Hands from? It’s driving me mad.

It's a fine album, but nothing screamed out that made this album a must listen.

If you like grungy guitaring then you would probably like Mudhoney. They are OK. Let it Slide is a pretty rock'n song. Can definitely hear how Nirvana was influenced by them and they deserve cred as one of the innovators of grunge rock. Who brought a harmonica to this party? Okay.

If you're not a fan of the grunge era of music, this album probably won't resonate with you. Or perhaps it might? But it's not as easily accessible as the giants of grunge. There are some Pearl Jam esque riffs in this album but Mudhoney's guitarist is definitely not in the ranks as PJ's McCreary, and often the guitar solos seem a bit sloppy... This album reminds me of skateboarding when I was young. Which was nice. But overall this album is pretty.... Well, just ok. Despite it being a huge seller and perhaps a saving grace for Sub Pop records, there's no wow factor or anything that is overly impressive. It's not bad but it's not podium material. It's a great garage rock album, and in fact this band would be well suited for a club show. Raw, fast, melodic, rock and roll.

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Pretty good 3.5

A solid early 90s indie grunge album with hints of pop. Pretty decent but nothing outstanding that would make me need to come back for more.

Loved the album cover and name. Decent album.

I kinda liked that there was a harmonica in this. Overall it was alright

There were some decent tracks, but as far as grunge goes (not my preferred genre) it's.......fine?

Love the vibe but not really the songs.

Saw Mudhoney live not so long ago. A great gig! And whilst much of this material is pretty good, it doesn't leap at you in the way the in-person experience does. So, it's a good rock record with some solid tunes. Little more to be said, except that it's cool these guys were in at the ground floor of the grunge scene. Go catch them if they're playing nearby.

I liked “Good Enough” and “Pokin’ Around”. Harmonica in a grunge album was cool to hear. The rest was at best early Nirvana sounding and at worst kinda uninteresting.

Not what I wanted, better than I expected

It's a little too grunge-punk for me, glad I listened to it but wouldn't listen again

I never heard of this before, and I liked it.

Eerste indruk was positief maar hoe langer ik luisterde hoe meer me begon tegen te staan hoezeer alle nummers op elkaar leken (weinig verrassends)

It’s a fine grunge record but nothing groundbreaking to my ears.

Alright

Let it Slide good song but not the best listening experience for my taste.

Not bad. Really. But many repeating and short songs. It felt full of the same stuff. 15 songs in like 42 minutes. Less development than I would personally like

Diet grunge You can recognize the flavor but man it has a weird after taste

Background music for a movie scene where a grunge band is playing in a garage in a sterile Stepford Wives-esque neighborhood.

idk bro 6.9/10

Pioneers of grunge? Contextually I can see how they could hit hard. I wish I were into grunge…

listened 2x. decent 3.1

Had heard of these guys in Nirvana and Pearl Jam documentaries. Seattle grunge scene. This is okay. Prob won't go back to it. 2.5/5

Respectable grunge album, though nowhere near Ten and Nevermind, released in the same year.

Good noisy punk, but a little lackluster in parts.

Grunge halt...

Very Grunge. Very enjoyable. An album to come back to. They probably get sick of the inevitable Nirvana comparisons … but here it is any way. They’re like Nirvana without the accessibility of the hooks. All the ethos, but they make you work a bit harder for the enjoyment.

Zu rockig

Enjoyed listening

I like the harmonica in there with the grunge. I think I liked the second half better than the first 3

If I randomly saw this band at a local bar I'd probably see them again, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.

That's a great Sub Pop release. Suffers in proportionality, where half feels like standard grunge, half a bit more abstract, and a sliver like a mess. Mud, maybe, but that descriptor is better for the good parts of EGBDF, where the band eschews the Nirvana pop sheen and records something just as good. Odious observation of a far-less-than-odious listen.

A lot of this is solid, mid-period grunge, which is great for getting a feel for what the pre-Nevermind sound was like. Dissonant yet accessible. They really lost me with that harmonica nonsense though.

Mudhoney is one of those bands where, you get that they were influential, but you would still much rather listen to the bands they influenced.

You can hear just how many bands listened to this record. I’d rather listen to a lot of those bands though. 2,5 / 5 content. 5 / 5 cover art.

