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messy guitars, fun. messy vocals, not so much. very high energy, drummer is getting quite the workout.
Mudhoney seems super important to grunge and a lot of 90s alt rock but they’re mostly just ok. I prefer the stuff that came after them generally though
"In its review, Jamie Gonzalo called it sexy, smart, humorous and hard" One out of four ain't bad.
that was some grunge
Næsten på højde med mit gamle efterskoleband.
Ok, men ikke noget musik der rigtigt siger mig noget. Glad for at jeg gik med løsningen på 23 minutter.
*70 Rating baseret på original EP - track 4 - 9. Der er god riv, og det er generelt meget i min smag, men det blev lidt for rodet.
2.9. Vigtigt og definerende for genren, men som så meget andet, der har gjort noget, der ikke er blevet gjort før, er det blevet overhalet senere. Desuden - Nirvana did it better
Noget tættere på punk end grunge synes jeg - men kæft det er fedt
vocal me irritou mas gostei, strong 3.5 favs: need, mudride
Like the missing link between The Stooges and Bleach. Lacks a little in the hooks department, that even the gnarly riffs and crunchy guitar sound can’t fully compensate. Could, and probably will, listen again
can appreciate it for the pioneering work it did but the chances I'll ever listen to this again are pretty close to zero
Un sonido muy actual. Interesante banda, aunque el estilo garage no es un genero que me atraiga mucho.
Listening to this irritated me. Why? The streaming version of the album is the 6-hour 25th anniversary re-release compared to the original sub-30 minute collection of songs. I liked Mudhoney back in the day as an original grungester but why the fuck is it on this list?
Draw a straight line from the stooges to Nirvana and it passes straight through this. More tuneful than Iggy but with a similar growl and ethos. Not quite the quality of Kurts songwriting, but Nirvana borrows so heavily from this, especially the drums. A great listen.
No
Can certainly see how this album influenced the Seattle grunge movement, so points for that but I don’t think I’d sit down and listen to it again.
3.8
Cool stuff, especially from a historical perspective. Encouraged me to read about pedals and distortion which was neat.
You’re all cowards. I wish it were 5 hours long
I was surprised this was 1988, has a sound that I associate with the 90's scene. It was an ok listen, not really my vibe and found it slightly boring, felt like a rebranding of the 70s punk scene
Classic grunge! This is more like it after so many narcoleptic "classic rock" albums! Not as good as Nirvana's contemporaneous Bleach, but still up there with the rest of the best of late 80s Effects Pedal Rock. They blew Soundgarden off the stage when I saw them play together during their first UK tour. Fuck me I'm sick!
Shoutout to the fact that the second the drums kicked in I recognized them from Bleach by Nirvana (which was also produced by Jack Endino and recorded at the same studio). Anyways, surprisingly, I've never listened to Mudhoney before! But this is some good, grungy, garage rock, and I do have a soft spot for that. Love the energy here, love the riffs, and love how pivotal this was for grunge music. Definitely sounds a bit like a band still finding their sound, but that can happen when you're doing something no one's done before. Favorites: Need, If I Think
Never really got into Mudhoney for whatever reason. This EP is probably the longest sustained time I've given to them. I understand that this was key to the development of grunge and the establishment of Sub Pop but kinda just sounds like a standard punk record. I think their second album is on this list, so I'm looking forward to giving them another look.
I can see how they are the precursors to Nirvana, Sound Garden, etc.
If i had connected with this at 20 it might mean something other than noise and negativity. Not my cup of tea.
Grunge is not really my jam. This album is sort of a mix of grunge, metal and punk, but not in a way that hits me in the feels at all. Imagine my relief when I found out that the original album Is only 23 minutes long, and not the over 2 hour long version that popped up on Spotify!
Sounds like my high school rock band. We weren’t that good
Middle of the road. Little to screamy but the guitars are rad.
As a Gen Xer, I'm probably contractually obligated to rave about every Seattle band from the 80s and 90s, but I just can't with this one. I've never been a fan and am still not a fan. I don't understand the conventional wisdom that Mudhoney is somehow the best band of the era and was unfairly left for dead in Nirvana’s wake. Sorry, kids, but no one in Mudhoney could write a song a fraction as good as any Cobain original, and I'm hardly the world’s biggest fan of that band. Anyway, this isn't quite metal, isn't quite punk, isn't quite grunge, it's just kind of annoying music. Sorry not sorry
I can understand what they're trying to get at, they just never really quite get there
"Superfuzz Bigmuff" marks my first proper introduction to Mudhoney's music. The title alone is wonderfully silly. Though often categorised as an album, its six-track runtime firmly plants it in EP territory, and a decent EP it is. Overall, I enjoyed the wall of fuzzy, thrashy noise, but the song writing didn't quite land for me; the vocals and lyrics felt like an afterthought. "Mudride" offers a welcome bit of groove amidst the chaos. "If I Think" is the standout track. "Superfuzz Bigmuff" is an okay listen, but not a life-changer, and certainly not enough for me to explore the deluxe version of this album further. Three stars. 265/1001 143/265 albums reviewed were new to me
It's intense and angry and all that, but after a while quite exhausting. Probably hit different when it was new.
Didn't think I'd like this as much as I did. Dig their vibe
I fuck with the nirvana-ish sound
grunge rock
I don't like grunge, but this is more hardcore punk than grunge. What immensely helped was the fact that it was so short. It was pretty good.
Not sure where to place this album because it was basically different versions of the same 6 songs…. The songs weren’t good enough to warrant that many different versions.
Not a big fan. Songs were OK, but the vocals were too much on the screamy side for me. A little screaming goes a long way in my opinion, and this was wearing me out.
