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What a wonderful sludgy, fuzzy, noisy whirlwind of an EP this is. It hits fast and hard and before I knew what hit me, I’m jumping right back on that ride because it’s only 23 minutes so why the heck not. Mudride is my personal standout, I just love how well the swirling guitars rises above the fuzz and compliments it so well. This is a great EP 4 stars
Not bad - never heard of them before, but quite enjoyed
This album was better than the other one I listened to from them on this list. It had more variety even though at the end is still fell into the trap of very similar songs.
Mudhoney has this curse that whenever they make an album, all of their songs start sounding the same after a while. I like proto-grunge as much as the next guy, but I like variety a little more.
Was interesting until it wasn’t
Before listening to this I had only heard Touch Me I'm Sick. Need is really great but the other songs less memorable No shade on Mark Arm but kind of made me wonder if fellow SubPop labelmates Nirvana would have only got to this level if Kurt Cobain was less charismatic.
Another favorite. Love the way listening to this makes me feel. Feels grungy and cool
Unsurprisingly enjoyed this. Grunge lives on.
I love everything about this, it’s raw, heavy, crunchy, fast in places slow in others. The way music is supposed to be
ok. please stop now. you can make sounds, we believe you. they all sounded very similar so the tiebreaker for best song goes to hate the police for saying mommy mommy mommy to start the song.
Not my fav. To be fair I didn’t finish it but I feel like I need to rate something to be motivated to keep listening. I’ll come back and listen to the whole thing but pretty sure the rating won’t change. It’s just not my thing.
I didn't finish this. It's bland stadium rock, that probably led to a tonne of rock that I love, but it was unforgettable. I cannot name you a song I listened to yesterday, without looking it up.
Raw, immediate and urgent - a template for things to come.
OK. Didn't really care for the live songs.
I went through a rollercoaster of emotions this morning. First it was: “Oh lord, Mudhoney. I am in for a bad time.” But I quickly shifted to: “Wait a minute! My album of the day may be unpleasant-sounding, punk-adjacent noise rock, but it’s not actually an album! It’s only a 23 minute-long EP. I mean, it’s another example of how dumb the author of this book is that he can’t manage to pick things that are, in fact, albums for a book with the word ‘albums’ in the title, but still, who am I to complain about minimized suffering?” Then it was: “Oh no, the only version of Superfuzz Bigmuff on Amazon Music is the super deluxe edition which is two hours and fifteen minutes long! I want to die.” Finally I landed on: “Well, at least I’m in the right headspace to listen to grunge music now.” To be fair, Mudhoney was really more proto-grunge than fully actualized grunge. I often like proto versions of genres. The rules that later come to define the genre haven’t been set in stone yet, so the band can play around more than those that come along after the sound has calcified. Plus all new genres (to the extent those are even real things) are a mutation from, or combination of, one or more earlier genres, and I love when songs incorporate elements from other genres and make weird Frankenstein music. It’s fun to hear the older stuff and see how the artist is weaving it into the new thing they’re making. For example, I love yacht rock, but my favorite yacht rock is Steely Dan’s proto-yacht rock that doesn’t abide by almost any of the rules that came to define that genre. You can hear them combining AM Gold-style soft rock and jazz and R&B and inventing what would come to be the sound of yacht rock, but they are obviously not operating from an already written playbook. The fun of proto-whatever is that it sounds like someone making it up as they go along. So I am theoretically totally up for proto-grunge. The problem comes from what grunge is, or what it directly sprang from. And that’s metal and punk/hardcore with a sprinkling of garage rock. Half these damp Pacific Northeast greaseballs were dirty, mentally-deficient metal heads and the other half were angsty hardcore punk rockers. The Slayer fans that wanted to be the next Motley Crue formed bands with the dudes beating each other up three nights a week at Black Flag-clone concerts and they compromised (I assume through a process of grunts, accusations of selling out/being a poser and shoulder punches) on making a mix of the two sounds with a bit of Sabbath and some Sonic’s thrown in. It’s like the grunge scene was making a stew, but the stew was made of almost all ingredients I don’t like. The stew turned out okay, but it’s never going to be my favorite food because I don’t like the individual ingredients that they used to make it. And I certainly don’t want to stand in the kitchen behind them while they’re making the stew and taste it as it’s coming together but before they’ve finished mixing it all up and letting it simmer.
This sort of thing is always interesting to listen to as a sort of 'proto-grunge' history lesson, but I don't love listening to it.
Not sure I Need to listen to this one again.
My wife hated this. It was awesome. Great energy, lots of noise...what more could you want.
rockin
Quite enjoyable
Naja
Midt-på-treet grunge.
Never heard anything by Mudhoney, not sure why, must’ve passed me by…..but I fucking loved this album, I played it LOUD - 😎
Very fun, some songs were annoying though and repetitive
Groundbreaking grunge/punk. Amazing drummer
Obviously the chances of finding the original EP tracklist on Spotify were zero, so I listened to the 'Deluxe Edition' until I'd heard the six original tracks. Is it just me who thinks turning a 23 minute EP into a 2 hr 15 min slog is an abomination? Can't blame the band for that though. Great stuff.
I get it. But I can't say I liked it very much. Sound ahead of its time, though, but the one who did it years later did so better and with way more memorable songs.
OK first of all a PSA: the book tells me this is included as a 6-track, 21-minute mini album. Spotify tells me it's a 2-disc, 135-minute monster. So feel free to hit 'stop' long before you realise you're into the outtakes and alternative cuts. I actually like it more knowing it's short, sharp and to the point. That said, the more this list gives me grunge, the more miserable and one-dimensional I find it. Chug chug chug, moan moan moan.
DNF because how can an album sound so loud but so boring at the same time.
picks: touch me i'm sick, in 'n' out
Muff divers
Just so-so.
Decent
A raw, fuzzy blast of proto-grunge that knows exactly what it wants to be.
Generally liked it, just not quite 4 stars
Not for me.
Really loud alternative. I don't like it.