Grunge

+Good Enough Tempted to give it 4 just for Good Enough

Started off really good and I think it kinda lost its shine through it, don't know, started to sound repetitive

Pretty average

3.5

I dunno, really didn’t get much out of it. Again it’s fine but not my thing.

not what i expected with that album name and art, sounds like sex bob-omb

Interesting

Never listened to this band before but aware they were part of the Seattle grunge scene. This doesn't have that sludgy sound. Full of interesting fuzzy riffs. Decent

Good seattle grunge, not the best

I was always aware of Mudhoney but never really listened. It was a good album.

A new grunge band to me. Good energy!

Definitely early years of grunge. Early sound of Pearl Jam, Nirvana.

Grunge fathers in THE year of grunge. Probably inevitable, it is far from being as strong as the staples of the genre that year ('Nevermind', 'Ten', 'Dirt', 'Badmotorfinger'...) but it is strong enough and a relevant album from a band that already were veterans by then

Grunge, garage. Ni fu ni fa.

Rough but influential sound. Relatively enjoyable for me

Okay, well now it makes even less sense that their debut EP made it onto a 1001 albums list. The album is pretty listenable grunge stuff. It competes with / complements Nirvana reasonably well for your listening pleasure. My problem with the grunge sound is (and this might be misinformed or unfair): it kinda has the swagger of garage rock, it kinda has the heaviness of heavy metal, it kinda has the alternative appeal of indie rock... but it's kinda too apathetic to be any of these things, so it ends up a muddy mess of nothingness. 3*

I think I said this about Mudhoney before when I reviewed Superfuzz Bigmuff, but this reminds me of the Stooges and MC5, but with a 90s sensibility. More punk than grunge. Gets a little rambling and unfocused in the middle tracks, but they have a great fuzzy sound that never gets too murky and is surprisingly catchy when they want it to be. Fave Songs: Good Enough, Broken Hands, Something So Clear, Pokin' Around, Into the Drink, Check-Out Time

Ok

This was my first time listening to a Mudhoney album, and I enjoyed it. I thought the guitar playing and drumming were fantastic. Lyrically and vocally, I wasn't terribly impressed, and a lot of the songs kind of ran together for me. This album was no Ten, but it was still fairly enjoyable. This is the type of album that I'd enjoy listening to while I'm at the gym.

not my type of music but there were some pretty good songs. i liked the incorporation of the harmonica added a cool layer

Some alright songs heree

likeable but nothing special, any number of 60s garage bands were just as good

It’s an alright sound, Pro Skater vibes for sure. Not a personal favorite I’ll dip into much in the future, but I thought it was good. I find grunge to generally be less exciting to me than punkier punk.

I liked the indie/post-punk tracks: Generation Genocide, Good Enough, Something So Clear, Fuzz Gun and Pokin Around. I didn’t like the full-on metal tracks.

Niet de beste grunge dat ik al hoorde.

You know this is more diverse with a very strong finish than the first couple of tracks would suggest. They're not quite distinctive enough to make them a 'what aboutery' with the grunge Premier League but a strong playoffs from the Championship level.

Grunge isn't really my thing, but they're cool. I'd say like 3-stars though.

This is good and an important contribution to Grunge, but I don't think it's at the same level as albums by Nirvana, Soundgarden or Pearl Jam. Likely why they didn't have the same level of commercial success as the others. My favorite track was the instrumental, Fuzzgun '91. Great rock and roll for any genre but definitely encapsulates the Grunge vibe.

The songs were kind of indistinguishable to me but I do think that would change with repeated listens. The inclusion of harmonica solos made for a nice surprise. I'm sure we don't get Nirvana without this so that's something.

Saw them once at a matinee performance in a tiny pub and wasn't convinced, but I didn't mind this. Preferable to Nirvana - a bit more variety and less 'rockist'. Just a bit more 'fun' really. Howevere, not the sort of thing I would listen to out of choice. Better than expected but not as good as I'd want.

2.5

Kinda grunge-y, kinda punky, kinda cool. Mudhoney were kind of ahead of the curve in a lot of ways, but their stuff has just never really clicked with me. A lot of the time this album just left me thinking "oh this sounds like Pixies/Nirvana but I'd rather be listening to Pixies/Nirvana". Some very cool drumming and surprising psychedelic passages, tunes just didn't stick.

# 14 : Solid grunge rock, pretty standard sound for the genre. Nothing exciting, but I liked Pokin' Around.

Seems like classic grunge. It's not bad, but probably not something that I would listen to again.

K-Mart Offspring?