Not for me dawg
At least the guitar tone is great, as you’d expect from an album with a name like this. Too bad the music itself doesn’t do me much and I absolutely can’t stand the singer’s voice.
I grew up in western Washington and am honestly amazed a bit at some of the bands from the area that became massively popular. Mudhoney is one of those. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed seeing them at the King Kat Theatre in downtown Seattle, I think tickets were $8 and beers were 25 cents, but it seems downright odd for a band like that to make records and that the records sell and people who never saw them live or engaged in the scene at the time can have a connection with the music. Frankly, the music isn't all that great! The energy is the thing.
No private session used for Spotify. Being a fan of the Seattle Grunge scene I have checked this out. It's hard to not listen to this album and think of what it meant to the whole Seattle scene. I need to remember to crank this one when working in the garage.
a tuff album. maybe i wasn't in the right head space but i think it's more likely that this album just wasn't for me
Seeing 1988 I’m scared. Buuuut idk it’s ok so far from listening to the first 30 seconds. We shall see. Idk it’s kinda shit tbh. Recording quality and mix is hard to listen to. Honestly, fuck this website’s album suggestions. Majority of this music is shit. Cmon guys.
Pretty neat for 88. I liked the tones of the guitars. Writing could get stale but there were enough unique songs to keep things interesting. The Spotify album is like 2hrs with song repeats idk what’s up with that
Not for me. But fun
Im js now expanding my music taste and I can say this is one of my favorite albums with this type of sound and I can't wait to explore more like it.
It’s grunge, at some places very creative and unique but otherwise not my jam.
This is just very run of the mill barebones grunge for the most part, the final two tracks are pretty decent but those are all that’s keeping it from a 1 star cause i got almost nothing from this. At least the EP was short so that’s something. Side note: this was annoying to listen to in its original EP form on Tidal, cause theres only a deluxe edition on there and the original 6 tracks arent the first 6, they like tracks 4-10 for some bizarre reason. Changed my mind, first 1 star rating, congrats.
1988??? this is so sick i had no idea people were moving like this in the 80s
Very punk epic cool I like big time!
This one is raw and will deserve more of a listen than I gave it.
man grunge mostly sucks. I cant imagine how insufferable these bands and fanbases must have been in their heyday. Tons of distortion, raw vocals, some pretty drums here and there, actually. But sometimes its like they just want to be loud and obnoxious because "fuck you" or whatever. Like they say in Chain That Door, "you made me feel like a big time loser" and boy howdy do I ever after listening to this.
Not for me at all. Great album name though!
I do love me some good ol' dirty garage rock! A solid 3.5 for me
Pretty rad, songwriting not particularly sticky but I like the energy.
Oh I loved this. I hadn’t listened to Mudhoney since being a Nirvana obsessed teen and literally just listening to whatever an already long dead Kurt Cobain thought was cool, but this was great. Particularly liked ‘In ‘n’ Out of grace’, ‘Hate the Police’ and the cover of ‘The Rose’ .
402/1089 - Good thing it's only 20 minutes long. Atrocious voice and boring guitar work with it being nearly the same texture the entire time. I think that's one of the main reasons I'm not really into genres like metal, grunge, or noise, there's just not enough sonic variety for me to find anything to latch on to. The first song is decent.
I'm only going to review the original 23 minute album as the addition of the "...plus early singles" drags it down, and I have no interest whatsoever in the live tracks added to the "deluxe" version so I'm not ever going to bother with that. Raw, punky, grungy and a great listen. I respect the band's choice of releasing just 6 tracks originally - because these are by far the best sounding and best produced. I would guess it was the record company who decided to add the "early singles" to fill up a CD release? It was the wrong decision.
It’s pretty mid, not bad but not a stand out
Very raw and energetic and grungy. Didn't feel the need to listen to the whole thing. The album title is very appropriate.
Ummmm
3/5
This is an album that I can both see the inspiration that others took, and also an album that's enjoyable to listen to. It helps that I like that grungy sound they're going for. I did grow up on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, of course!
It's a decent album. Nothing extraordinary, but it's solid. 3/5 Might listen again
Something about this album that made me feel allergic to it. I barely got through it.
Not sure if I was supposed to listen to the EP or the LP version but in the end I just had to go with pressing Stop midway through the Deluxe Edition, which technically doesn't match either. But I really like this earlier, punkier incarnation of the band, and dug the album a lot more than 1991's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Pretty sweet grunge forebearer that I'm sure was a real kick up the ass on its original 80s release.
Strangely fun at times and just outright strange at others. At first I was like wtf but some of it grew on me. Definitely an album that could have been upexperienced differently with some type of stimulant - would be an even wilder ride!
Really liked it. Would definitely listen again.
Wild and crazy, a bit rough, very indie/underground. This band and this record are influences to some of my favourite music from the 90's. I have listened to this many times and will listen again. Not an all time fave and def harder to listen to then anything I have given a 5, but still a good record IMHO.
did not like it
Sounding like the bastard son of early Nirvana and Butthole surfers, this somehow has passed me by over the intervening years. Thing is, I've plenty of Kurt and Gibby already on my shelves, so not sure this will add much. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 235 Already owned : 53 Purchased : 12 To buy list : 3 Nope : 167
Raw and chaotic bliss
This was fun, loud and very clearly a spiritual predecessor to Nirvana. Great stuff.
Some great guitar in here, and some of the songs are pretty catchy. I feel like I got taken to some skeezy bar to watch these people play, and I was sketched out at first, but then I got into it.
Even though the EP was only just over 20 minutes long, Spotify played me 2 hours and 15 minutes of album, adding in singles, B-sides, and live performances. I kept listening because it was good, but it never got quite great enough for five stars, so four it is.