For the sake of this review, I listened to tracks 4-9 of the 2008 deluxe edition, which is the original release tracklist. I ended up revisiting Mudhoney's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge earlier this year, and found my thoughts on that album to be more or less the same. Aside from a few songs, I couldn't find much in the way of distinct hooks or melodies amidst the muted production. It sucks because I do recognize how foundational Mudhoney was to grunge music. Perhaps their debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff, might be the one to win me over? Well, color me impressed. Right from the get-go with "Need", the hooks are immediate amidst the fuzzed-out guitars, tight rhythm section, and Mark Arm's abrasive vocals. Jack Endino's production is more complementary to the band's sound, allowing the full unbridled tenacity of their instrumentation to hit hard, particularly with Dan Peters's tom-tom drum rumbling throughout "Chain That Door", Matt Lukin's thumping bass on "No One Has", and the quiet-loud dynamic of "If I Think". Plus, while the lyrics here still carry some nihilism, there's also a greater degree of angst and existential questioning, which I do think suits the band well. If I had to nitpick, though, it was a tad difficult following along with the stop-and-go feel of "If I Think". It does take a bit to gel with that track. But even that, coupled with the shorter runtime of an EP format, isn't enough to dissuade me. In fact, I'd say Superfuzz Bigmuff lives up to the explosive styling that Mudhoney brought to the burgeoning Seattle grunge movement, in a tighter package no less.
over it
Not bad
sehr früene grunge i guess hä. au nöd meh aber no cool?
mmhhh weniger bock, han glaub s vorherige album chli arsch gfunde poahh sehr vill grungier als s andere album? was mich bi ihne chli stört, isch, dass gfühlt bi ihne meh drüber gredt wie früeh sie gsi sind mit grunge (nirvana het im gliche jahr ihres erste album ussebracht?), statt wie guet ihri musig isch logisch weiss ich nöd de ganzi kontext vode entstehig vo grunge und pipapo aber hinterlaht bi mier chli en negative ihdruck ICH KENN DAS SAMPLE AM AHFANG VO IN'N' OUT OF GRACE VO WO KENNIS anyway d musig isch ehrlich gseit sehr geil. sehr dreckig und au ähnlich wie nirvana chli sloppy gspielt. was nirvana vo ihne abhebt: EN HOOK ODER EIFACH ÖPPIS WO HANGE BLIBT ich hans würkli geil gfunde aber wenn das statt im 88i im 91i ussecho wär, wärs nüt speziells hani s gfühl? weg dem "negative ihdruck" hani fast es 3 geh aber ehrlich gseit hanis besser gfunde als das. viaaaa
Really cool
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Don't love grunge and I especially don't love 2 hour long grunge albums.
First song is one of my on/off workout songs - utilized if my workout reaches 30 min or more as the last, fastest song. It works because of the unbridled, raucous energy of Mudhoney. The songs are a bit repetitive but the energy is infectious, so I’ll call this 3.5 rounded down.
An album never needs to be over 2 hrs long. Never. Anyway low 3 and fav track is “Need”
Some really cool stuff but got a lil boring at the end, feel like they could've cut a few songs
This is music for people that hate themselves. It's grunge without the good bits. Thank god I looked at the actual tracklist, and didn't listen to the deluxe version (would have likely killed myself). This is shit. Some parts are OK.
4/10 My second time getting a Mudhoney album and my second time thinking their music mediocre at best. Is it proto grunge, and therefore important and/or influential? Sure. Does it actually sound good? No, not really.
A cool mix of punk and grunge. All a little samey to me though
Early grunge. Really enjoyed this.
Great stuff.
Great album great band underrated, raw and awesome.
Horrible, I'm only glad that half of the album is skippable.
A bit painful but not the worst thing on the list
i've got a big muff too it's not that impressive
Their first and best record. The truest grunge of all grunge. The deluxe edition has a slightly different track order with tracks that weren’t on the old SFBM + Early singles that I remember.
This album was in constant rotation in the car on the drive to and from high school in 1990. Bought the vinyl not that long ago and gave it a listen. Brings back memories. My buddies and I thought they were the top Sub Pop band along with Soundgarden (even though they had moved labels). Nirvana was a tier below bit of course Nevermind changed all that later. Anyway, as much as I wish to give it 4 stars, I actually like their next two albums more now than I did back then.
Super fun riffs, really liked that actually. I thought the wailing/screaming would get tiring but I'm a fan. Favorite track(s): In 'n' Out of Grace, No One Has
It's ok at best. Its just to pre grunge in a bad way, and way to much screaming.
"What if The Stooges were around for the rise of grunge rock?" 8.5/10.
8/10 Pretty weird having an EP here, but I'm not complaining. It's a good grunge sir.
Very impressive grunge album and very ahead of it's time (by like, three years). It feels unfortunate to compare it to its Portland contemporaries considering how high that bar is but it's not quite reaching Nirvana. Still, it's true punk, sounds great, and that Big Muff pedal sound is deliciously iconic (wish I knew how they coax the 'subtlety' out of its overwhelming fuzz noise it they do here). It's not plainly just some generic grunge - there's shades of Meat Puppets, Black Flag etc. etc. - "Mudride" is essentially a proto-NIN track - and there's an enormous understated talent across the whole record. Standout track "In 'n' Out of Grace" tastes like metal. It's proper old-skool punk-inspired in a way that the post-Nirvana acts weren't usually as interested in exploring. Sometimes the sound's self-indulgent here but I don't know - I'm a big fan of unabashed self-indulgence in music. Let them revel in the wall of noise. Let it tear across your eardrums like the wind on a speeding motorcycle and find the thrill in it. Fav tracks: Touch Me I'm Sick, Need, Chain That Door, If I Think, In 'n' Out Of Grace
The first grunge record I ever heard of and still probably the best that wasn't made by Nirvana. This record was the announcement that long hair and Black Sabbath were now acceptable indie rock accoutrements. Better than their music, which if we're honest is not hugely original but probably fun when you're drunk in a dingy club, are their titles. Touch me I'm sick is an epic song title. And the album title is genius marketing - it sounds raunchy but is actually a simple mashup of two underground guitar effects pedals of the 1960s that had become collector's items (Big Muff was originally made for the OG of loud Seattle guitar, Jimi Hendrix). It was a brilliant debut album title because it caused a lot of people to buy the record without even hearing it - most probably thought it was an ex girlfriend's hilarious nom de guerre, and at the same time it sent a low key credibility signal detectable only by fellow hipster guitar nerds.
Likely the shortest album in this collection, which is kind of nice given that there's already a full-length Mudhoney album in there as well. And much like "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge", I just can't seem to get into my hometown's original grunge band. On the other hand, I *do* appreciate their relative sense of humor given that most of their ilk's songs are either heavy or caustic (or both); I particularly enjoyed the lead-in sample from "The Wild Angels" for the well-balanced rocker closer "In 'n' out of grace" (in part because it anticipated Primal Scream's similar usage in "Loaded" a couple of years later). As much as I applaud the project's editors for paying homage to a band that set the Seattle scene for later and greater acts, I'm pretty confident that we don't need to hear this enticingly brief album before we die (or at least I know *I* don't), although I can imagine this was a fun band to hear in the midst of a mosh pit.
