Reviews (page 4 of 8)
fav: need
6.5
I thought this was class. You can clearly tell where Nirvana got their influences. Some ripping guitar.
Wasn't bad but also wasn't anything to write home about
Didn't really give it a chance. Got four songs in and thought if i wanted this sort of thing I would just listen to Nirvana Could see myself giving it a go again in future.
solid but nothing crazy
Punk
I saw these guys open for Pearl Jam in Montana one time, then ended up on the same flight to Seattle with them afterwards. They were really cool to folks at the airport and the other passengers.
I did it again. Last review was about this album Deserter's Songs was impressive in places, a 3 maybe even a 4, good thing is I don't have to choose now
Not a fan
What is it about grunge that I’ve never been able to take to? Is it the image of dirty longhairs in the Pacific Northwest doing heroin? Is it that meat-and-potatoes vibe I get from Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the like? Is it that it’s kind of punk but not, like an uncanny valley situation? That might be it. Mudhoney is not bad- I can enjoy the fuzzy, bluesy guitars, the wall of noise, the wailing and howling. It’s a mix of garage punk and early metal and some blues and I guess that’s what grunge is and maybe if it had come out on Lookout! I might have liked it more. That’s tribalism if I’ve ever heard of it. Or, just maybe, the songs meander too much and go nowhere. Best songs: ¨Touch Me I’m Sick,¨ ¨Twenty Four¨
Dear Jesus, make it stop.
Cool to see the beginning of the grunge era. Not as catchy as some of the other albums in this genre, not that it needs to be. 7/10
A classic proto-grunge album that kicks ass and takes names \m/
not my thing, not listening to all that
guitar hero vibes. me gusto, ya dsp de la 7tima seguida me harte un poco, favs mudride y if I think
I hate grunge but much better than Nirvana, or till now I didn’t find any grunge worse than Nirvana
Liked it
Wow 1001 albums the authors listened to growing up and there view with rose-tinted glasses but they actually suck
Dull hum of the reverb miss that in today's music but not this music.
The original version of this album was so short - every tack was a bop. It was a good call adding in some of the later songs. Impressive early grunge. 4/5
Thanks, but no thanks. 2 hours and 15 minutes of "life sucks" music? Delightful. NOT.
Didn’t care for it. Very messy, and the songwriting isn't good. A lot of “I’m so sad life is so hard” stuff.
7/10 Favourite: In 'n Out of Grace Least Favourite: Need
3/5
I would have listened to this in the past. I like a few songs off it but overall it's a bit rough. Stand out songs - Touch me I'm sick, No one has
Thanks for Pearl Jam.
This one is not for me. It may be a great grunge album, but I can't tell why.
I agree with the reviewer who said “the best 90s music was in the 80s,” at least as far as grunge goes. This was hidden from my view when I was busy with R.E.M. and Fishbone and Julian Cope and Siouxie and the Banshees… but I would’ve loved it. Can’t be a teen again but I can recognize that this album deserves its place on the list. One warning: Spotify (at least) doesn’t offer the original version of this album (actually an EP) or the normal length rerelease that appeared a couple years later. I am stuck with 2+ hours of music and you have to build your own playlist to get the right order. Big flaw in the system.
Garunge at its best. Love the raw, edgy, feel of this album, and from my perspective does more to define the genre than some of the more polished bands.
Blueprinted på Grunge og det kan man sagtens høre. man er slet ikke i tvivl om at det var en stor inspirationskilde for nirvana. Jeg kan godt lide riffs'ne og den rå simple og beskidte lyd som jo kommer af distortion-pedalerne og deraf navnet på albummet (fuzz, big muff) osv. det har også sådan lidt garage rock/college rock over sig synes jeg. Noise-rock på grund af man kan høre den der distorted lyd. God kombi som jeg rigtig godt kan lide
Love me some grunge
Another for the ‘used to love this record’ pile! I got into these through my pal who noticed Kurt Cobain had a Mudhoney t shirt on, and being the Nirvana obsessive easily influenced teens we were, quickly got onto these! It’s stood the test of time too, a lot of bands from that era in my life tend to fade or not have the same punch, but this still comes out fighting. Scuzzy, punky, grungey. Its a lot more timeless than some of its peers, and it’s clear this record was a huge influence of late 00 bands like PABH, Dinosaur Pileup, etc. Strong 4.5
Never listened to mudhoney but heard a lot about them. Should have checked them out earlier, they were great. Pulled apart by horses must be big fans, definitely a lot of similarities. I listened to extended version and I think the original 20 minute one would have been punchier but there were some good songs in the extra ones. I don't think it's different enough to be a 5 even if they were the ones who kicked this sound off but a strong 4.
Love the distortion on Touch Me I'm Sick. Favourite track was Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet Enough, Chain That Door a close second. Angry.
Couldn't have named a Mudhoney song before listening to this, not sure I've even heard of them..... Although I did know "touch me, I'm sick". Wowsers, thought this was great. It's not quite grunge, although there was one track which was very grunge and sounded exactly like Nirvana (nirvana sound like them I guess), think it was "need". Love the double bass pedal and the drums in general. High energy, rough sounding. Amazing. Not sure how I've not heard of them, must have inspired a lot I like, although I can't really think of anyone else that sounds like them. Favourites: Touch me I'm sick Need In n out of grace No one has Mudride Hate the police The over 2 hour long album is a bit much, but apparently the original was only 6 tracks long.... It's a 5, definitely be back
It's noisy. It sounds like a lot of other bands. I did not listen to all the demos and extra nonsense on the extended/deluxe edition, and it still almost outstayed it's welcome. I didn't hate it; I wouldn't rush back to hear it again. Best song: in 'n' out of grace
I knew Nirvana was “inspired” by them… but damn 😂
4.5?