Liked: Touch Me I'm Sick, Twenty Four, No One Has, Hate the Police, Halloween Added: Touch Me I'm Sick, Twenty Four, Hate the Police
It was ok
There was a place in time I would have loved this. Killer album cover tho.
A classic
Me and Lilia very much enjoyed blasting out ‘In ‘N’ Out of Grace’ in the car on a Sunday morning
The source❤️❤️❤️❤️
It kinda smacks! This things got some teeth. It’s nice and chunky. Probably much more representative of what grunge set out to be, before it was diminished to wearing flannels in the rain. Some favorites were “Mudride”, “If I Think”, and “Hate The Police”. Nice little run of songs there in the middle. Strong 3/5, elite beer drinking energy
Solid old grunge/punk
I always like them more in theory than I do in practice, but some undeniably killer guitar work. 3.5/5
Not a genre I enjoy and nothing seems to be changing that yet. Very bored of it by the end and found it hard to engage with fully. I obviously didn’t listen to the full deluxe edition, there was no way.
not bad, but not my cup of tea
An hour of my life I'll never get back
There's "music" then there's annoying, obnoxious noise. Some of the worst music I've ever heard voluntarily listened to.
# Album Name: Superfuzz Big muff # Artist: Mudhoney # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Meh, too much fuzz. Was arlight. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? No
Electric energy, but most of the songs are somehow mediocre. "Touch Me I'm Sick" and "In 'n' Out of Grace" are worth the admission.
Such a long album and it seemed like the tracks reappeared multiple times on the album? The stuff was good and v foundational punk
It's alright. High value of 3, can't quite say I actually Enjoyed it though.
4/10 - a bit of a struggle to be honest, not too hardcore but boring
Hmm. Band's name as onomatopoeia for how their music sounds? StickyFilthySweet.
I can hear how this band must have inspired a lot of other artists. I just don’t really like this record - It’s too messy and loud
A cool early grunge record. Really glad I finally checked these guys out. The album cover is cool as fuck. Favorite track: Touch Me I'm Sick 3.5/5
holy elite pull from the album generator i love music that sounds like this
7/10 06.02.2026
This wasn’t my favorite, but I could definitely hear its influence on grunge.
Apparently the original release of this album was just 6 songs and 23 minutes long. That sounds like a much better format. It's an interesting vibe but just barely too noisy to be worth listening to again.
reading about the history and entanglements of the seattle grunge world is better than listening to most of it. It's a fun rabbit hole to go down.
I dunno, it just sounds like slightly harder grunge. Not really for me.
2.5
5. good rocking jam
The book does not intend for one to listen to the deluxe edition, but rather the EP, which was seminal in genre and its influence. Indeed, the deluxe edition would be a whole lot for anyone to listen to, in one sitting, much less someone who is not familiar with the band. That said, I compiled the tracks from the original EP and listened to those as intended. This album honestly hits... and obviously they paved the way for Nirvana, et al. There was a lot of new stuff along these lines fermenting at this time, and other releases by other bands in this time frame prior to Nirvana's "Nevermind" really breaking things open, but this album was the first significant crack in the dike. This would find itself in my rotation, maybe even significantly so, but not front and center on the queue. I'd give a a 4.25, which rounds down to a 4. Not all partial stars can get rounded up.
Turns out I was wrong about there being only one Mudhoney album on this list.
q nome é esse mds FAVS (top 3): touch me im sick, mudride, in n out of grace mençoes honrosas: twenty four, need, no one has, if i think, burn it clean gente um rockzinho bem bom meio classico e simples, eu curti eu love gente (nao ouvi as versoes live KKKKKKK mas deve ser bom tbm) nota final: 4/5
Feel like a band that are better live than on an album
Trouble when you hear poor rock is that it makes you think it’s all like that. Shouty teenage bedroom rock jam.
I concur with Mcginn, would be a lot better live
#26/1001 🇺🇸 Its a long time since i've listened to this and its been a blast hearing it again. I didn't realise that it was an EP and the copied cassette that i had was more a compilation. The band obviously share a lot of DNA with Nirvana and the influence of Black Flag and The Stooges can also be heard. I've always loved Mark Arm's vocal style (and his name too). I used to enjoy throwing myself around to Touch Me I'm Sick, but thats not strictly on the original record. Need is a great tune and i love the complete wig-out that is In 'n' Out Of Grace. Best Tracks: Need, In 'n' Out Of Grace.
An album that meant a hell of a lot to me in high school. It brought some interesting memories, and it was interesting to see which songs resonate with me 17 years later. 8/10
A grunge punch to the grunge hole.
Fine enough but not doin the deluxe
Grungey but not great.
didn't really perk my ears up. However, cool to learn about it's place in establishing Grunge and it's influence on Nirvana and other bands.
3.7
As a Gen Xer I am famous and truly appreciate this band an album. The cornerstone of a lot of music I love.
Love early, early grunge. Such a collision of styles. Not my favorite from the era, but it's really good.
It's definitely Grunge: melancholy punk rock in a minor key.
Within a year, Superfuzz Bigmuff quickly mutated from the original six-song, 24-minute EP into something more by smartly including Touch Me I'm Sick and the other Boiled Beef material / early singles, for 44 minutes of Mudhoney. It was this fuzzed-out, twelve-song 1990 version my friends and I would blast from our record and CD players in the US Pacific Northwest. None of that really matters unless you're a release purist (and sometimes I am) who limits their listening to the original tracks and sequence. But since all this change happened within the first year, I think the 12 tracks are what we honor today. Mudhoney is a scuzzy flavor you'll either dig or you won't, but for a brief, burning moment they were the kings of Seattle, and they reigned in a swill of cheap Rainier beer and stomp boxes, combining anti-corporate slack and soft-core sleaze into anthems unburdened by the spotlight that was to come in the years after punk broke. You can hear the grime thick on the walls during Mark Arm's bathroom confessions. This material, and their debut album, set the high bar in the dive bar. Enjoy the Mudride.