This was okay--there's a kind of bro attitude lurking in the background of this album that keeps me from liking it more.
this has really pretty songs and some kind of pedal alchemy where everything is like warm crunches and crinkles. look at the cover--two guitars and a pearl necklace! exactly! while not my most favoritest grunge album will rate this generously because a its an old fave and b this list really be like here's everything elvis costello ever did and for grunge no melvins. fave tracks sweet young thing and if i think
Loving the groove ! The guitar solos are great. Fav song is ‘Touch Me I’m Sick’.
pretty cool
Fast, aggressive, Kurt Cobain probably got inspired by it This is how I imagine punk rock sounds like
I'd not heard of this band before, but can definitely hear the influence they had on 90's grunge.
Keech
Some nice protogrunge, I saved a few the tracks but don't see myself coming back to listen to the whole thing. Touch me I'm sick, Sweet Young thing ain't sweet no more and the Hate the Police cover are standouts for me.
Decent stuff
minus 1 point for inspiring Nirvana ( even though much rather listen to this) Not something I would have seeked out but enjoyed listening to it for just this one time
This is great, heavy but tight, fuzzy but not unfocused. I can see why Kurt Cobain liked them so much.
Waaiit wait this album fucking rips what the hell. Ive heard track 1, most people have, but no one told me the rest of the album was good. I feel cheated Fav tracks: Touch Me I’m Sick, Sweet Young Thing Aint Sweet No More
Hell yeah!! Awesome album!! “Touch Me, I’m Sick” is a masterpiece.
Raw, gritty and heavily distorted! These guys were instrumental in propelling the grunge Seattle music scene. Full of energy and three chord punk songs, they kick ass and their live shows were great.
I’m really just not that big a fan of grunge. I don’t think this is bad, but it’s too aggressive for my listening tastes. Probably won’t listen again, but I thought it was pretty good.
I'm listening to the updated version on this, because it seems silly to limit to a 20-some minute album that doesn't even include Touch Me, I'm Sick. Mudhoney is formative, in good and bad ways. It's rougher music and less enjoyable music than so much of what came after, but it's impossible to hear “Need,” for example, and not hear all manner of the 90s that sprung from it (certainly not the least being Nirvana). And that keeps it comforting if that's your scene too. I think this is important for historical reasons for that reason… a major musical moment was born in part from stuff like this, even as it is far more built off of youthful “we're in a band” energy than the same sort of chops that their genre-offspring would dabble with. This can't compete with Cornell's voice, Vedder's songwriting, Cantrell’s guitar work, or Cobain's full tap-in to the pain and ennui of the post-Reagan era. But this was the fertile crescent that helped them all become what they finally became. Touch Me, I'm Sick is the obvious ahead-of-it's-time milestone here, the sort of song that feels wild that it was an 80s and not a 90s jam. It harnesses the band in one of their more accessible but also unabashedly chaotic songs. But the EP proper is clearly the core of the extended release. “Mudride” could easily be the song that coined the term “grunge,” plodding, crunchy, disaffected. “If I Think” feels like the bridge between the Meat Puppets’ “Oh Me” and Nirvana's cover of the same. I'd need to give it another listen. It runs me hot and cold, but I'd probably give it a tentative ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½. The rest is of varying quality, but that's not what the project is asking me to consider.
Favorite track(s): Need, Mudride, In 'n' Out of Grace Shoutout to the Touch Me I'm Sick/Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet no More single.
Seminal band, but I have to admit to them never really clicking for me. Their influencees though, damn.
There's a reason these guys aren't as well known as the other Seattle bands
Sorry, I tried to find some redeeming qualities on this one but came up empty.
Heavy, fuzzy, grungy, goodness. Nothing particularly unique jumped out at my about this but they certainly nailed what they were doing for.
I kind of hate when the only album available on streaming is a deluxe edition with dozens of bonus tracks, live tracks, outtakes, and demos. I like experiencing an album as it was originally intended to be heard when it was released, so I considered only listening to the 6 songs that make up the original Superfuzz Bigmuff album, but took a chance and just pressed play on disc 1 of the deluxe edition. I am happy I did because I loved this from the first notes of Touch Me I'm Sick. This is just amazing, noisy punk / early grunge. It's right up my alley. Also, the Superfuzz and the Big Muff are both excellent pedals! Honestly, I can't believe I've never listened to Mudhoney before. I went through a huge Nirvana phase in high school, but I never really dove any deeper into the Seattle scene or any of their other contemporaries. Mainly because I was a close minded teen with way too many preconceived notions about what an authentic band was, but also probably because of how I was able to consume music as a teen in the early 2000s. There was no streaming, I wasn't aware of any college radio stations available in my area, MTV was mostly playing music I didn't care for and started their descent into reality TV, and downloading / piracy was very limited due to an incredibly slow dial up connection. I did spend the majority of my limited teen budget on CDs at HMV, but I was mostly interested in 60s and 70s bands at the time.
Disqualification. An EP isn't an album. But if we ARE going to start including non-albums on this list, then I have a list of my own of at least three dozen albums that we've been forced to listen to that should have been swapped out for their corresponding singles since those were the only "must-hear" parts of what were otherwise miserably unnecessary experiences. Oh, and all 6 of the tracks on this EP suck, so we can just outright remove this entry from the list while we're changing the rules and fixing things up.
A bit of a dud. Slight potential that went no where.
This is actually an EP not an album so she doesn't even go here, but it rocks pretty damn hard nevertheless. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge goes way harder, though.
Screamy 80s kind of grunge rock...some of it was okay but I much prefer singing to talk shouting
I should like this band more than I do Will I listen to again: 60%
angry, hateful mug. i liked it a lot, has energy, has good rhythm and a really consistent sound. If i must say something bad, it's a really specific album for a specific mood. if you're not in the mindset or energy, it's a bad ride
PSA: This album is not 2 hours long, it's 20 minutes. For some bloody reason they've put the actual album hidden like 4 songs into the only version on Spotify. I was smart enough to look up in the book how much I had to listen to, but just letting anyone else know x I'll dock it a point for that, but it's so sonically displeasing. Why do men have to make music? Always such a mistake x
80
Cool but insignificant. Don't understand why it's in this list.
A bit drone-ey, a bit whine-y
Grunnnnnge
Too shouty
Quite liked the first track. Then realised the album is basically that track on repeat. A somewhat bored 2*
Early example of grunge
I liked it. But didn’t we always hear some of these songs on this project?
Yummy yummy yummy I’ve got fuzz in my tummy. Delightful. About 20 years ago I saw their singer Mark Arm perform with three fifths of MC5, which was great.
Some nice grungy grunge. And with a few bonus tracks pretty much the perfect length.
Pretty fun and cool. Did quite get to the 5 for me, but it was great.
Not much musical content here. More noise without lyrical meaning.