This is fun but not sure why here

Some other comment said tracks that didn't make Tony Hawk soundtrack. Agreed. Still enjoyed it but probably won't return.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge was a fun album that had me bopping my head along to the grunge guitars of '91. I enjoyed the short sharpness of the majority of the songs, apart from the only song that was longer than four minutes. Best: Good Enough Worst: Broken Hands

Eh.. PS I'm upgrading the previous John Grant album to 5 stars

ovo šta sam čuo - dobro je, sviđa mi se!

Not bad but not for me

Nostalgia mediocre and noisy

At its best, it brings to mind some of the great proto-punk bands like the Stooges and the MC5. At its worst, it's just sort of ordinary grunge. 3 stars.

I love grunge, and this is grunge! However, I came to a realization while listening to a band that I always knew of, but had never heard much of. I love Grunge with an exceptional lead vocalist: Chris, Eddie, Kurt, Scott, ….fucking Layne! This has all of the elements of good grunge, minus the very important bit. Otherwise, hey… not bad!

I liked it but nothing was crazy good for me

Man Nirvana was special. I respect Mudhoney for the influence they had on the genre and I’m sure this went crazy live, but hearing these songs after hearing Nirvana makes them feel flat. Cover Art: 8/10 both the cover art and album title are sick

This is not normally my type of music, although something about the heaviness and the speed worked for me for a few songs, and saved it from a sub 3 rating

Nice bit of early 90s grunge I must have missed on the day. Nothing ground breaking though

3.5

Interesting record - very of the time yet doesn’t sound dates. It captures the same essence as Sonic Youth and Fugazi and lays the groundwork for a lot of the grunge sound. It’s a cool record from a genre that is now almost overshadowed by the breakout acts, but does not offer enough to cut through.

eh it was ok lol

Decent grunge I guess. Idk it was very basic.

Not a bad album, thought I would like it more. Were a few good ones on here, I feel a lot just lost direction. Will give this a 3. T3B 1. Check-Out Time 2. Shoot The Moon 3. Good Enough

The best I can say is not awful

Better than the last 2 albums... but kind of sounds like what you'd hear in a garage in suburbia of high school kids rehearsing as a band for their \"gig\".

Great to hear a band from the early days of "grunge". I'd definitely heard the name of the band but I don't recall hearing any of their music. I know in the context of the time and place when they recorded and released this album, I would probably be into it, especially if I had been younger when grunge really took flight. Like a lot of people my age, at least those who were exposed to Western music almost exclusively in their formative years, I've heard so much grunge and grunge-influenced music that at this point it's really tough for any of that music to stand out. No fault of this band or this album, of course. Putting all that aside as best I can, I get why this album is considered quite influential and I hear so many elements in here that show up all through the 90s+. Fun cover, by the way, and funny album title.

This album was alright. I've heard of the band Mudhoney a lot because I liked a lot of other grunge but for whatever reason never really took the time to listen to them. I wasn't blown away by this album, felt like pretty generic early 90s grunge. A few tracks did standout above the rest but still nothing I think I'd find myself coming back to in the future. Standout Tracks: Good Enough, Into the Drink, Broken Hands, Pokin' Around

I knew the name but never listened to this band. I put it on twice, right up my street. Guitars are so messy I could have played on it

Know the name more than the music! Taking me back with the sound of the 90's! Enjoying it for what it is, don't think it's really a standout from everything else out at the time. I like Into The Drink, Fuzz Gun '91, Pokin' Around and Check Out Time. Not mindblowing, it's a fine record.

Can't say I expected to hear a harmonica on a grunge album. This was okay. I like the sound and the atmosphere, but not much stuck with me. Overall, a nice listen. My favourite songs were Pokin' Around and Check-Out Time.

It's a very average album and not especially interesting band at that. I've heard the name "Mudhoney" on few occasions, but I never actually get around to listen to any of their songs. And apparently, in this case I was lucky. They presented a medley of rock and soft grunge on this album, that wasn't particularly engaging. One song, however, did stand out - "Broken Hands" is a very nice track from the album. Pretty long, compared to the rest of the record, and actually creating some palpable atmosphere. The song will stay on my playlisr for a while, but the rest of the album - back to obscurity.

Played well in the background during drive time.... That being said, nothing grabbed me and said listen to me again

Not to my tastes.

Some pretty good stuff. Kinda edgy. Nothing that really blew my skirt up though.