Good
This is great! Very late to it.
jag går ju alltid på om att albumen är för långa så nu kan jag ju inte annat än att ge plus för att det är typ 22 minuter, originalutgåvan iaf. en jävligt stark trea.
Starts off full of noise and energy and never lets up
I reviewed Mudhoney’s Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge about 700 albums ago, and based on my review (I had to look it up, because I don’t remember the album very well), I thought it was fine. My expectations for Superfuzz Bigmuff aren’t incredibly high, but I’m hoping that I’ll be in for a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t that impressed by Superfuzz Bigmuff. The overall sound of the album was okay, and I did like how despite the fuzzed-out guitars, the overall production was clean and crisp, but this album just didn’t do anything to capture my attention. This album wasn’t bad by any stretch, but I just didn’t find it that interesting. I know that Mudhoney paved the way for alternative rock as the nineties dawned, but the overall listening experience wasn’t what I tend to gravitate towards.
I only listened to the ep version but it was cool ig. in n out of grace slaps pretty hard
A solid grunge album. I found myself drumming along to a number of the tracks, so I must have found the music catchy. I can’t get in the head of people who do this project and manage to deeply analyze the lyrics for every song. Sometimes the music can just be catchy and not too memorable, that’s how I felt about Mudhoney.
Só de ver que tem 2 horas de album, já deu um arrepio ruim na espinha kkk. Até foi que bom.
The unholy demon spawn of Black Sabbath, rockabilly, and garage punk bubbled up from Puget Sound in 1988 and changed music for fucking ever. The fledgling Seattle scene was still closer to Guns ‘N’ Roses than Nirvana, but this - this was the moment everything changed. Of course, the stories were all about Nevermind after it broke containment. But without Superfuzz Bigmuff, none of that ever happens. One of the dankest, dingiest, sleazy sounding records to ever hit your ears, including the early singles. Long live the true kings of grunge.
This album was badass. I’d never listened to Mudhoney or this album before but I very much enjoyed this debut album from them. This album was pure grunge and punk and I loved the raw and unfiltered sound of it. I would definitely check out this album again in the future!
So so.
Woah! Pre-Nirvana grunge! I love this! Everyone always talks about the "Big Four of Grunge," myself included. Of course, those bands are all amazing. Some of their albums are among my favorites of all time. But there's a valuable place in the grunge conversation for some of the earlier bands in the genre that helped pioneer the sound that bands like Nirvana would polish and make popular. One such band is the focus of this review, Mudhoney. Mudhoney is one of a number of Seattle grunge bands to have come from the demise of what many consider to be one of the first grunge bands, Green River, along with other pioneers like Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, and, eventually, Pearl Jam. This EP of theirs, Superfuzz Bigmuff, is seen by many as their defining release. And yes, it is an EP, so this kind of breaks the rules of this list a little, but I digress. This is super cool! Despite this releasing in the same month as the first debut album of the big 4, that being Soundgarden's debut, Ultramega OK, as well as being multiple years before the genre took off with Nevermind, this definitely has all of the elements that make grunge "a thing." Distorted guitars, lyrics that have emotion but are also a little vague, the presence of punk and metal influences, it's all here. The album's less polished than something like Nevermind or Ten, but that just makes it feel all the more innovative. Songs like "Need" and "If I Think" fit right in with their eventual contemporaries. Mark Arm's vocals have the angst you'd look for in an album like this. Steve Turner's guitar lines are awesome. And you know what? I might as well give compliments to Matt Lukin and Dan Peters just to say something about every member. Good job guys! I will say that I only listened to the 6 original EP tracks, but I kind of want to check these guys out more! Fortunately, they have another album on here, so I'll be looking forward to that! This isn't quite as good as albums that would followup, but Superfuzz Bigmuff is a great look into the foundations of what would become grunge. I think it's really cool. 4/5.
I am torn between a 3 and 4 here. I think this could get another listen, im a suckered for grunge
3- Stars (7/15)
The only thing I like about this album is that it is short and that it is sort of entertainingly bad at points.
Kind of an interesting artifact for punk transitioning to grunge, but I can't say I particularly enjoyed listening to it. 2.6
After the first 2 songs, I thought I was going to enjoy this more than I did. It tailed off and all of the songs began to blur into one.
Didnt need 2 hrs of this
The pioneers of a Grunge music
Vorläufer von Nirvana, da stimme ich vielen anderen zu
Wtf is this...
Precursor to Nirvana but only half as good 3.1
Interesante encontrarse con un álbum que demuestra que el grunge inició antes de nirvana, demasiado bueno para dejarlo pasar
Not bad
Long album inc live tracks. Good.
This was a good merge from punk into grunge. It was raw and rough so it wasn't completely mainstream but it was moving in that direction. There were a couple of songs I really enjoyed. It also was a sound that was a little different and how it influenced some major bands of the 90's grunge era.