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Blah
Really good.
hindi ko talaga trip rock genre sorryyy
Nice distortion sound, but the songs are so so.
Only listened to the original six tracks and it’s a mixed bag for me. I’m not a grunge fan, and the heavy fuzz and deliberately messy sound wear thin pretty quickly. There’s some attitude and energy I can respect, but overall it’s more interesting historically than something I’d choose to revisit.
Awful noisy shouty nonsense
I want to listen to some good music, not just a bunch of noise.
Ist gar kein Album. War in Ordnung, Gitarrensound mochte ich.
Mother of grunge
This one feels a little ahead of its time, very 90s grunge. A lot of emotion in his voice
I couldn’t tell if this was punk or metal. I’d lean more towards punk. It was solid.
Tuned in expecting “early Nirvana,” and got more of a Stooges vibe instead. I’m 100% ok with that.
At 23 minutes (songs 4-9 on the deluxe version), this album left me wanting more - something a lot of bands of the cd era could learn from.
Didn't love the singer, but the original EP is decently good! Mudhoney might grow on me. 3.5*, rounding up.
I always am a fan of grunge but Superfuzz Bigmuff still managed to take me by surprise with how good it really was. I already have heard Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by these guys and i like this album a lot more due to how much more heavy it is. The main highlight is obviously the guitars, they absolutely rip here and give the songs some really cool melodies alongside some of the other instruments and the vocals. And since this is just an EP, this EP just manages to breeze through which makes this album an absolute joy to listen to, not that i would have minded having more though. I am just absolutely shocked by how amazing this album is. Best Song: No One Has Worst Song: Chain That Door
Early grunge goodness, but not something I'd likely revisit. 3.25/5.
Listened while playing with my daughter. Listened to the Deluxe version up to and including Halloween. I need to preface this by saying that Grunge is really not my thing. I get how this album paved the way for Nirvana and Pearl Jam to break out into the mainstream and I totally hear and understand the importance. I get it all, I just didn't particularly enjoy listening to it.
Right off the top like how dirty and distorted it is. Sounds more like some rock today than 80s. Oh hey the song from The World's End!
Good stuff. Not blown away by it, but enjoyed the listen.
I can see this album inspiring the album "Bleach" by Nirvana which is my favorite Nirvana album. The album was consistent throughout and even the live tracks were really good.
Punk! Grunge! Seattle! Nirvana! Smashing Pumpkins! Metallica! Anarchy! Angst! A Seattle-centered collision of Hendrix's funky guitar sounds, at times (Mud live from Berlin), with echoes of Kurt Cobain's tired, frustrated voice. The album feels like it's about the slog that is life under a failing, capitalist government. I can't say this album is a cathartic experience, but I appreciate its honesty.
3.5
3.0
i'm not huge on grunge but i can't deny the energy here. facemelting in parts. stays close to the sludge metal, punk, and noise rock roots of the sound. album cover has incredible amounts of aura. deserves to be one of the 1001? i think so
I can see how they definitely influenced the grunge scene and paved the way for other bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden but no thank you. 1
I didn’t love this album but I understand how influential it was as it was part of the birth of the Seattle scene and ushered in a whole new sound and style. Without this, would Nirvana, among others, have reached the same heights? I also sense this influenced other bands with big breakouts in the 90s outside the grunge scene (one song made me think of Metallica’s black album recorded two years later).
Not a big fan. Sounds like noise. I know this was a Cobain fav…but I never really got this.
4.5.
in hindsight, a p embarrassing blind spot. i went for just the original ep tracklist for brevity's sake but somehow even tho none of the individual songs are super long, there was a strangely grueling quality to this listen regardless...while its recognizably grunge, and its hard not to make a game of picking out shades of future genre titans, its a pretty vivid record all its own with a genuinely confrontational quality that perhaps gets a bit diluted as grunge became a commercial powerhouse. it almost reminds me more of the electric excesses of the stooges than nirvana or soundgarden. the remains of punk snottiness rly get buried under the Storm quality of it all...a pretty cool document, and great music ofc
C'était vraiment pas mal je ne m'attendais pas à ça ! je valide
I’ve been battling through this 120 min album… just read the wiki that the real track listing is 23 minutes! I’m done early! God is good!
Ugh, just couldn’t really get into this album despite really wanting to. A few okay plays, but nothing stuck like other grunge does for me. If I Think was good.
According to Wikipedia, the original release is only a merciful 6 songs and 26 minutes long. Like the last album we had from these guys, this one is noisey but not that good.
Listening to grunge while i make my homemade granola
Nah not for me thanks
i only listened to a few of their songs, cause DAMN WHY IS THIS ALBUM 2HOURS LONG :/
Once again, not a screamo fan
Hearing those messy and noisy guitars remind me of Nirvana. Goes to show how local scenes influence each other. This album has a pretty sick cover. (3.5)
Mudhoney's first single: August 1988. Nirvana's: November 1988. Seems like the two biggest differences were Kurt's love of the Beatles and the fact that they had Butch Vig producing.
I wasn't a big Mudhoney fan. I skipped right to Pearl Jam and Nirvana. Mudhoney sounds like they were trying to make post-punk before they dove full into Grunge. But go listen to "Good Enough" on their Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge album. Do you hear echoes of the Kinks and Rolling Stones before the song makes a full dive into Seattle sound at 2:40?
it wasnt anything really special. Wasnt a fan of the vocal, where it was good it was very good, decent drummer, some great guitar. However where it was bad it was utter crap.