I used to like their music but never liked their singer’s voice

It's a pretty solid 90's alternative rock album. I didn't love it or hate it. It has its moments. It's pretty much how I've always felt about Mudhoney.

3 st

This album picked up a bit around the third or fourth song but still not to the point of being memorable. Pretty lame grunge but the baseline on something so clear is solid.

I read that this album saved Sub Pop from financial ruin. If so, then good on Mudhoney for not biting the big league bullet and staying loyal to the indie world. There could have been many different avenues that the band could have taken and many million selling albums to hang their hats on but EGBDF is evidence of the band being fine with where they were and being better off than most. Favorites: Good Enough, Something So Clear, Broken Hands, Who You Drivin' Now?, Shoot the Moon, Fuzz Gun '91, Don't Fade IV, Check-Out Time.

I have had this album for years and never listened to it all the way through. Perhaps I should.

I know they're seminal to grunge and all, but not my favorite.

This is what grunge actually sounds like, though the production value on this one is pretty high. Decent set of songs, with a couple of standouts. Like a lot of punk records, this could start to get a little monotonous if it were any longer.

Great production that balances the fuzz with clear vocals and punchy drums. "Good Enough" is my favorite track. The songs are average. There is some variation in instrumentation which is cool but I find the collection as a whole to be somewhat monotonous.

Pretty good

pretty trippy, pretty fuzzy, pretty good. 3.5

I liked the Superfuzz ep better, what's done here didn't quite fill an album's worth for me. It generally displays that failing of grunge for me: is it really more than dressed-down rock with punk trimmings?

Not crazy abt it

Starts of quite well, but turns kinda flat after that. "Let It Slide" (track 2) and "Something So Clear" (track 4) were the highlights for me. I like this type of music so I didn't feel the need to skip any tracks. A forgettable 3.

Grunge punk with a kind of slightly lo-fi Dinosaur Jr feel. Not really enough hooks to grab me. A low three

Pretty straightforward grungy rock album. Even though it definitely has an indie feel to it I am really let down by the production. It sounds so weak and flat. I felt that in the intro track and was hoping that it was just the intro track being a bit of an appetizer for the rest of the album, but as soon as I heard the second song I felt kind of "meh". Everything was kind of middling and average? I didn't love it.

Mitä saa kun laittaa Nirvanan, Lynyrd Skynyrdin ja Bad Religionin tehosekottimeen? Mudhoney ei ole oikea vastaus. Perushyvä levy.

From the "grunge" era, this is probably the band I liked the least.

Nothing stood out to me, but overall an excellent grunge album.

It is a grunge album, but it is not overpowering. I did not skip any of the songs. The music itself is good and it doesn't get annoying. The lyrics are just there. The dial did not move much on this album.

Great discovery!

Yeah.

Enjoyed this, listened twice as the first one passed really quickly

I like some of the songs and the grunge/rockish sound but the vocals and some of the other songs don't do it for me

A solid grunge/alt album. Nothing to really complain about but nothing to heavily praise either. Glad I finally checked these guys out. Favorite: Shoot the Moon

Sludgy guitars and shouty vocals. It's like you have stuffed your ears with fudge - which you deserve obviously. Best Tracks: Let It Slide; Good Enough; Who You Drivin' Now?

3.5 - Hard charging early grunge with heavy guitar sounds. I don't prefer the addition of harmonica on songs like "Move Out." Standout: "Good Enough"

on paper, I should enjoy mudhoney. but this album ain't it, chief.

nto bad

Kinda funky, kinda fuzzy. Listenable but not memorable.

Average vibe but some chill music

Hands down the best grunge band that no one has heard of

Would anyone even know this album (or band) existed if Kurt Cobain didn't sing its praises? It's a fair question. Nirvana, and especially Cobain, were such a huge curiosity when they broke big that the music press went out of their way to find out what made Cobain tick to the point that any artist he cited as an inspiration were then equally dissected. If Nirvana are the Beatles of grunge, then Mudhoney is the genre's Bill Haley. Mudhoney's debut EP became popularly known as the starting point of grunge, but that one is a tough listen. Like the Beatles, Nirvana's music still seems timeless, where this album sounds exactly like 1991 or '92. That's not a bug as much as it is a feature. Every genre needs its very own Big Bang moment, and Mudhoney was at the very least the spark that ignited Nirvana's bang.