The guitarwork is phenomenal. The lyrics don't especially move me but most of the songs have great rock energy and those guitar lines keep me coming back for more listens.
This was pretty rockin and props to its major influence in the Seattle grunge scene. Definitely has some Nirvana vibes. I also appreciate that I can mostly hear the lyrics. It was missing something for me to really connect to and want to keep listening, but still a solid album.
post-punk proto-Nirvana
Brash, fuzzy and brimming with angst, Superfuzz Bigmuff makes a fine companion piece for Nirvana's Bleach at the nexus point where Sub-Pop and, subsequently, grunge took off. Respected as they are though, Mudhoney never quite hit the same highs as their more famous stablemates, and this is probably because (I'll whisper this) they never really had the material to back up their confident energy. Mudhoney are likeable, but their catalog is heavy on style, and low on substance. They just don't have the same melodic deftness of touch as Nirvana, and that may be an unfair comparison to keep bringing up, but - as important as their music is in terms of impact and influence - it does not, for me at least, stand up to the same scrutiny almost four decades on. That's not to say they don't have some decent tracks, just that they are spread rather thinly, on this debut and beyond.
Favorite Track: Touch Me I’m Sick
How have I never heard of this? I swear I've listened to Mudhoney before, but if I did, IDK why I never listened again. This is right up my alley with a HUGE post-punk/early grunge kinda vibe. Very reminiscent of Johnny Thunders and I'm sure was some sort of inspiration to Kurt Cobain.
Loud and aggressive the beginnings of grunge are obvious here 3.5*
Seriously... super rubbish. Too much American shite
Angry screaming rock
Some of the better early grunge I've heard. Maybe the earliest grunge I've heard now that I think of it. Raw and edgy but not grating.
No Nirvana or Soundgarden without Mudhoney. Iconic opening track. Rock and roll throughout.
Grungey grunge to grunge to. Doomy in parts, super interesting album
I do t really care for grunge
Me gustó me gusta mucho este estilo de música seguramente se parece a Nirvana (una de mis bandas fav) me gustó
-A lot, in a way I don't mind and actually enjoy -Big sounds and interesting effects going on -Gotta love me some dynamic screaming -The guitar parts are highkey tuff -I freak with the vibes -My kinda style I think
Seattle grunge... 1988... I'm not going to like this. Bigmuff????? I thought this was going to be bad... it was worse.
This album didn't vibe with me at all. Not much more to say that not my style.
Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. I had heard only a song of their before, and knew Kurt Cobain was a fan. But never listened to much until now. Really liked it and listened to the extended version afterwards :) :)
Ehhh kinda noisy and unpolished. Iggy Pop esque, but not sleazy enough I see why all the bands I like from the 90s like them….and I’ve seen them as openers a bunch of times, but they just aren’t for me.
Hardcore grunge without melody. Give me Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. But "Need" is pretty good.
83% Best: Need; Mudride; No One Has; In 'n' Out of Grace Must-Hear? Sure
good distillation of grunge. similar to the other one, the allegiance to macho rock keeps it from being something I really enjoy
Like a lot of people who weren’t there in the 80s, I just knew Mudhoney ad one of the bands that influenced Cobain. I was surprised with how direct the influence comes off, especially compared to Bleach. Need sounds like it could be straight off that record. Loved this, will return to it.
Shit grunge that supposedly influenced the shit grunge that got popular.
Mudhoney delivers a raw and gritty dose of grunge that oozes underground energy and distortion. The record thrives on its attitude and noise, and it’s that uncompromising approach that makes it both fascinating and difficult. The sound is consistently loud and fuzzy, and while that works well in short bursts, especially on tracks like “Touch Me I’m Sick”, it can be hard to stay engaged for the entire release. There’s not much variation, and it takes a certain love for noise rock to truly enjoy the whole thing. Still, there’s something charming about its imperfections. It’s an honest snapshot from a time before grunge went mainstream, and it deserves credit for that. 3/5
3/5
Album 365. One year in. Not sure I'm considered "seasoned" but the first thing I noticed is the app linked to the deluxe album. 32 songs! Not a chance. Gonna assume it was the 12 songs released in 1988 that earned the spot on the list. Touch Me I'm Sick! What a great song. Crazy this is 1988! It's frivolous to argue who started grunge, but Mudhoney no doubt has a shit load of grand children. Just glanced more at the Wiki. Sounds like I'm on the right track. Whoa! Lol they just said the word "Mexican" in a way that I know for a fact literally birthed Frank Black haha. I'm lovin this. Time will tell but I feel like Mudhoney just planted a flag pretty deep in my subconscious. My sub pop. I was born in 1987. The idea that my parents *could* have been listening to this when I was 1 feels like such an alternate reality. So many moments that feel outside of genre, outside of era, bouncing between small house show venue and huge stadium arena, these dudes were on some other shit. That Superfuzz Bigmuff shit. This review is pretty stream of conscious, haha, it's late and I'm on call for work. Halloween basically ended with a Stooges cover ❤️ Ah damn I just realized I was listening to a 1990 release! Not the original, which was just Need, Chain That Door, Mudride, No One Has, If I Think, and In 'n' Out of Grace. It's like archaeology out here trying to get the real McCoy! Well that was fun. Conclusion: Mudhoney rocks. 4.5
Un EP bastante corto que muestra los inicios del grunge a finales de la década de los 80. No soy muy fan de estos sonidos agresivos y, sobre todo, de los gritos en las canciones. No es horrible pero tampoco me ha vuelto loco. 2/5
Cover, name, riffs, music: everything 5*
This is a band that helped shape the look and sound of grunge music. I appreciate that for what it is, I just wish I enjoyed their music more.