Superfuzz bigmuff means something else in the UK. I took the 1988 version, since the other is 2 hours long and I want to hear it as it was. The tracks are decent, I do like the grunge sound, but prefer other singers to this guy. Switch him out and this is banging. 6 tracks is a nice length - it's too short if anything - which is better than taking the 32 track option and getting absolutely fed up of hearing it. In 'N' Out of Grace is how the whole thing should sound. Hell yeah that's a tune.
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First time listening to Mudhoney and it’s so clear how much Kurt loved these guys. Initially I only listened to the original 6 song tracklist, but after those I listened to the the rest of the deluxe edition.
Great album. This is a 3,7
03/01/2026 This is my type of music, but in the end it just dragged on and became quite boring. I couldn't wait for it to finish. Spotify listeners: 167.8k
Blind album, know this artist. A LOT of good tracks. I wish I could give it a 5 because it sounds so good overall, but this is just barely on the edge and I can't.
Superfuzz Bigmuff sounds like the Seattle grunge scene being born. I'd never actually listened to Mudhoney, but I knew them by reputation, mostly through being a big Nirvana fan. These songs don't have Nirvana's melodies, but the shared DNA is obvious: the irony, the humour, the rejection of 80s polish, and that anarchic punk attitude toward rawness over perfection. This is scrappy, distorted, and deliberately rough. At times it veers into The Stooges territory, but on tracks like "Need" you can hear that familiar grunge guitar tone taking shape: blown-out fuzz, half-committed vocals, sounding like they might trash the stage at any moment. The standout is "If I Think": quiet–loud–quiet dynamics, fragile, non-committal vocals giving way to guttural screams, and a guitar solo that sounds like it was played blindfolded. It's messy, uncomfortable, and brilliant. It's fitting that the record closes with the "we wanna be free..." sample from "The Wild Angels", the same one Andrew Weatherall famously used for Primal Scream's "Loaded". But where "Loaded" turns it into an optimistic call to action, Mudhoney use it more ironically, less a manifesto than a shrug - cynical, sarcastic and very Seattle. 3.5 stars
God I wish I liked the vocals cuz damn near everything else is pretty awesome
I've heard of these guys. This was actually Kurt Cobain's influence. And you can really hear it. Cool stuff. I can definitely hear the early grunge
I was aware of Mudhoney, having been a fan of Nirvana in my teens. Took a few songs for his vocals to hit, but once they did I could find myself listening to this again.
Punk will be punk but this one wasn’t too bad. Especially comparing to other punk albums from this list (looking at you The Witch Trials). Still, I wasn’t suffering while listening to this, and when I limited my listening to the original tracks, it was a good length.
I think I would have been a bit kinder to this album at the beginning of the project, but by now it kind of feels like I've heard this all before. "Halloween" was kind of interesting, I guess.
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff Superfuzz Bigmuff is a relentless exercise in raw, sonic aggression. While this specific brand of garage-grunge sits outside my personal rotation, there is no denying the technical power behind the production. The "abuse" of the drums and the thick, distorted guitar layers create a dense, high-energy atmosphere that defines the Seattle sound. While the lyrics are often buried beneath the sludge—making them difficult to connect with—tracks like "Mudride" showcase a slower, more deliberate musicianship that stands out. Ultimately, it is a sonically impressive document of its era, even if it lacks the lasting appeal to warrant a return listen.
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Was this the start of grunge? Maybe. Definitely had the makings at least. It's a little disorganized, but loud and brash. It's no surprise that the acts that arose from this scene afterwards became a tad more polished, so I guess some of these groups owe a little bit to Mudhoney.
Sounds like yelling over noise! Did not enjoy. Touch Me I'm sick three times - why?
Dirty garage punk is the best.
Quit playing in the mud, honey. Listens to the 23 minute original version.
There’s not a lot of middle ground in grunge. There were moments I thought I was starting to like it but they quickly faded
There seem to be a million different versions of this album, but I settled for the 2008 Deluxe edition, promising myself I didn't need to listen to the oddities at the end. I needn't have worried, this album was an absolute banger! Grunge before grunge existed (or so I thought for 1988)
Grungey grunge grunge First song is good, the rest is alright
All sounds the fucking same
I hear why Nirvana was influenced
This is legit!
A veces uno quiere ir a escuchar a los precursores de un sonido en particular y en otras uno prefiere escuchar a quienes lo perfeccionaron. Hoy tocó escuchar a los precursores que, justa o injustamente, no son tan conocidos como quienes perfeccionaron el Grunge. Este EP demuestra por qué Mudhoney es conocido como una de las bandas que creó el Grunge. El sonido sucio de las guitarras ya estaba ahí en este EP, lo mismo con las voces mediocres y los alaridos. Está todo ahí y, sin embargo, no es el disco Grunge definitivo. No importa, en todo caso, nunca un género ha nacido y llevado a su máxima expresión en un solo disco. Pedir eso es un imposible, una fantasía digna de powerscalers.
Good lord. I understand why stuff like this makes the list (and that some people really like it) – because I’d never be exposed to it otherwise, and my goal is to broaden my musical awareness. And now that I’m aware of this, I’m pretty confident I don’t need to hear it again. First 3 mins of In N Out of Grace were good, then it went right back into nope mode.
Dit is niet helemaal mijn genre. Te veel gitaren en geschreeuw. Dan vind ik nirvana nog fijner om naar te luisteren. Ik word hier heel onrustig van.