To the same extent that I liked the first Mudhoney I received on this list, I "disliked" this one. It's not bad, but while "Superfuzz Bigmuff" is raw and authentic, "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" sounds generic and expected as any 90s grunge. Maybe it's just my mood listening to it today or the not-so-good recording quality, but it's not the best from Mudhoney. It's still worth listening to this album, but it's forgettable.

It’s a ok album it was decent for a band I’ve never heard

Just about scrapes a 3

Helt grei grønsj/punk. Hadde sikkert gitt en ekstra nostalgistjerne om jeg hadde sett dem da de spilte på Hulen i sin tid

God skit

Greit

Pretty good grunge record. There weren't many tracks that stood out to me, but it was enjoyable the whole way through. Favorites: "Good Enough", "Broken Hands", "Move Out"

It was good at the start but got a bit samey as it went through.

Pop com pega grunge.

3, like this overall but some songs seemed sub par

Si je souviens bien, j'ai écouté cet album en continuant ma carrière de joueur avec Christos Perdikis sur FIFA 22. Pas grand chose à signaler en somme, à part peut-être que Christos se débrouille à merveille dans chacun des clubs par lesquels il passe.

This was hit and miss. Some quick, short punky songs, some obvious grunge defining tracks, some solid instrumentals, but overall nothing that stuck with me.

Punk but the guitar gets a considerable exposure to spotlight. And I guess that's how grunge is born. Those "grungy" tracks are the best in the album, "Generation Genocide", "Thorns", and "Broken Hands". The rest are, to be honest, just mediocre punk.

Meh

This is an interesting one to come back to after many years. I bought this album when I was young, but it didn't make much of an impact on my, and I didn't listen to it all that much. I think now that some of the reason that I didn't immediately like this album is that the vocals aren't mixed very well. They always feel like they're fading into the background a bit, and that leaves nothing out in front leading the band. I think a remastered version of this album could be really cool. As it is, there's certainly a lot of promise here, but it doesn't quite follow through 3/5

Loved the energy, of not the aesthetic

It reminded me of early REM but grungier!

A bit of a blander listen than I was hoping for, but not bad at all.

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Fuzzy

This is fine, it's not bad but it's definitely not good.

It's ok I guess, rough and energetic, shouty punk-grunge. But seriously, Superfuzz Bigmuff is on the list too and you don't need to hear 2 Mudhoney albums before you die.

Ok grunge, not quite as angsty or infectious as some of its contemporaries *cough* Nirvana *cough*

Not a great guitar sound or vocal but it all matches at the very least. If smash mouth wore eyeliner

Il fatto che sia uscito il giorno prima che nascessi potrebbe aumentare il suo voto finale. Un sound che sembra il punto di incontro tra punk rock e grunge. (effettivamente leggo che sono il primo gruppo grunge) Le prime 2 molto bene, le 2 successive un po' meno... Per mio gusto preferisco quelle "meno" grunge, tipo 'Thorn'. Non mi dispiace, ma rimane un 3 con il bonus quasi 4

Not quite lo-fi, not quite grunge, this album was in between in a way that it made it less interesting to me than it could have been.

It's pleasingly heavy and amateurish. Like Nirvana if they weren't getting first rate producers in. I would have adored this 20 years ago. It's great, noisy fun, but some of the edge lord nihilism is a bit dated and meh. I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll go back to it.

I like classic rock, but wasn't really in the mood.

Pretty enjoyable, pretty creative, pretty good

Grungy & angsty, love it. Fave lyric There's a certain comfort in being confused. I revisited the book Touch Me I'm Sick while listening - Charles Peterson's photojournal of the grunge scene. Made me long for my youth and another beer! My Highlights! Generation Genocide Broken Hands esp guitar solo Move Out Shoot the Moon

Door dit album snap je ineens weer heel goed waarom veel mensen ook geen zak aan grunge vinden. Ik kan het nog wel hebben, maar met de hakken over de sloot... Die stem is echt verschrikkelijk.

Another one I've heard of but probably never listened to. The first few tracks and the last one were a lot of fun. I'll return to those for sure. It reminds me of Sponge and Morphine.

These "important" bands never really do it for me. I guess this is considered the beginning of grunge, but I just didn't hear many songs that stood out to me. Wasn't bad at all but not that good either.

There’s the grunge!

Got a Nirvana sound for sure. I like their whole vibe. They seem like a fun band with a great sense of reality around them. They also sound a little like Pearl Jam. That Seattle Grunge scene was remarkable.