сохранил. понравилась обложка, современно выглядит. альбик слишком долгий, но прикольный, надо будет заценить какой-то лайв.
Insufferable and almost bailed when I saw it was 32 tracks.....Good thing it was just a deluxe version with alternative versions...
7/10
Definitely deserves a place on this list. Grunge before grunge existed.
Highlights: Chain That Door, In 'n' Out of Grace. In a nutshell: the EP that changed it all. Mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner considers this EP to be a studio album. Music writers and critics would argue that this is an early- not if THE FIRST- grunge album. So I'm still going to review it like an LP. I was anticipating Dinosaur Jr loud. Yep. Was expecting Sonic Youth distortion. Sometimes (Daydream Nation was recorded and released at the same time as SFBM). Loud-quiet-loud made famous by Pixies. Uh-huh. But it's different. This was a first time listen for me. SFBM has a unique intensity and a sound which was fine tuned and diluted after its release. If you love noise rock and grunge but haven't listened to a note of Mudhoney, stop and change that. For other listeners, go in with an open mind. SFBM is the roots of grunge and it showed the world a new way to use guitar effects pedals. Overall: 6/10
While this may have been one of the first definitive grunge albums, I was not really impressed by this album. Don't get me wrong, the album is good but I feel that it is not as good as the grunge albums that came after especially from bands like Nirvana or Alice in Chains. I feel that it is sounded more like a Sonic Youth record than it did something like the Seattle Grunge bands that came in the early 90s when it was at its height. But then again this was grunge in its infancy rather than what it evolved into. Other than that, I think it is okay on its own. A good song that came from this album is "Touch Me I'm Sick", it almost sounds like an early punk song that would be by Iggy Pop. But again, with grunge only being around for about a few years, it didn't really sound groundbreaking or influential like other albums at the time. Favorite Tracks: Touch Me I'm Sick, Hate the Police, You Got It (Keep It Out Of My Face) Rating: 2.5/5
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff: Honestly rather good. The vocals aren't amazing, but they are solid, and the guitars are sludgy and really good. Just a lot of fun though not groundbreaking. 8/10
All I could find was the deluxe version, which had a few more interesting songs than what was on the original release. But rating it from the original release, my best description of the album is they sound like a really good opening act just aching to be the headliner. They're not too good, and not too bad. as such, I'm rating this one a 3
This sounds like a band of high school kids you'd go see in a basement venue. High energy, rough sound. Pretty good album.
Eh didn’t really like it at all
Gideon gave this a 1 and I wasn’t enjoying the first 6 songs so SKIP! Gotta catch up somehow.
Wanted to like it but kinda could care less. Best song to be honest was the Dicks - Hate the police cover but other than that nothing stood out to me.
It's good. The vocals are sometimes unmixed tho. 8/10
Great sounding band
Crazy how much nirvana was lifted from this band and this album specifically. Just listening going “there’s the intro for breed” “there’s the verse for rape me” etc, not even in a complaining way just cool that this band is so proto-the biggest band of the 90s. Clear example of right place wrong time.
This shit is sludgy af. I love how loosey goosey and heavy this is; however, I don't really see myself coming back frequently. Surprised that this came out of the late 80s. It feels like it should've come out a decade later. I'm really struggling between a 3 and 4. Gimme a minute. Alright I'm giving this the weakest 4 you can possibly give just because Halloween was a total vibe and "Superfuzz Bigmuff" is a hilarious album name.
Wait I thought I didn't like Mudhoney, am I thinking of the Melvins? This is great and slimy rock. Appropriately named. This must be what grunge is supposed to sound like. Trying to find the original tracklist for this was pretty difficult so I listened to everything on the deluxe that didn't have demo next to it. Feeling a strong 4/5
3.4 stars. Angry early-grunge garage punk. Dirty guitar effects, driving drumming, heavy bass, silly over the top lyrics sung with angry vocals. Standout "Touch Me I'm Sick"
Interesting ok, been meaning to listen to this, no idea if it’s actually good. Effectively the basis for grunge, yet many other bands did all the components of their sound much better. They really drafted the treatise on the genre here. Middling.
Meh. Couple of fun tracks, but not worth a full album.
Jeg kan meget bedre lide punket grunge end 90'er altrocket grunge
23 hårde minutter! Gad godt have hørt dem i en svedig kælder i 1988!
Great energy! Short, just how I like it.
wow this is such a heavy album like most of grunge albums. i like the distorted guitar fuzz. i can hear some nirvana and soundgarden in this which proved the fact that this can be considered proto-grunge. 4/5
Love it
Not bad. (Note: Listened to the OG 1988 6-track EP, not the rerelease)
Grungy but not great grunge
Pretty good if you don't listen to all the extra stuff
only listening to the original release which were 6 songs. that’s the one that’s submitted in the book. “mudride” was a genuinely great song that i really enjoyed! “no one has” is actually good! “if i think” i kind of half enjoyed? the non noisy parts anyways xD mudride honestly reminds me a bit of my bloody valentine. loved it. second listen in the evening on headphones: first song kind of half slaps. mudrain still great. no on has, really didn’t enjoy tonight. if i think, enjoyed this one! 😆 very difficult EP to rate. 2.7/5
Ikke helt for mæ, altså, og hørte ikke hele, men ut fra det æ leste mæ til hørtes det omtrent ut som forventa, såeh.