Helaas
Scuzzy perfection
Syns da va streit. Litt for raspete, kanskje
"2h of this" i thought... well the orignial album was 23 min so that's what im listening to. When you stripped it down to 23 forgetable minutes of garage rock i can really see what the thing was about. it wasn't as much about music as it was rebelion against the 80s pop music. but that's just my guess as a younger listener (it repeat it self in every generation anyways) and i think that's why they think it's a must listen, but this don't really stand out as something special and more a product of it's time. Being at a musical shift leading into the much serious 90s from the happy go lucky 80s. So yeah, that's my cultural analysis of it. Not musicaly interesting to me, it's just garage punk rock.
Great album, I really enjoyed the pace energy and creativity
It's a little too rough for me to really get into it. I love the bands that played alongside these guys and the bands inspired by them but this doesn't quite do it for me.
I dunno man I realize this is foundational but sometimes it's good that things get refined
Lots to like in here. Tunes that grab your attention and make you listen. Just not quite the finesse / overall songwriting of songs to come from Seattle in future years.
Appreciate that they paved the way for nirvana to make good grunge music.
Supercrap Bigshit.
Nice
2 stars. Seriously, why and how did this album make the list?
No jest to całkiem niezły grunge, ale nadal nie jestem w stanie uznać tej płyty za dobrą. Powyżej oczekiwań? Pewnie tak. Ma kilka mocnych momentów, ale jakieś takie nierówne i niedopracowane mi się to wydaje. I do tego krótkie. 6/10
Some super fuzzy grunge. Nice.
It’s all grungy
Good pre grunge
Great early grunge album
Not my favorite but certainly the Mud Honey album that everyone should hear.
Solid, fuzzy, loud. It’s loose and unhinged grunge all the way down. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Touch Me I'm Sick - Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More - Hate the Police
Really sick guitar sounds and some tunes that really rip. I had to read up on the album — apparently it was originally a 6-song EP (tracks 7-12). I liked those songs the best. The other ones sounded mostly like you’d expect leftovers or B-sides to sound. Anyway, great sound, but simply too uneven in quality.
The original six songs on this ep were a pretty big change from what was coming out at the time. Sure, there was punk/hardcore punk, and metal, but that's not what this was. This had that level of aggression, but with a taste for some melody that was missing, and wider range of emotions. It's a pretty cool ep and deserves to be remembered.
Rad
The foundation of the sounds of my youth. Excellent sludgy guitars.
Some days feel chaotic and you want someone somewhere to be in control, and some days are chaotic and you want someone to get it and not be overwhelmed by it, maybe even find a way to laugh at it even if they're not able to totally rise above it. This album fit in that spot for me yesterday, feeling like a proper soundtrack to a world where the president flaunts his cruelty and corruption and tells us the economy is just fine as we're hustling every day to be able to afford fewer and fewer groceries. It feels like the screaming heart of grunge that more mainstream bands were able to smooth out enough to find a larger audience.
I remember seeking out Mudhoney in the wake of Nirvana's breakthrough, which hit at the exact right age to reshape my taste in music. It turned out that I was far more into Nirvana's Beatles-with-a-fuzzbox sound than I was the sludgey post-metal that most of the 80s/90s Seattle bands were pioneering. Some of those bands went on to tighten up their sound to capture more of the overflow Nirvana created, leading to incredible albums that I still listen to today. But Mudhoney's barely organized chaos buried under 16 feet of pure white fuzz just doesn't do anything for me. They inspired a lot of bands that I like, but, for me at least, this is a footnote in musical history, not an album worth diving into. That said, I bet their live shows are legendary, and I would be happy to spend an hour with them at something like Riot Fest. They seem like a band that could blow the doors off a place and incite fierce loyalty from fans who encountered them that way.
Loved how raucous this sounded. Still feels absolutely electric.
I had heard most of this album in pieces over the years, but I had never listened from start to finish. It's pretty good. Great guitar work, catchy rhythms and excellent vocals, appropriate to the mood of the album. I can see why so many bands copied the style. It's a bit raw at times and there is one dud track (Mudride), but it works well. Not an all time classic, but I enjoyed it and would recommend to rock fans.
Note: I’m reviewing the original six-track EP here not the rerelease album with the singles on it. This band are often credited with the invention of grunge, though that honour might properly belong to the predecessor band Green River. The success, especially in the UK and the deep influence of this album made Nirvana possible. The band didn’t go on to enjoy commercial success to match the critical adulation. For a fan of 70s punk it’s more nostalgic than progressive. Fun fact: the Big Muff of the title is the name of a guitar effects pedal.
growing up made me realise I don’t really like grunge.
I get it. I obviously hear the reason why this album is here. I hear the Nirvana. I even hear Hole. We know who they inspired. My issue is that every Nirvana song I don’t like sounds like the songs on this album. It’s noise and it makes sense but it’s not jaw dropping to me and that’s what I need. Choice cut: Mudride
I’ll admit up front that I’ve never spent much time listening to Mudhoney, but for as long as I can remember people have always said they were one of the bands that really helped shape Seattle grunge, and I definitely agree with that. What’s cool is that you can still hear the punk and hardcore influences in their music. The production gives the whole album that live in the room feel, which really brings out those sludgy, fuzzed out guitars and gives everything so much raw energy.
Ehh 2
I was pondering if I should give this 3 stars instead, because some of the songs felt a bit forgettable to me. Then again the sounds and songwriting on other songs really resonated with me and made me want to learn to play these, so I guess that takes it to 4.
Interesting
I really loved this. Wah wah, fuzz, grunge, punk. All the good things. Fun to hear how this influenced grunge.