I'm not sure "charming" is the adjective that comes to mind with this album, but it does have an exuberant, fun garage band feel without ever becoming unlistenable. I like the fast, edgy "Thorn." Not too many songs stand out for me, though. I was going to remark that the lyrics as a whole were pretty bland, but then I got to the verse about "Driving reckless in your Pinto/full tank of gas" which made me smile real big, but I didn't find many other moments like that. I liked the look into early Seattle grunge. I liked it more than I thought I would (and probably more than I would have in 1991). I didn't like it enough to listen to 15 bonus tracks.

As a Seattle-ite, I'm glad I've now listened to a Mudhoney album. I was solidly...whelmed. I didn't want to leave the room because of it or anything but I'm not in a big rush to listen again. I did listen to it twice: once on headphones, mostly just paying attention to the music, and again on speakers while doing other things. I liked it better the second time. As my sole focus, there wasn't much there that caught my interest, nothing particularly unusual or catchy or moving. But while I was doing other things (making breakfast, answering emails), I found myself bopping around a bit to it. That's gonna elevate it from a 2 to a 3 for me. Thanks, though, Mudhoney for saving Sub Pop.

I haven't listened to Mudhoney before. They are somewhat similar to some of the grunge bands I have listened to, with stronger punk influences. I liked it well enough, and there was some good playing going on, but it never really grabbed me. I liked the guitar solo in “Thorn”. “Fuzzgun ‘91” would be great for a grunge beach movie. “Pokin’ Around” was my favorite song - the harmonica was a welcome addition. I don't know if I would have liked this album more if I had listened to it when it was released. Today, I didn’t mind listening to EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FUDGE, but I can't say I'm very motivated to do so again.

Fun, kinda grungy music I guess is how I’d describe it. Not my favorite but I’d leave it on in the background sometime.

5/10. They seem oddly self aware about song length. Like all of the songs that extended much longer than 2 minutes did so because they were a bit better than the rest of the album. Still pretty meh from where I'm standing though.

Very Garage-y aesthetic. Let It Slide is good. The low recording quality makes all of the songs sound exactly the same. Shoot The Moon is more my speed, but Move Out was good too. The harmonica does a lot to add something bright and cutting with everything else being fuzzed out, like in Pokin' Around.

3.5

Pretty cool

I like the heavy guitar rock instrumentals. Vocals are average and expected from an early 90s record. There are some highlights in the record where the instrumentals intertwine with the vocals very fluidly however. Lyrical substance is questionable.

Pretty good rock music

i think they broke ground with some of the lyrics and the instrumentation was usually interesting. southern grunge vibes.

It's a solid-to-good grunge album to listen to, but some of the studio decisions kind of baffle me. Why is there an acoustic guitar only on the right channel on Broken Hands? Why is there a harmonica on Pokin' Around?

quite noisy, few moments of a bit of a groove

The guitars were mud, honey

Was OK, nothing special

Pretty decent punk album. Nothing too memorable, but it was a good listen.

Not bad but kind of irrelevant

I see the appeal but not for me

Another album I wish I had heard back in the '90s

Heavvvyyy 90s fuzz-rock with some pretty good hooks. It's like if the Eels were more angry than sad and feels very much like the early 90s while somehow riding the wave of more modern (2010s) sound that makes it relatively timeless. Still, it's not entirely my style

Not bad. Little more mellow than I expected

Recht door zee grunge. Dit is genre definiërend. De mondharmonica in sommige nummers stoort me. Beetje eentonig op momenten. Leuk om eens te luisteren om de zoveel tijd

Nice grunge

This is so quintessentially grunge I could practically feel my clothes turning plaid as I listened. I was very into the whole grunge thing at the time, and hearing this now is both nostalgic and yet also feels rather cliched. Once you put aside that it isn't a parody, it came before the cliche, then it's all quite enjoyable.

Typical 3 stars for me, nothing special

Grudge

Grungy, scuzzy, blues. Sometimes out of its goddamn mind, but overall a pretty cool look as to what was going on in 91. Favorite tracks: "Shoot the Moon", "Love Gun 91", "Check-out Time"

Not really my thing, but still quite enjoyable psych garage.

2.5

ziemlich „grunge“. eher weniger mein ding.