Fun.
In generale non mi ha lanciato troppo, stile Nirvana ma peggio.
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Appreciate the intensity and some of the lyrics and songs, but overall the heavy garage metal guitar style and sound is just not for me. High 2.
It's better than their other album on the list. At least it sounds as if they mean it on this album. They did it before Nirvana, but it's really not good enough by today's standards. Favorite song: Touch me, I'm sick.
drei bis vier
Verstimmte Gitarren und gröhlende Jungs. Ich verstehe, dass man als Mitt-zwanziger gerne mal im Rock'n Roll Zirkus dabei sein möchte. Aber da finde ich die Attitüde des Punk ehrlicher. Grunge bleibt weiter ein Rätsel für mich.
Better than Coldplay
Love these. Their sound seeped into a lot of well known artists like Nirvana and Monster Magnet. Beautifully filthy guitar tones and riffs.
Never heard of this. Really interesting bridge between punk hard Rock and grunge. Worth a listen. Adding to rotation.
1988. Softer grunge rock that lead the way into the 90's scene. Not bad but did not get there for me.
too rowdy for me
Nothing for me here, really screamy and grungy.
Nothing for me here. I can hear where Nirvana came from more than any of the other of the grunge bands to follow in Mudhoney's footsteps.
Loud and energized. I love grunge for its rawness. Definitely hear the influence on Nirvana.
Grunge, Noise, Kann ich mir nicht anhören
Expected to like it more than I actually did.
idk. didn't click for me. felt like they were trying too hard. I could see how it could be intoxicating at the right time in the culture, right time of your life. didn't work for me now.
Apparently this helped to birth the grunge genre? In that case I wish it had been aborted.
Big Muff is my favorite fuzz pedal. Nice early grunge, just not all the songs were that great. Loved the energy & sound tho.
No individual song is bad, but the album is. No diversity in song structure, sound, and chords leads to a tedious overall experience.
Superfuzz Bigmuff 👍
A very pleasant surprise. Both raw and accomplished.
Easy 4
Didn't finish listening. Made it to 15 songs out of 32, which made me realize the album is a whopping 2 hours 15 minutes long. I can appreciate a bit of grunge, but not this much...
Keep seeing grunge references but I feel like this is more of a punk album than anything. Raw sound with tons of overdrive. Something about the singer just annoyed me and brought this down from a 4 star. They covered the Dicks which is awesome.
Ascoltato sul 27A da Sardegna fino ad Indipendenza Nord e per un minuto e 50 circa non lo finivo. Album grunge da garage, molto da garage. Un solido album da debutto con voce, chitarra ritmica e solista e batteria, uniti in un sound molto sentito e basico: l'utilizzo dei tamburi in ottavi durante la maggior parte della canzone, seguiti poi da groove con hi-hat aperto generi di questo genere, come le chitarre distorte e rumorose. Un album bello, arrangiato bene, se solo non trovassi il grunge un genere scomodo, rumoroso e senza tecnica.
ok
Good album, I already like grunge so it hit well with me. It has the edgier sound of a group that screams garage band over something highly produced. The Rose was a good pace break and a solid song all on its own as a standout.
I don’t know about this one
not for me
Album 816 of 1089 Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988) Rating : 2.75 / 5 A raw, grimy blast of fuzzed-out energy that clearly set the stage for what came next. There’s something exciting about how unpolished and chaotic it is, but it feels more like a rough sketch than a fully realized sound. I respect the influence, but bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden took this foundation and built something much more powerful and refined.
The range of music that got called grunge is incredible.
Classic Uk punk in the non punk era of the late eighties. Some interesting songs, but starts to sound like one big song after a while.
Only listened to the first 9 tracks. 2.5 rounded down.
Was expecting worse, but some decent tracks here — 2.5 rounded up.
No thanks
Early grunge. Some of the songs stuck with me initially, but still too abrasive. Fits the genre definition.
Superb
There are a lot of boring things a person could say about this record. And you can bet they’ve all been said, ad nauseum across magazines, message boards and subreddits for almost 30 years, too. So I’ll try to avoid the obvious pitfalls associated with talking about “a big influence on one of the 20th century’s biggest influencers” and focus on this album purely for what it is. And that is: the essential link between Nirvana and Bunbury, Western Australia. That’s right. The lineage is clear. Kim Salmon’s Scientists write and record a clutch of early 80s “punk blues”, which somehow finds its way to the other WA, and plants something like the blueprint to grunge in the heads of a few angry young Seattlites. They run The Scientist’s “Swampland” back through The Stooges and Sabbath, release Superfuzz – and bang, the rest is Nevermind. “Superfuzz Bigmuff” fkn rocks, man. It’s sludgy, ugly, primordial; a coelacanth of a record. “Sweet young thing”, “Mudride”, “No one has”; songs seemingly regurgitated by a bottom-dwelling living fossil rigged with a reinforced bite force (and an appetite for stray fingers). And just like our lobe-finned friend, what’s most vital about Mudhoney seems to exist outside of the usual parameters of evolutionary continuity. Lineage, legacy, whatever – here and now, this still feels like mud, grunge’s true currency, slung at mottled, bare skin. It’s abandon, really. An abandonment that doesn’t worry about getting fixed to a particular point in time – and accidentally transcend it entirely.