I wanted to like this more than I did, but it's extremely early grunge. It's not bad at all, but on my self-imposed rating scale, 4 is "I may occasionally play this album of my own free will" and 3 is "I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background." I'm a little caught between two minds here, but can I see myself thinking of this album if I'm in the mood for some sweet Seattle sounds? not really, if I'm honest. 3.5 stars
Fuck that was boring
3/5. Definitely liked this one more than “every good boy deserves fudge.” Though I still wasn’t fully in love with it. I respect Mudhoneys legacy of being a foundational grunge band and helping to put SubPop on the map as a label. But when it comes to grunge I do just vastly prefer the 90’s hitmakers like Nirvana or Alice In Chains over these early bands. The opener “touch me I’m sick” is a banger however.
Why does he sound exactly like Weird Al?
Back in the early '90s I might have convinced myself that I really like this.
Whatever. I didn't hate their sound, but there wasn't a single song that actually stood out
Didn't even make it through the second song. Ugh
Enjoyed this more than i thought. proto nirvana !
This is the most 1988 album ever. You can tell it's grunge before Nirvana, punk but not quite, a smidge of 80's hair metal. Really indicative of the time. 7/10
Sounds very big and very dirty. More punky and garage-y than I expected. Aside from a few highlights, it gets a bit more repetitive for my taste though. Faves: Touch Me I'm Sick, Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More, Hate the Police
ok like this isn't an album its an ep. but that aside.... yeah this fucks. its that sludgy shit i keep talkin about and the weathers hot again so its needed desperately. "mudride" is the dirtiest sounding thing here so that's obviously my favourite but i love the sound in all the forms it takes on the ep. the drums go hard and the distorted guitars live up to the name "superfuzz bigmuff"..... really my only complaint is that its so short. but like, it is an ep i guess. and not an album, i gotta go check if these guys ever had a track on a thps game. i'd be amazed if they didn't cos this sound is like a distillation of what i associate with that series' soundtracks lmao
for a long time i didn't get grunge. i used to download mega playlists published by Sub Pop from the zune marketplace but i usually passed on mudhoney and other grunge acts. a little bit of me felt guilty as a born and raised washingtonian, but i think i appreciate it better now after catching on to shoegaze. anyway, the album. i can see the deluxe version losing people, but i think the original 6 track is slick, raw, and other innuendos. definite 5/5. however, the cold open to the first live track on disc 2 is really good. HOWDY! they sound great and energetic live. i guess if i'm going to rate it based on the deluxe first disc 14 tracks, minus the demos, it's a 4.3
Classic EP. This here is the true sound of grunge.
The forgotten first kid of a one night stand for Grunge 2.5
The raw noise and scuzzed out riffs of the Stooges but slowed down and dirtied up even more - thick sludge but full of energy. A masterpeice of making a fucking racket.
It's been a while since I last listened to this record. It's not as good as Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or their later records on Warner Brothers, but its pretty good. The single, Touch Me, I'm Sick, which only appeared on the later extended version of this album is probably the best song on the album, but everything is listenable. The kind of sludgy, hard rock sound that borrows from the late 60's-early 70's stands out a lot more on this album and it feels a bit tossed off. That being said, Mudhoney definitely already has a distinct sound at this point and is a record that I will listen to again. It's a fun record.
Proto grunge is for expiriencing and about feeling the music, nothing more. That's why it was so powerful back in its time. And still is!
Naporan album užasno, baš naporan. Još kako sam ga slušala na povratku s godišnjeg, pridonio je lošem raspoloženju 🤣 2/5, 3/10
Listened to the EP on Youtube. On paper - four young punks discover distortion and play really loud - this should be better than it is in reality. Because in reality you come up against the fact that they're no Nirvana. The vocals are a bit weak and the guitar is a bit one trick pony. Fine, but a bit meh
2,3/5
aaaaahhh waaaaaahhhhhhh albertos thesis graaaaaaaaaaa
Solid sound but probably wouldn't revisit.
This is good! Maybe even better than the last mudhoney album, but still just a 3.
Super raw album, perhaps a bit too raw for my taste. The drums are the real saving grace, in my opinion. In all, it sounds like an early version of Nirvana. And maybe Cobain took some of these elements. I don’t know. 2.8/5.0
I liked this one a bit more than Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge which is also on this list and I got recommended before. I still don't love it as much as a I maybe should overall, but it is what it is. *A petty complaint but I resent that Spotify only has the deluxe version of the album.
Needed to look up the historical relevance. Deserves a place for it's influence. Didn't find it particularly good though. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
You can hear the bleed from punk into grunge across the album, as it moves from fast paced “fuck you” music to a slower, more introspective mood. Really fun, and clearly momentous.
Oof. Look, I lived through the grunge era and didn't hate the music. But apparently when this 2 hour and 18 minute album was released, I was still hooked on Bon Jovi or Dire Straits or something. This was not pleasing at all.
I only listened to the 6 songs released in 1988 (fyi) - which I think/guess is what is intended (?). Between a 2 and a 3, and I'm leaning to a (high) 2. I didn't hate it, but didn't find it very interesting, either. (Yeah, I listened through a 2nd time, and it's still a high 2.) It's a little interesting, at first, I guess, but doesn't have much to keep my attention, or make me want to come back to it. It's like a slightly more musical/melodic cousin of metal, but of course that's damning with faint praise. Possibly their biggest role in music history is as precursor (John the Baptist) to, and influence on, Nirvana (messiah) -- both part of Seattle scene, both on the Subpop label. But Nirvana went way beyond Mudhoney, musically.
I'm feeling a strong 2 to light 3. It's more style than substance. The style is pretty cool; cathartic noise and texture. The substance is lacking; there's not much going on harmonically, melodically It would be fun to hear loud on a good sound system I like the album art I like the straightforward drumming I could only find the Deluxe Edition so I can't speak to the original track list
2+
Not sure which version I'm supposed to be reviewing. The original E.P (1988, six tracks) gets 3/5 from me. The 1990 re-release (12 tracks) is a solid 4/5. However, the Spotify link leads to the 32-track Deluxe Edition? I ain't about that life, dawg. I'm gonna pretend this submission is "Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles (1990)" because "Touch me I'm sick" slappps.
Influential, but underwhelming; original release is not even an album, it's an EP
wsm to niezbyt
I actually enjoyed this a lot, and it was perfect to listen to while driving in rush hour traffic on the interstate. Great rage outlet and fun sounds
Absolute peak grunge. I loved this album to bits. Sure not every song hit as hard as my favourites but the energy throughout this album is iconic. Favourite tracks: Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More, Chain That Door, No One Has, If I Think, You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) 5/5
An EP technically so shouldn’t be on the list?