Unremarkable

Definitely has its moments, when they go more punk or garage. Sadly, I recognise that the stodgy bits are the important and influential ones, and the punky bits are ultimately only really as good as a Descendents or Black Flag album track. And others would do the garage revival better. So I respect it, and some songs I would come back to from time to time, but it lacks the (especially) lyrical and sonic hooks to turn it to a proper classic for me

Is dit nu heel erg anders dan het andere Mudhoney album op de lijst? Was er een tweede nodig? Naar mijn mening niet echt, het klinkt eigenlijk gewoon identiek als de eerste. En wederom; grunge is gewoon niet echt mijn ding. Het is slordig, maar dat zal wel de bedoeling zijn, maar daarnaast is de geluidsopname ook gewoon vrij ondermaats. Tsja er zit een (mond)harmonica op Move Out, en dat is dan denk ik ook meteen het meest interessante dat ik tot nu toe ben tegengekomen. Heb Broken Hands opgeslagen; want vette gitaarsolo, maar als je nu een ander nummer aan zou zetten en zeggen dat dat Broken Hands was zou ik je ook best kunnen geloven. Is dit nu echt het beste wat Grunge te bieden had? Na Nirvana dan. Poeh, dan vind ik het niet heel vreemd dat je tegenwoordig niemand meer over grunge hoort. Prima om een keer te horen, maar ik ga dit nooit nog een keer luisteren. FAVO: Broken Hands( die gitaar solo is echt dik)

J'aime pas du tout tout ce qui est harmonica, country et cowboy

Je me suis dit c’est du grunge ça peut que être cool et c’était pas cool + je suis de mauvaise humeur

Don’t Fade IV was actively offensive to my ears.

Sounds just like any other Seattle grunge rock band. I liked the risk-taking on some sounds, but overall it doesn't sound polished enough

Por la primera canción pensé que iba a ser inescuchable, pero mejoró bastante. Igualmente no lo volvería a escuchar.

ehhhh it's alright. would't listen again.

What is this Nerdvana?

Pretty mid

Mehh it’s okay but I wouldn’t return to it

Not impressed

There's a reason why out of all of the Seattle bands, this is the one I listened to the very least. Very uninspiring. 2/5

Poop

yea, meh

Okay I guess, but just not for me.

The grunge phase was real and the lineage is audible — Mudhoney as the missing link between the Stooges and Nirvana makes complete historical sense, and there's a version of this listener who would have found the raw, fuzzed-out garage rock here genuinely thrilling. That version existed. The time has passed. What remains is too much fuzz for fuzz's sake — distortion as the point rather than the vehicle, rawness that sounds unfinished rather than urgent. The organ that surfaces occasionally hints at something more interesting underneath, and the moments where the hooks find the distortion convincingly show what the band was capable of. Those moments aren't enough to carry the record past the general noise that surrounds them. A two that respects the historical importance without being able to recommend the listen. Some records belong to a specific time in a listener's life, and this one's time has passed.

Kinda cool to hear the band that invented Grunge on here not the best album but it rips and has its moments the intro is so much smoother than the end. I find that the ideas fall off until the end I do not totally hate this but there is a reason why nirvana and alice in chains beat these guys. I did think it was just passable though

For a grungey album, this is remarkably dull. The sound is occasionally good but never leads to anything that compelling that stayed with me- you can find many better examples of American rock from this period than this. Every good boy deserves fudge, every album this dull deserves two.

This album by one of the Seattle grunge scene’s major bands (not that one) started off decently, but by the end I was definitely ready for it to be over. Another album that felt much longer than it actually was. Yes, some songs had something slightly different like a harmonica or whatever, but fundamentally every song here was so samey that they all merged into one, thus I don’t have any standout tracks one way or the other. This monotony wasn’t helped by the murky, bass-heavy production. The opening of ‘Don’t Fade IV’ sums up my thoughts about this one.

I didn’t like as much as their debut album. Maybe it needed more fuzz? I don’t know.

This was not fun to listen to.

Forgettable

I enjoyed superfuzz bigmuff but thought this was a bit crap. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood

So boring. Couldn’t wouldn’t finish. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Sub Pop SP105b (US) CD rip: I don't get it. It sounds like they're playing even though they actually don't want to. Like they begrudgingly went into the garage and put it all down in a single take. Caring is uncool so maybe this is *actually* what grunge is supposed to be? Favorite track is "Broken Hands."

Gillar albumnamnet då jag gillar fudge. Men albumet var tyvärr ganska lättglömt. Stark tvåa.