Early Seattle grunge! I’m here for it. High energy, nice hooks, and clearly influential. They are the bridge between the Stooges and the grunge scene.
The album title has already annoyed me, which isn’t the best start. I accept that if the song ‘sweet young thing ain’t sweet no more’ was by Hole, or any riot grrrl band, I would like it, but that is because CONTEXT MATTERS. ‘Need’ is winning me round - I can hear what it influenced - namely a lot of the grunge and riot grrrl that I like. I am quite bored, though. Every time I think I’ve reached an opinion they do something I find musically interesting, and then they do something I find tiresome. The spirit behind ‘Hate the police’ is so valid, and the repeat of ‘mommy’ is excellent, but they really didn’t have to say the n word to get their point across. We did know by the late 80s that not everyone can say that. A confusing, frustrating experience for me. Spotify tells me they never matched the commercial success of their contemporaries, and I can see why.
this is going to be a short one. obviously I know touch me I’m sick. I’m a big ‘This Band Could Be Your Life’ fan as an authoritative tome. I only like about half the bands in it and Mudhoney sit on the border, I understand their importance to the Canon but they do not charm me like Dinosaur Jr or the Pixies do. This is fine, but lack a certain spark for me.
I think that this album/EP is such a statement of intent. I resonant so much to how lost/angry Mudhoney sound. I like their punk routes clearly coming through, and can definitely see their influence on so many bands (grunge or otherwise) that came so soon after. I can hear The Replacements, The Lemonheads, Pearl Jam... But this is so short and sweet (and I a HUGE sucker for an excellent EP), so I will definitely be listening again. Also OH FUCK DID PRIMAL SCREAM STEAL THE WILD ANGELS INTRO FROM THIS??? However, guitars slightly too noodley for me so it sticks to a 4. Great fun though!
Their sound definitely could be a 4, but in practice I only particularly liked one song.
This kind of scream-y vocal style just doesn't do it for me, and while the drums are impressive, they ultimately just gave me a headache. Really not for me.
Great little slicy of raucous proto-grunge from the late 80s. Noisy, biting, everything you expect from that sound. Dunno why there's a 23-minute EP on this list of albums, but that's hardly the music's fault.
There was some good stuff in here and you can definitely see where it influenced others. But overall it was a little all over the place so I’ll label it just decent.
The energy was on point from track 1, but it was only until No One Has that I really started ROCKIN. There's some very good stuff on here, but there's also a lot of ehhh which holds it back from a 4. Standouts: No One Has, If I Think, In 'n' Out Of Grace
This album intrigued me and I think deserves more consideration. I wasn't into it at first, but the farther I got the more interesting ideas they had, especially the last song. I might like more of their music better in the future.
Muito barulhento e "nervoso", mas tem seus momentos interessantes. Este tipo de som claustrofóbico não funciona pra mim, preciso de pausas e alternâncias de andamentos e colocações melódicas agradáveis para me permitir uma experiência prazerosa ao ouvir um disco.
meh
Im only listening to the first release of this album. The ep version Decent
From the album cover I thought this band would be women and I was a bit disappointed. I listened to all 2 hours of the album which is honestly impressive but I think it was fine
I liked this album and then it felt repetitive
Boo!!!
These guys would've gotten a lot further if they hadn't gotten lumped into the grunge category. This is pure rock 'n roll punk in the vein of the Sonics, Radio Birdman, Stooges, etc. with a singer in Mark Arm who can howl with the best of them. Makes me feel like stealing from the 7-11 again like I did when I was a teenager.
Cool sound, fuzzy, grungy, but a little boring. This must have gone hard in 88 though.
Eh
The name of the album definitely describes the music. There is tons of fuzz and big muff pedals pumping out a lot of pre-grundge tracks. I liked listening to this; especially the live version tracks. I wouldn't get it as vinyl but it's a good band and album to know.
Respect for pushing punk and rock to new heights but not something I want to listen to often.
Congratulations boys, you've managed to take the worst aspects of both punk and hard rock and distill it all down into a singularly unpalatable brew. Good job!
Perfectly unhinged, dirty and fuzzy. This is great stuff.
Superfuzz Bigmuff is a great name for a ‘70s skin flick.
Obviously you can hear the seeds of Nirvana. If Kurt Cobain was singing I would've like this quite a bit more into it. Still some good stuff. The guitar and drums on In N Out of grace is excellent
Hard to find the plot of the album through the noise.
Good for them
Some interesting stuff but overall very angsty. Ideal for a teenager in turmoil
It was alright but probably too long as it was hard to keep the enthusiasm going that far.
There is probably only so far a band can go when their singer can’t sing, and the production sounds like it was recorded in a cupboard! Well, as it turns out, this pushes it to the limit with a brilliant effort from the grunge pioneers. The sound that was formed in the ashes of Green River, is punk, is garage, is fuzz and generally hits the spot. The other formation from Green River was Mother Love Bone and ultimately Pearl Jam that sets the commercial trajectory which was to become popular. Top track: In N Out Of Grace
Beautiful scuzzy garage grunge. I’ll fight anyone who doesn’t agree that ‘Touch me I’m sick’ and ‘In ‘n’ out of grace’, aren’t two of the finest songs of the era. That being said I will also concur that Mark Arm is one of the least blessed vocal wise of a generation. But then that’s kind of the point, none of this was meant to be polished. This is not serious stuff, just pure loud fun on tape. As a side note, this is also the best name for an album there has ever been. It was my pub quiz team name for a while.