That was quite painful. Happy to be done and forget about them. Some songs are fine but its quite abrasive and boring.
Similar to the other album of theirs. Not a big fan, with just a few decent moments
Ohhh yeah, this is the good stuff for grunge-heads like me. Nirvana may have perfected it and brought it mainstream, but Mudhoney was the foundation. Recording rock music like this, that sounded nothing like the hair bands dominating at the time, was a bold endeavor in 1987. This album is so raw, grimy, heavy, distorted, and wildly energetic; it’s bordering on punk rock, but just when you think they will fully embrace the punk sound, the guitars rumble back down into the sludge. I hadn’t listened to this record in a long time, it used to be a staple in my car visor CD case. It’s crazy how much this influenced the Seattle scene and all the bands I love to this day; glad this list took me back to the roots today. Mudhoney will climb to the top of the pyramid and be my nineteenth 5/5
I know it was first, but there’s a reason Mudhoney didn’t have the success of the Seattle bands that followed. It’s just average good grunge. Nothing great.
Brief noisy fun
They have a song called Halloween: if I had heard that song, and the rest of the album, would I have gone to see them in 91?
Ok, first off it’s an EP not an album. Secondly, this one’s definitely here for its influence rather than due to its outstanding quality. I do like it, and it’s good to hear something other than Touch Me I’m Sick, but it hasn’t blown me away
Hijole, que basura. No lo pude ni terminar. bye....
Not a fan of this band. Didn't hear much I liked.
not the biggest fan of grunge, just not my style. i will say that this is a lot better than bleach by nirvana and a lot of what’s on here makes it seems like kurt bit off their style hard
When you just listen to the original tracks, it hits.
Not great. A little painful
Not really like it but listened to 1.
Okay so I left this one really late but superfuzz bigmuff by mudhoney was pretty good. It has two versions one with six songs an another with 14 and I listened to the one with six tracks since I’m short on time. It was quite good and can definitely hear how this music influenced nirvana. Overall quite good. Top three: Need, In ‘N’ Out of Grace and Mudride
As a teen I am sure this album would have spoken to me, but I my 40s this sounds lame. The lyrics are where this really falls apart.
It's like you can feel the grunge forming in and around them.
interesting that an EP made it onto a 1001 ALBUMS list, but whatever. hope it's good my rating is based on the OG tracklist. i'm not listening to all that extra shit in the deluxe edition on spotify Need - 4/5 Chain That Door - 3/5 Mudride - 4/5 No One Has - 4/5 If I Think - 4/5 In 'n' Out of Grace - 4/5 Average score: 3.8/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ interesting, this is like proto-grunge. i don't think i necessarily like this more than the later groups that would come after them (like Nirvana), but it's cool to hear where some of their inspiration came from
While this is a better album that their other one in the list, it remains as a nice but not noteworthy listen. I fail to see the importance of such an album which of itself, does not need to be bad. 7/10 [KEEP]
Not a bad album again. Some clearly influential early grunge stuff. But nothing that really jumped out overall. Listenable and fun though
A year before Nirvana’s bleach also from Seattle, I see what happened here. Great stuff, I love the guitar tone and drums. Great build ups all across this thing, In’ ‘n’ out of grace’s intro is fantastic. Finding cool gems like this is what keeps me coming back to the list.
Cool
this is just not good enough to listen for two straight hours. no thanks. also how are there two mudhoney albums on this list no part of their music stands out in any way
I like seeing albums with average ratings under 3 because I know that they’re going to be very interesting to listen to. This one was no exception. I had never heard of Mudhoney before in my life but I’m glad that I have now. Superfuzz Bigmuff was really fun to listen to.
Best proto-grunge / punk album we’ve had yet.
Я снова попал в ловушку ожиданий. А альбом оказался просто великолепным. If I Think 🫠
Good production and song composition, but the vocals leave a lot to be desired (emphasis on a lot).
This went on entirely too long. No album should have 32 tracks, especially one as mediocre as this.
To quote Austin Powers, “It’s not my bag, baby!” Two stars.
Listened to the version with Touch Me I'm Sick on. That and In N Out Of Grace are brilliant. When they sound like The Stooges it's incredible. When they sound like Soundgarden, less so.
I think I'm too old for grunge now.
Loved them
Very good rock/punk
Solid album, but could not fully get into it. Some really good tracks, and a lot of just okay ones.
The *other* grunge band from Washington state
Can’t even be bothered to listen
Have not listened to this in a long time. Oddly, liked it more on this listen. Only based on the actually EP not the extra tracks. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes : 73/292 (25%) Will I get: Already have
Budget Ramones sound.
Boring
Unlike The Slits, this was exactly what I expected. The only positive thing I can say is, at least the tracks are mercifully short.
Dirty guitars. Great energy and attitude. Influenced so much of the music I love, and influenced by a lot I’m still discovering.
Here is a classic from my youth! I used to play this to my Metal loving work colleagues in the 80's much to their disgust. I could not work out why, as they were all Heavy Metal fans and this had heavy guitars too? How fickle they were at the time. I mean the production values were basically 8 track tape recordings and then pressed to vinyl. What's not to love about that dirty sound? Oh and around then, some music journo coined their sound 'Grungy' because of it. Back then, you knew what you were getting on the Sub Pop label, crap cheap production and boundless American energy. When I looked at the 'Deluxe edition' track list, it has been expanded greatly over the original 5 track version, with cuts from the Burn It Clean EP and random recordings. So to begin we have 'Touch Me I'm Sick' probably their most coherent and disciplined song on the EP, a fan favourite (the Sonic Youth cover is also astounding, Mudhoney's attempt at SY's 'Halloween' was less successful). Fast paced and great to mosh to. 'Chain That Door' with its million miles an hour drumming, energy anyone? 'Mudride', my personal fave on the EP, starts slow and dirty, to my ears it really is the sound of someone being dragged through the mud, eventually descending into a Stooges style wah wah fest. 'No One Has' has a slower pace and chugs along nicely. For a start, if you are expecting profound lyrics from any of these songs, then you will be disappointed. 'If I Think' a slow burning stop/start, quick/ slow, loud/quiet belter. I love the messy guitar solo towards the end. The Metal fans at work never appreciated its sophistication. 'In N' Out of Grace what a tune to finish on. Fast and furious guitar work, and drum solo which builds up to the final frenzied burst of energy. A true masterwork of noise and dontgiveafuckedness from a truly great band. I do think this 'deluxe version' waters down the initial impact of the original release. Thats not to say the extra songs are rubbish, they just have their own place elsewhere. Who would have thought, only three short years later, my Metal friends would have embraced 'grunge', leading to them to want me to tape my copy of Nevermind and 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge'. Its a funny old world.