This was great. I love this shit so much. Its undeniable the influence this band had on Nirvana. There's one of 2 songs that Nirvana straight ripped off or at least homaged. This kind of heavy, dirty, punk, grunge is so fun. I love the rhythms, the distortion, the heavy drums and wild vocals. This rocks.
Really wanted to like this one more, but honestly rather forgettable.
Just noise. I've come to realise punk/grunge just isn't for me. Not the worst thing I've heard but it was a chore to get through.
Good fun grunge
I appreciate their influence, but Mudhoney has never been for me.
Too sludgy. I can see the influence it had but I didn’t enjoy it.
I feel like given this was a major influence to the grunge scene, even predating Nirvana’s Bleach, I would have liked this more. I do love how harsh the guitar sounds, which gives the album that raw edge only a studio can hate. But this never really clicked with me. It doesn’t really have any of the hooks or charm grunge would eventually have; a factor probably given by its age. It feels like an album I only appreciate due to its influence. I think it does deserve a spot here, but can’t say I was crazy for this. Favorite track: In ‘n’ Out of Grace Other hits: Chain That Door, Need, No One Has
Vibes: 5/5 Instruments: 4/5 Production: 4/5 Emotional Value: 3/5 Storytelling: 2/5 Album Cover: +0.5 Stand Outs: Mudride, In 'n' Out of Grace Overall Rating: 3.7
I can see how this inspired the greats. But this is not great. There’s a reason Mudhoney never hit it big while the bands that followed them did. They just weren’t quite there.
For our anniversary, my wife asked me where I wanted go for a trip, I choose Seattle. The reason why is because of the grunge scene & it's natural beauty. The Gum Wall & Fremont Troll are a bizarre sight to see in person. I wanted to go to Sub Pop store but we couldn't get around to it in the city. Oddly enough they have a location at airport. When we returned home, I wanted to explore the Sub Pop catalog, I wanted to listen to THIS but it's on The List. So I was ecstatic to have it show it's face today for my listening pleasure. I've always been aware of Mudhoney but never heard them properly. Punky-er & Harder than Nirvana. Not as bluesy as Soundgarden. This is a album that the Grinch would hate because of the NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! Luckily enough, I'm not that Grinchy. I love this, I might even listen the live disc later on. His growling vocals & screams just add alot to that dirty, distortion punk sound that the grunge scene was known for. The idiot kids who only listen to the Popular Pop music would call it Screamo but what do they know. I don't think his vocals are as memorable or unique as Cobain, Cornell or Vedder which may be why they weren't as big as the others. They still are a legendary band in that scene & never stopped making music. They can make some good dirty dank grungy punk rock. 5
genre- grunge/ garage punk It was released on October 20, 1988 Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP and first major release Over all8 /10 Long album Love the vibe Fav songs- touch me im sick, need mudride Heat drumming Guitar is fire First song is a great opener Upbeat Vocals good slightly muffled at spots it's hard to understand driving All the openers to songs get you hooked The guitar bass and drums lowk carry. Drummer- Dan Peters active member also drummed for nirvana and screaming trees 2 Guitarists- Steve turner on lead and mark arm on rhythmic and singer singer- Mark arm, also guitarist. bassist- Guy Maddison he took over for Matt lukin Tempo is crazy all over but in good way on chain that door mudride has great instruments but earlier vocals bad but came back to good. No one Has- underrated, best vocals so far. Bass is popping which is nice to hear.
Its pretty good. Really raw sound. If I heard it when I was younger it would probably be something I was really into.
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You can have agressive, harsh, raw music without being trash. This was just trash.
muffuz
Yup this is Grunge...
The music sounded like classic rock. It was outstanding or anything, and the vocals were not for me. I would definitely notice it playing in public, but not in a good way.
Good energy. Not much more though.
Me no likey.
I had never heard this one before. Raw and jagged, it had some solid cuts. Not sure it's going to go in rotation any time soon, but glad you served it up.
I was kind of meh on this one until the final track
Solid grunge album.
not for me, but if you like this probs cool
Not for me
Can hear how they influenced 90s grunge and alt rock bands that I love, and enjoyed the mixture of punk-grunge. But also, a lot of screaming
I like grunge but eh
Pretty solid and angry
Unrefined filthy nonsense. You either run with it or away from it.
Not for me. It's for someone. But not me.
Great guitar sounds but not really something I liked enough to listen to again.
4/5
Nirvana similarities. Like Nirvana, The Stooges and early californian punk all rolled into one.
3.5 nice guitar tone
Originally thought it was pretty mediocre, but ended up really liking it for background music while running
A bit more screaming than I’d like but the songs had a nice arc and displayed some pleasant harmonies and chord progressions. More musical than most screams-adjacent music I’ve heard.
Pretty good early grunge paving the way for the rest, didn't hear any hits, but enjoyed it
I think I really wanted NOT to like this because the selections I've been getting from the 1001 list lately have leaned toward late-80s/early-90s groups that never quite seemed to live up to their promise but were obviously obsessions for the compiler of this list in his younger years. But man, with every new song I kept getting a little more hooked. Nirvana may have become the worldwide phenomenon, and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden may have maintained a higher quality of music over a longer span of time, but it's not too big a stretch to say that none of those groups might have existed as they did without this group and this album paving the way. If this is not quite as defining of Grunge as NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS was of Punk, it's only about half a step below that. Their cover of "The Rose" here is SIMPLY amazing. Yeah, this is definitely an album I'm glad I heard before I died.
One of the really prominent grunge bands I've never given any time to until now. Influential? Sure. Enjoyable? Not really. I can appreciate its legacy but I will almost certainly never revisit this.
Solidly in the "influential rather than enjoyable" bucket for me. On the high end of that spectrum, but still not a lot here that got me excited to return to it.