Det är inte en slump att det inte var mudhoney som tog grungen ut i världen

Det här var segt alltså. Finns bra mycket bättre grunge. Besviken!

nä jag gillar inte grunge

Not bad but nothing i'd recommend to anyone.

I tried, but nah.

Too noisy

Rock muy pesado para mi gusto

eh

I wouldn’t know Mudhoney existed without the Singles soundtrack. This is not that. Same few chords and lousy vocals. The drummer seems ok. Not a very enjoyable album even in the 90’s.

Shitty boring grunge

Oh goody, another album full of shitty 2 and a half minute alt rock/grunge songs sung with a grating voice. There is absolutely nothing here you couldn't find made better elsewhere, and I have no idea why this is considered a must listen before you die. Just rubbish

All of the energy and angst of Soundgarden but without any of the talent.

Meh

Not sure why its on the list to be honest

Ok I guess. Didn’t really move the needle for me though, feel like there was a few grunge bands during this era that were somewhat overhyped

This is not nice to listen to

Slightly boring

Not for me

boring

Just a bit too hard for my tastes, especially because I didn’t recognize any of the songs.

Not really naw

I’m very indifferent about this. Grunge is definitely not my style but this album was fine

I get the spot this holds in the Seattle rock scene, it’s got that messy garage punk vibe and plenty of fuzzy riffs. Parts of it are fun and definitely nail that DIY '90s aesthetic, but overall, most of the songs just kind of blend together for me. It ends up feeling more like background noise than a standout record. Compared to earlier stuff like Superfuzz Bigmuff, this just doesn't have the same bite. It’s cool to hear the raw, dirty sound that helped build that scene, but it lacks the real energy. It’s decent enough, but compared to the heavy hitters of that era it just feels a bit flat and forgettable.

There is no way to put enough lipstick on the pig called Mudhoney. Mark Arm can't sing a lick, the music is garage quality, the songs are subpar. We can certainly give them credit for being part of the initial grunge wave, they're an OG, but they still don't have the chops to make it on the Top 1001. You can hear the influence they likely had on Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Replacements, etc but that doesn't qualify this as a must-hear album. The only tolerable song was "Good Enough" and it's the only one with a substantial lister count (3.7M). Most songs are around 250K listens, that's not impressive - those are reminiscing hardcore fans who loved them in HS or college and used see them at the Off Ramp, Central Saloon or The Crocodile back in the day. Songs like "Broken Hands", "Move Out" and "Who You Drivin' Now" are hard to sit through. Mudhoney isn't a band anyone sits around and listens to today, the music hasn't held up super well and again, he isn't much of a singer. There are no hits or songs another band made famous. Not many people will agree that this deserves a spot in the elite T1001. Kudos for influence. 2 stars

Eh

My wife’ll give me a skelp for this, but I’m not a fan. A little too plodding for my tastes. Favourite track: Check Out Time

I was interested at the beginning, but then it turned into mumblerock.

Oof. They sound like your high school’s second best band. Plodding and repetitive with a couple of good hooks if you’re being generous. These songs should never have left whoever’s basement they used for practice.

I don’t know. I can’t put my finger on the words to review this album. Meh. Punk/grunge rock that’s a little grating I guess? DNF (2)

Definitely never heard of this band. It’s much more exuberant than I expected given the grunge label. I will say it didn’t really take me on a journey anywhere, personally — it feels so in-the-garage it kind of feels like you’re just sitting in a chair listening to them in said garage. Clearly an influence on the 2005-2015 indie rock I grew up on, some of which I’m not sure has aged tremendously well. I don’t really love his voice. The album art is very cute. Fav tracks: Thorn, Broken Hands, Shoot the Moon

No real comments about this one. Didn’t really interest me. Rating: 3/10 Favorite Song: n/a

Takie se. Ani dobre, ani złe. 2,5

puha jeg er ikke vild med det... synes bare det blev lidt kedeligt og noisy.

This is the 2nd or 3rd Mudhoney album, I don't dig it

This was ok. Nothing particularly special or memorable about it.

Bit mid but fine

I was going to give this a higher rating but I listened to most of it yesterday and have straight up forgotten most of it. None of the songs I particularly liked, even if I thought it might be my thing tonally. A couple of songs were actively bad.

Maybe I missed what makes this special but it was pretty average. It's not really a 2 but it's not a 3 for me

Есть только один нормальный представитель гранжа - Nirvana. Всё остальное убого.