If I wanted to hear shitty music, I'd go take a shit.
This seems like an instance where the album was included because of its importance - being one of the first Seattle scene records. Musically it feels pretty thrown together, lots of energy but lacking in substance.
I had no idea who these guys were, and I loved them. I don't particularly like Nirvana nor grunge in general, but that's exactly the point: this album sounds much closer to punk and protopunk (to Stooges) than to fucking Nirvana... Great stuff
Never listened to Mudhoney but love this kind of music, really does sound like a prototype before Nirvana
I actually owned this album as a teenager because at that moment I was looking for everything far away from metal. After years have gone and the internet made so much music more available and visible to me my reappraisal of this album is pretty negative. I just don't really enjoy any of the songs. I still like some of the guitar playing but it's just not enough to enjoy.
I dig it. Also, this gets at least 1 point solely for the album name.
Dug this a lot more than I thought I would. Don't judge a book by it's cover, or an album by it's off-putting name
Shouldn't be naming albums stuff like Superfuzz Bigmuff but if you do, it should sound like this.
God this was a hard one. Initially sounded very sloppy and lo-fi, but I think that's exactly the point. It grew on me with further listens. Definite teenage garage band vibes, and that's okay. I am certain that this band inspired a LOT of the bands that I love today, so for that I'm grateful. Favourite tracks: Touch Me I'm Sick, Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More, No One Has.
Actually not bad at all. Some really high-energy stuff that sounds like it's gonna come barrelling down at any moment, because no way they can keep up the energy and musicianship going at the same time for too long, but they make it work on the EP.
i hated this but then didnt but then did dont do this with ASFM pure can this fuckass website please update so i can do half stars 5.9/10
straight doo doo
Some of the songs were fine but on the overall did not really enjoy. Any song that I didn’t mind was ruined by Mark Arms voice. It’s just not my cup of tea.
Interesting sound and a precursor to “grunge” as the people say. But not something I’d come back too.
For grunge it's really tight, especially for a debut and being so early to the scene. Makes sense to be on the list and if I hadn't ever heard grunge and this was on it would 100% get my attention. Cool listen.
This was a fun listen. Mudride clicks for me. Reminds me of some of the stuff I was listening to in highschool. Great album cover. Love that it was only 23 minutes.
Like it 3/5
fun!! classic fuzzy grunge that’s a bit on the grittier side, which is exactly what i want from something like this. extremely ahead of its time for 1988, nothing to complain about here
Super fuzzy grunge rock. 6/10
Punkkirokkia ei minun mieleen
Ei oikein jääny mieleen. Perus vähän aggrompaa grungea, melkein punkkia. Varmasti niillä sanomaa ois, mutta en jääny kuuntelee
Good album, TOUCH ME I'M SICKKK (literally right now)
Really enjoyed this, you can hear its influence on later bands like Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., etc. Pretty simple approach but it works really well. What grunge sounded like before it got commodified and overdone.
I haven't gone deep into some grunge acts because I think as the 90s wore on a lot of them sounded really samey and kinda dull. Not the case with this one though - has the kinetic energy of Bleach-era Nirvana or Pixies even. Love the thrashing, metal-like percussion and their use of distortion. Gotta check out more, just listened to the original EP
Ma näen, kuidas sellest arenes välja grunge ja Nirvana paljud laulud. Mõned palad siin on isegi nauditavad ning ma usun, et laivis oleksid nad päris lahedad. Aga plaadil on lihtsalt liiga palju materjali (2h!) ja lood kuidagi ei eristu üksteisest. 80ndatel oli see muidugi väga suur hingetõmme värsket punk-õhku, aga see pole 100% minu teema. 2.9/5
I lived in Seattle in the early 90's and got to see Mudhoney, they were never all that entertaining or enjoyable to listen to or watch. I think this album gets the nod because it was the precursor to all the quality grunge music to follow, they're the Grunge OG's. "Touch Me I'm Sick" isn't good, but it's their biggest song. When you were 19 this made you get into the pit with the other 20-somethings and bang around until you were covered in other people's sweat & your shirt didn't fit right anymore. It had it's time, but that's long past and this does not hold up well. Vocals are weak, music is average and poorly recorded (listen to the drums!). Better live than on vinyl, that's for sure. You can hear the influence that would inspire Green River, Nirvana ("Need"), Soundgarden ("Twenty Four", "No One Has") and to some extent, Pearl Jam ("In n' Out Of Grace"). Just not good enough for the T1001, other than influence this album has very little to offer. 2.5 stars
Es ist ein dreckiger, lärmender Urknall – roh, verschwommen, elektrisiert. Mudhoney klingen hier, als würden sie Garage‑Rock, Punk und Proto‑Grunge in einen einzigen, vibrierenden Stromstoß verwandeln. „Touch Me I’m Sick“ ist ein schmieriger Klassiker voller ironischer Selbstzerstörung, „In ’n’ Out of Grace“ ein wilder, chaotischer Ritt mit legendärem Intro‑Monolog.
It sounded like a demo of a nirvana album but the dirt was very enjoyable.
Mudhoney end up positing a kind of interesting question on this EP; "If you're one of the most influential bands for one of the most influential bands ever, are you one of the most influential bands ever?". I think the answer ends up being kind of, but probably not. But regardless, if it's any consolation, this was one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums, and it is, in it's original, 6 song form (*a lot* of reissues on this thing), basically a perfect grunge release. I will also say that while Superfuzz Bigmuff may not be the first grunge album, it does feel like the first real "before and after" moment for the genre since Melvins, Green River and others kind of melded into grunge a couple years prior. Superfuzz Bigmuff is pretty much everything that grunge would really become in the '90s. It is the genre's punk energy and ethos, pop songwriting and alternative sound. With occasional detours into twangy and even sludgey places too. This was probably the most solidly definitional example of what grunge is. It's also grunge's last minor breakout before Nirvana happened and kind of changed the ballgame. All that being said, the 23 minutes on the original release here are fun, chaotic and as surprisingly well written as the genre's hits. The fuzz tone is filthy and electrifying, and the performances are edge of your seat. There's hardly a thing to complain about here, although I may save the 5 star. The length here is really a blessing and a curse here. But I am hopeful for Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.
01) Touch Me I'm Sick - 7,0 02) Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More - 7,5 03) Twenty Four - 6,5 04) Need - 6,5 05) Chain That Door - 6,0 06) Mudride - 6,0 07) No One Has - 6,5 08) If I Think - 6,5 09) In 'n' Out of Grace - 6,0 10) The Rose - 6,0 11) Hate the Police - 6,0 12) You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) - 6,0 13) Burn It Clean - 6,0 14) Halloween - 5,5 TOTAL: 6,29 (63/100) Current ranking: 653/899
Album 1000 for me. I've listened to this a few times over the years and always enjoyed it. I stuck with the original 6 tracks from the EP, that's where the magic is. I've owned a super fuzz clone and a big muff so I understand this is the way. Great stuff.