First thoughts are “oh god, not grunge” - second thoughts when you load it up are “2 hours plus of this bullshit?” - mercifully I checked the original release and it’s only 6 tracks on disc 1 (4 through 9) and the rest of the junk in this collection are add on’s from various re-releases. All grunge should be 1, but because I was spare an extra 1+ of noise I’ll toss them a bonus star.
The orignial album appears to have been 23 minutes, according to wikipedia. The one linked here is 2 hours?! I did not feel compelled to go for the whole "deluxe" experience. But the more distilled release seems pretty ok. You can feel the early grunge. Especially in the drums. Not my favourite, but its ok. 2-3
Some fine music
Turns out Nirvana didn't invent grunge, it was these guys, and they fuckin rock!
There’s a big punk spirit and energy on this distortion-heavy, grungy collection of songs. I really liked another Mudhoney album on this list, “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.” This one proves they had talent from the very start. The songs feel messier than they actually are. There’s depth and complexity in the chaos. It’s definitely richer and more sophisticated than your standard punk album.
Pretty cool punk rock album. Some of the songs are catchy, some of them are a little grating, but that's not surprising for a band that's all about fuzz. Definitely raw and edgy in a good way. I didn't love the album but I didn't dislike it either, just kind of down the middle for me.
Grungy rock that I happen to be in to. If this came out today, I'd say it was calling to some golden era. Given that it came out a year before I was born, I wonder what impact it had on the grunge scene and scream-y vocals.
No, thank you.
noisey but not in a super satisfying way for me. it's not bad, but not really an album i can see myself coming back to. i have liked other mudhoney releases, so i'm thinking this one may just not be for me.
4/10
I listened to the original track list only. It was okay
It took me a while to find the actual EP, hidden amongst the massive reissue. I can see why it's on this list. It's aggressive. Probably a big deal in the 80s on Sub Pop, it also probably sits highly in many influences of those who came after it. I own a Brubeck punk album that I really like. I think it makes a really bold statement. But, I'm not sure I'd flaunt it for everyone. It's a little piece of punk rock that was a big deal to me in 2002. I think that's what this is. At least from the one listen I had. 3 stars.
You’ve just been out skateboarding with some friends and now you’re home to put on your tightest black jeans and your cut-off denim vest which has spikes around the shoulders. A couple of quick jack-and-cokes before putting on your black high top Chuck Taylor’s and heading to a gig to call the band posers and intimidate some preppy pop fans.
Great album that sets the scence for what was to come.
rock and roll. enjoyed the first listen but then started paying attention to the lyrics the next go around
An interesting artifact from grunge’s primordial state.
I went into this album knowing very little about Mudhoney, but judging by the cover I was expecting some grungy, indie chaos—and Superfuzz Bigmuff certainly brings the grunge. My first impression was how much they sound like a rough mix between Nirvana and The Stooges. They’re not on the same level musically, but it’s easy to hear how they influenced the grunge scene that came after, especially Nirvana. That said, grunge really isn’t for me. There’s a lot of noise, shouting, and distortion, but not much melody or storytelling to hold onto. I can see why fans of heavier rock would enjoy it, but I found it one-dimensional and, honestly, a bit dull. I won’t be listening to this one again. Favourite track: I honestly couldn’t pick one. Least favourite track: Pretty much the whole album. Album artwork: A cool, gritty cover that fits the sound perfectly.
This missing puzzle piece is teaching me that grunge is one of my favorite genres. It just feels to me like what rock should be. Gritty, dirty, tastefully screamed and yelled. This project is fun and deep and cohesive, and it's just an EP. I love a well produced EP. If you're into prog-punk, I recommend Crackman - Campo-Formio as another example of the EP as it's own solid project. The debut ends with a bang, In 'n' Out of Grace is the perfect outro to keep thinking about the energy after the audio finishes. Then I heard the extended version, and you know, after becoming a fan three or four listens in, the long playing format is great just to keep shoving a similar sound down your earholes. To appreciate the project as it's own thing, I'd stick to the initial 20-something minute experience. You don't need more than the original six tracks to understand the message. 3.8/5
Despite being a big fan of grunge (nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden etc etc) I never listened to these guys before. Loved it. Very Iggy and The Stooges but can tell they’re from Seattle. Certain tracks on here could pass as early Nirvana demos. Which is a nice way of saying Nirvana did it better a year later but I still really enjoyed this. I wanna be your Halloween dog.
It was okay, not really my vibe
One of the foundations of grunge, and as such, I am obligated to like it. Which works out, since it awesome. I realize the original EP is somewhere around 26 minutes long, but I ended up listening toy the 2 hours plus deluxe version and not regretting it at all.
Uhhhhhh 2/5? I'm really not sure how to describe my feelings about this album. It exists?
I don't know... Hard frantic , not bad, but too much of it - starts to blur together. So busy it is making me tired...
Not in my top 5 Seattle grunge bands, but I respect that they were in the mix early.
this is the new meaning of grunge to me, get outta here soundgarden and nirvana. i feel like the genre kinda needed more energy and more intensity so it's crazy that it's gone the OTHER way. i do prefer soundgarden over this tho.
For an early, refined but raw grunge album, it is fairly good. I'm quite happy with the album length, being 21 minutes (I did listen to three songs that were included in other releases).
Seattle grunge. Nice try, but nowhere near the best of the genre.
Pioneers of the Seattle sound from the 80s and 90s. Hard, guitar driven rock
It's too long
Always happy to find new content for my “Whiny Men Who Sing” playlist
Early grunge, neat. I liked the guitar tone
Banger. Rough and grindy and satisfying as hell. First few tracks stick in my head for weeks.
fav: need