Solid rock music I would have gone nuts for in someone's basement. Brief and assertive. I can dig it.
Raw and heavy proto-grunge stuff. 3.5/5
dit begon als zeer goede grunge en strandde in de gelijkvormige brij die grunge is... 3.5 sterren
I like distortion and fuzzy noises.
Crazy to finally listen to a full album by the band I primarily know for making a cameo in Black Sheep. Good fun. Favorite: “You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)”
cool
Je vais y revenir. C'est un goût qui s'acquiert.
C'était ben correct mais juste une toune ç'aurait été assez. Je comprends le côté pionniers mais est-ce que c'est vraiment bon? J'entends plus de Super Fuzz que de Big Muff.
Too loud for me.
Grungy as hell and I'm here for it. There's a bit of filler but for the most part it's just some good grunge. A little simple but does well for what it is. 7/10
Seminal. Garagem. Big muff. 3 estrelas
These guys just want to be alive in chains or nirvana or something. Just crunch sound with no feeling
Yeah... Nah.. for another mudhoney album
I like this. One of the few 80s albums I've heard that doesn't sound dated.
Pretty good
i didn't know about this band, it is nice to know them.
Dingy, noises and punk. It has its moments, but not my favorite thing to listen to. Think I’ll give it another spin sometime, but it’s okay overall.
Pretty fun grungy music.
So much distortion. Vocalist is rubbish.
Understated to say that this is influential and ahead of its time. It literally birthed bands and genres
sounds like nirvana lost their virginity!
Listened to a third of it, got bored
FUCK YES! Mudhoney rules. The noise. The crunchiness. All of it is so fantastic. I suppose I can see where people wouldn't like it from the reviews but those people are still objectively wrong. Easy 5/5.
It's not for me. I feel like I would have been into it.
I love the crunchy guitar. This was a good album. 1001 album worthy: yes - 86/157
05.22.2025 3☆/5
1/5
zarpado, buenas distorciones, el cantante la rompe y el batero mas.
Classic early grunge.
Riffy grunge with plenty of fuzz. What more can you want?
Gen X was onto something. The cover of this album rules.
I immediately knew I would lose patience with this sound after about 20 minutes. And it seems like most Spotify listeners agree with me. By the end of the track Halloween, I'd had quite enough, and stopped listening after that point. For whatever reason, Mudhoney decided the fans needed an expanded edition of their debut, featuring roughly four times the original album length. They were incorrect, mainly because there are very few songs that actually stand out from the heaving mass of proto-alt rock. The ones where the guy sings with a properly melodic voice instead of a scream are a relief more than anything. And whenever you find yourself being repeatedly strained then relieved during any artistic experience, something's gone very wrong. Superfuzz Bigmuff needs to be shaved down. If I Think, with its multiple engaging sections, is the best track here – no question. I'm surprised it's on the original version of the album and wasn't a separate single. The song Need has kind of a deranged punky vocal, which isn't great, but it's an improvement on the tried-and-untrue scream. The main highlight is the high-energy rhythm section and hilarious backing vocals that sound like they were tacked on at the last minute. Mudride, though pretty simple, is catchy enough to be in the better half of songs here. The album opener, Touch Me I'm Sick, would be a key track with its incredibly distinctive guitar sound – but again the singing kind of ruins it. Shameful. As with most artists from the genres of punk, post-punk, Britpop, and alt-rock – four genres that are vastly overrepresented on this list – more noise does not equate to a better sound. More musicality/intrigue does. 2/5 Key tracks: Need, Mudride, If I Think
I think style doesn't mean repetition even on context of one album. After 10 songs I thought these songs starts to be rather repetitive. Good album though
Start was fresh and fast and then it got slower. Too long album, otherwise ok.
Noisy punk music that later evolved into "grunge" elsewhere, it's not as fuzzy as the title suggests, but it has it's moments. Not a huge fan of Mudhoney, but I've yet to check out their whole catalog. There is something intriguing about their music, but not enough to grab me with the on the spot, so it takes a while. Maybe.
ógeðslega hrátt og ljótt. Fílaða.
Frum grunge. Upprunalega platan bara 23 mín. sem hentaði grungeþoli mínu vel. Allt umfram það veruleg skerðing á lífsgæðum.
Pensé que me gustaba el grunge hasta que escuche a una de las bandas más representativas de este movimiento. Al final resultó que solo me gusta Nirvana
Really enjoyed a lot of these tracks.
Better than I anticipated (far superior to EGBDF). Still not nearly my fav grudge type album. 3/5
Some punk
3/5
why so long.
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: If I Think, Halloween It took me a few listens - actually actively listening helped too - to warm up to Mudhoney. Their sound is raw and bordering on scream-o music which I am not super keen on, but the songs that have actual singing and melodies and good guitar riffs were decent. Halloween was a great track - a good way to close out the album. This is now my 3rd or 4th Grunge album. There are miles between this album and for example, Garbage's self-titled album. Its interesting how both can be classified as Grunge.