Enjoyed it. Punk grungy without being offensive
Meh
A classic
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Good energetic grunge sound, even if the vocals are weak. This is one of those albums where there's not a standout song, but it has a standout vibe. You just listen to it and all the songs blend into each other, which works if you wanna just chill, but doesn't make it any better than 'fine'.
Mudhoney is fine, and this is a good sample of their sound. It's not my favorite album of theirs and not sure why more than one of their albums are on this list. This is the weaker of the two.
2 - ok
Sinnloses Herumgeschreie! Weg damit!
Thought I liked this at first but alas!!! it got v repetitive and dull about halfway through, wont listen again
4 - BAD
One of the originals of Grunge. Highlights: Touch Me I’m Sick, Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More, Need 3.6
Great grunge album but not my favorite
Just not into this.
What makes it great is that it does not pretend to be more refined than it is. The fuzz is the point. The sneer is the point. The whole record sounds like it was dragged through a garage floor, kicked down a staircase, and then turned up louder.
A little too garagey for my taste I think. It's not bad and some of the songs are pretty good but overall not my thing.
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden did it better, but Mudhoney did it first. More of a legacy inclusion than something I want to listen to every day but still interesting to hear these roots of 90’s Grunge
I always heard about Mudhoney as the influence for some of my favorite bands. I like the path they blazed, but I like the next era they ushered in much better
Interesting enough.
Seminal album in the ushering in of the grunge era. Hard to call this an "album" with all the bolt ons over the years, but there's plenty (and more) to enjoy here even if it's been grown since it's original printing.
Ok grunge but not my fave 3.4/5 Almost 4 but not quite
Never heard of this band and still know next to nothing about them but this was noisy, grungy, and fun.
Once again I was hopeful I would get a interesting album. Once again I was disappointed. The albums on this list aren't bad, but they don't give me anything either. A cavalcade of 2s and 3s.
Crap.
Heard it before. A grunge classic and an album the inspired many bands that came after them 3/5
I thought I would enjoy this from the start, but it ended up being a slog. Way too long, a bit repetitive, and I kept thinking that I’d rather be listening to other groups from the same time period. 2.5/5 what a shame this wasn’t 1/3 the length
Its not bad. A good precursor to what was coming in Seattle
Still love this
Runs a little long, but it's a fun album.
Yup…this is some slaaaaacker grunge for ya. Mark Arm’s yowls and drawls sound even more indifferent to you than J. Mascis’, and the buzzy guitars are right at about the midpoint between Melvins and Nirvana. 3.5 stars
3.9 but not 4
It’s ok. A decent early rough around the edges sort of proto grunge album. 3.5⭐️ album. 5⭐️ album name
I didn't know they named an album after your mom.
Not good for the morning too screamy 🤣 and a bit monotonous
rating the original ep only, fond memories of seeing them live
80s garage rock giving birth to grunge
listenable
You can really hear the Nirvana inspiration here.
Sounds exactly how the album cover suggests it should. "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)": How I feel about Google and Microsoft's forced AI features.
3.5 stars
Absolutely a record that defined a new generation of music. However, I wasn’t a fan of this record.
Right so I pulled the 1990 version tracklist off of the Wiki because the original is like 20 minutes and the version on Spotify is over 2 hours. Overall a very nice punk record. Guitar melodies a bit lack maybe but at least it’s high octane. Reminds of Queens of the Stone Age a bit, which is a compliment. 4/5
Very solid grunge rock. They are no Nirvana but still good!
3.5
3.5
I actually like this compilation album a good bit , especially the sludgeier parts. I can't say this is in the realm of the classics the big four, but I really love the raw energy throughout most of the album. And though I can see why the EP was overlooked in 88, it is definitely a signpost of the grunge to come. In some of the tracks, I can even hear some of the vocal cracking that Kurt Cobain would perfect in Nirvana. Three outstanding bits outside of the classic "Sick" track. "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More", the B-side of "Touch Me I'm Sick", and "In 'N' Out of Grace" and "Need", both from the original EP. I actually preferred more added non EP tracks more, and the less we talk about "Chain The Door" the better. It's a solid four mainly for the sludge factor (8.5) ★★★★
Not the best or worst grunge I have heard. Low 3.5 stars
I appreicate this album (EP) as being a really early example of grunge, but I don't think Mudhoney quite matches the best the genre would offer in a few years. "Touch Me, I'm Sick" is definitely the best thing here, and I think the added on stuff is better than the original EP in general. 3.5 stars.
Kindafine whatever even if it's not really a proper album. It's cool that it did an early hardcore grunge thing although Nirvana Bleach went and did it a billion times better. Primal Scream took the same 'we wanna be free and we wanna do what we wanna do' sample from The Wild Angels and again used it on a record that was a billion times better.
There are a couple of versions of this record. I listened to the EP that was the original recording. The album was re-released in 1990 as a full length album called "Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles". There was also a deluxe edition released in 2008 that included a bunch of the demo recordings, as well as a second disc that had live recordings of all of the songs. Mudhoney and this album in particular really paved the way for what would become the 1990s grunge movement and bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and others. It's pure rock with everything you'd want out of a garage rock band sounding album. Great listen!
Seattle Grunge from '88.
Ultimately not my vibe, but I appreciate it anyway
Noises with smell of cocaine.
Meh
I probably wasn’t ready for this much grunge in 1988, but I sure like it now. I wish the vocals were a little more quirky or interesting. 3.5?
Mudhoney walked so Nirvana could run. Sick album cover.
I did not like this. Very punk rock. Ugly on purpose.
Mudhoney seemed quite nice in general but surprisingly I didnt take out much satisfaction from this listen, i dunno
Wow didnt know about this band. Love that it was overshadowed by the big ones in grunge but its rlly cool!
I gave this a few listens. I get it. I get the Nirvana and grunge influences. I like a fair bit. But it's all a bit samey and crungey. Need. Chain That Door and Hate the Police stood out. I was amused to hear the same sample from Primal Scream's Loaded but didn't find that much joy.
this is between a 4 and a 5 but i’m giving it a 5 because i had never heard of mudhoney before and this was such a good surprise today
It took me a little time to get into this one but as soon as "in n out" came on I was hooked. Brilliant. Loads of energy, loads of noise. Loads of fun. I'd probably prefer a little more polished production wise, but that would likely take away from what they're doing here. I'll put a 4, but I reckon on a few more listens this could become a 5, although I've no idea which version it would be since there are like 3 track listings around.
It was ok. Forgettable
Cool even cooler band name
One of my favorite albums!
Really punk, I actually think the songs are pretty cool. Talking about being drunk on ouzo (that's the first), Hate The Police is a proto-Chat Pile song, overall some sick concepts. The music isn't really there for me, though. I think it is okay but not great by any stretch. I hear the influences on the way from punk to grunge but this is a band that is more foundational than really excellent (IMO).
A punk / proto alt rock mix. Some songs that were catchy for the genre but ultimately not really for me.
Shite.
Algo copado, corto yyyyy me olvidé de todo. Nota: 2.8
I’ve heard Mudhoney's debut “album” before, as I read a book called Everybody Loves Our Town, which was an oral history of the grunge scene in Seattle. I hate the term grunge. Nirvana wasn’t the same band as Pearl Jam, which wasn't the same band as Alice In Chains, which wasn’t the same band as Soundgarden, which wasn’t the same band as Mudhoney. But I already digress. Mudhoney formed out of the band Green River, whose split also formed Mother Love Bone. Mother Love Bone later became Pearl Jam after MLB's lead singer, Andrew Wood, died of an overdose. MLB would have been legendary had Wood survived. They were a cross between the Seattle sound and glam. Such a fun band. Much like the boys in MLB took on the form of Wood, when those guys became Pearl Jam, they took on the form of Eddie Vedder. Check out Mother Love Bone’s Apple. It’s a great album. Digression.... Anyhoo, Mudhoney’s debut EP was released in 1988 and later re-released in 1990 as the original EP with several other singles the band recorded The album went from six songs to 12 songs in 1990. That’s the album I decided to listen to, as the super-deluxe is 32 tracks, about half of them live. Track 1 is Touch Me I’m Sick which was a stand alone single that was not on the original EP. Mudhoney was the Seattle band that sounded more similar to Nirvana than the others. Very punk rock, fast and loud music. While Kurt Cobain’s love of the Beatles shone through in the songs of Nirvana. Mudhoney were basically the Stooges. Just big, loud guitars and singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm just screaming the vocals. Lots of feedback and fuzz, hence the album title. Track 2, Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More, is the Stooges with a slide guitar. I really dig this. You talk about no frills rock and roll compared to the bloated hair metal scene at the time. I used to be angry at grunge and alt rock for destroying my beautiful hair metal scene, but over time, I realized, hair metal destroyed hair metal…Or rather, the record companies did. Instead of finding good bands, they signed any band that looked or sounded like Poison, which ended up eating the scene alive. And besides, I'm not an androgynous-looking, pretty boy glam guy/ I'm a dirty, ugly grunge guy. It was music for me, I later learned. Track 3 is Twenty-Four and this could be a Nirvana song. I’m surprised people didn’t latch on to Mudhoney as a substitute for Nirvana, but it seems people kind of turned on them. Guitarist Steve Turner thought people were angry that Mudhoney was still around after Cobain died. Which is weird. This is such an old-school punk album. Track 4 is called Need, and it’s more of the same except Arm is singing a bit more than screaming, and the band is providing some nice backing vocals for him. This album just rocks. Track 6 is called Mudride, and the guitars are extra fuzzy for this one. The tempo is also slowed way down compared to the previous songs. I love the groove of this song. Again, it sounds like a Stooges song. Track 8 is If I Think and it shows a bit more songwriting ability by the band, as it’s more than just a punk song. For Mudhoney, it’s almost a ballad. But it still rocks. This album is just in your face rock and roll. Track 9 is In ‘n’ Out of Grace and it’s my favorite song on the album. It’s got a great groove to it, and in the middle, there’s a breakdown that's just drum and bass playing their tails off. The guitars are screaming too. Just a great song that’ll get you fired up. at I bet this was insane to see live. It kind of reminds me of Queen’s Brighton Rock as times. It’s not as polished, but the tune is hidden there underneath all that fuzz. , Track 11 is called Hate the Police and it sounds like a Hole song. Let’s just say it has a message and it’s not favorable to the police. I’m not in favor of painting with such broad strokes, but there are always bad apples in the bunch. You just hope those bad apples aren’t out there taking lives. That song was unexpected, but the passion shone through. Track 12 is called You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face), and something tells me I should maybe pay more attention to the lyrics, as I might be missing a deeper meaning in some of these songs. Not sure what he wants outta his face, but whatever it is, that person has got it. Mudhoney and Nirvana formed around the same time and shared the same musical sensibilities, though Cobain was a huge Beatles fan, which made Nirvana’s music more palatable to the squares. Mudhoney has the same anger and frustration in their music. You can clearly hear that in Arm’s voice. I imagine Mudhoney was trying to be the next Stooges, and maybe they accomplished that because those who know, well, they know. I won’t say I loved this album as 14 songs of fire and flame can wear on you, but I do think it’s perfect for fans of Seattle music in the late 80s and early 90s. If you aren’t really a grunge or punk fan, you can probably skip this album. But I recommend checking out the Stooges, and if you like them, then give this a listen.
By about song eight, they were all the same.
Nope
Raw sound, liked it
The beginning of grunge that just sounds dirty with a touch of punk. Classic album. Second loudest concert I have ever been to.
Imagine my horror when the EP turns out to be 33 track deluxe version! However it was pretty good though and didn’t bother listened to all the different versions of the same song!
I never quite got this band. There's some pretty good songs but also a healthy dose of "Yeah, that's okay I guess." I always suspected that they got the attention they did was because Cobain was a big fan. Not bad but there's a ton of other albums that I'd rather listen to. 3⭐️
Heard of these guys and they were always credited with the start of the grunge movement in the Pacific Northwest. Now Spotify is a little annoying with the record as it is only deluxe and has 2.25 hours run time. The original release is around a half hour. Anyway it’s fine raw, and grungie. Cover looks like a sound garden cover louder than love. Need to compare. Looks like they all did the same thing. Flavor of the day. I stopped listening after an hour. The rest is all demos and live. Fine record. No issues with it.
Some really great stuff for me in here, I'll have to listen again
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This is pretty dope. Creeps into the Four Star Club.
Noise.
Honestly pure garbage from beginning to end. A wall of noise that does belong on this list.
Solid album, not for me, but not a bad listen. 5.2/10
For satan jeg elsker alt ved det her. Rammer den helt rigtige grunge-klang, jeg så godt kan lide. Fuld jonna
An album of its time. When so many albums and bands of that Seattle scene are reassessed as to whether they were grunge or punk or just rock, Mudhoney were always grunge. Definitely an interesting album, but one that doesn't make me want to return to it each day.