Great
Always enjoy a mudhoney album
Poor man’s grunge birding on speed metal. Blah.
Always fun to listen Mudhoney, still think they do Grunge better than the big 4. This album isn't that cohensive since it isn't really an album to begin with. Not every song is great on here but there are many that are and they're Grunge classics. Don't know why Mudhoney has 2 albums on this list though, especially when one isn't even really an album.
The most over represented genre on the list, surely?
Драйвово и местами очень даже ничего, только последняя песня какая-то слишком дикая на мой вкус. 6,5 из 10.
TWO HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES?!?!?!?
I did not like this. It is like the archetypical shitty rock music. I listened to it, and I did not enjoy it.
Wasn’t bad. Prolly won’t go looking for it tho.
Over 2 hours of noise (especially vocals)
Lighthearted fuzzed out fun. Not my cup of tea, but good for what it is.
Touch Me I'm Sick is a great song but the rest of the album is a little "meh"
Not interested
I can see why it’s considered an early grunge classic but it’s a bit shouty for me.
Sludgy, grungey fat songs. You can pratically smell the weed and damp. Poor selling when originally released, this pretty much the blueprint for all the grunge bands that were about to explode - changing music forever. Best Tracks: Need; If I Think; In 'N' Out of Grace
Annoying hard rock noise. Apparently this band helped make this genre popular, but it got overplayed and has never been a sound I like. I just don't want to listen to this album again, so it's 2 stars for that reason - 2nd song isn't quite as terrible. Still reminds me of the music in my motocross game back in the day. Lots of noise. But 2nd song has earned a slightly longer listen - "In'n'Out of Grace" solidified this as a 2-star album. Had to skip it
Rather solid.
So good. And very of a time right before grunge broke so it doesn't seem dated at all.
Some absolute BANGERS on this
Sikkk. Giving yung bjordal. Seattle punk excuse you why am I hearing this for the first time
This is grunge before grunge was cool. I can hear the precursors to the bigger bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden but it still has a rough, punk-like quality in many of the songs that isn't heard in those larger, more polished bands. It's pretty interesting stuff.
Veel te lang en niet interessant
Just not a big grunge fan. Thought this was very lame Rating: 2.0
Not the worst but I wouldn't revisit it. But I think its absolutely critical to appreciate where and when this came out and the seismic musical and cultural shift it helped to usher in. In that context its maybe one of the most important albums ever.
ok. anyway
this was somewhat interesting as a precursor to and influence on nirvana, but it basically just sounds like bleach without that same focus and oomph. i did like the callback to "sweet young thing ain't sweet no more," which i hadn't realized was a reference when nirvana did it. anyway, some good tracks and messages here, but the 2h15m version of the album on spotify is just too much and it all runs together into a punky, grungy mess. favorites: touch me i'm sick, sweet young thing ain't sweet no more, in 'n' out of grace, hate the police
Eh. Nothing of note here. I've heard the first track before. I think on the 1996 documentary Hype! which is about grunge and worth seeing, along with Doug Pray's follow-up called Scratch, which is about turntablism. Anyway, this is middling at best. I'd give it a 2.5 if I could.
1/10 Feel harsh giving out my first 1/10 especially when I haven't listened to the full album but this just does absolutely nothing for me. Sounds a lot like what an album named after fuzz pedals might be expected to I suppose. When the first two songs are the two most played and I hate both of them it feels like a waste of time to try and listen to the whole thing. So far this project seems to be teaching me that the only genre I really dislike is grunge which is a bit of a surprise. Listens: 0.3
For some reason I thought Mudhoney was, like, a jam band, like Phish or something, so I was NOT excited for this. But when I saw they're from Seattle, my eyebrows raised, and indeed - This is protogrunge! A lot hardcore, a bit of grime, a little early emo...Really right up my alley. I listened to the expanded edition of this album even because I wanted more. I will definitely keep this in my rotation because I really loved what I heard!
Murhoney’s deliberate goofiness belies a tight band loaded with clever, hook-filled songs badged with exaggerated fuzz and wobble. They’re a seriously fun live band. “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” might edge this on bangers, mind.
I knew the obvious one from an infinite number of indie clubs in the early '90s. The rest is in a similar vein but is highly enjoyable; spaced-out and turbo-charged Stooges. Neat that both Nirvana and Primal Scream found inspiration here.
Not for me. Nothing really new here.
Awesome grunge rock. I've heard the band's name before but I've never listened to them. Really eye-opening.
3 stars for the Nirvana influence. Not a bad listen though, so 4 stars.
The guitars are sick as hell, and they would sound even better with proper songwriting
2.5
"Touch Me I’m Sick" is of course, a raw, aggressive anthem that became one of the defining songs of grunge. The whole EP is still a very punk-infused grunge before a lot of it turned metal. Fun album
how have I not listened to this yet! It’s so fun and exhilarating. Way ahead of its time.
Mmmm…expected more…
You can totally hear how they influenced bands that followed them, there's even once or twice I heard riffs Nirvana lifted. Unfortunately for Mudhoney the world never found them as interesting as the so-called grunge bands they helped spawn. And sadly I'm in the same camp. I like their music fine, but prefer the same style as done by other artists. That's at least partly due to Mark Arm's vocals, which I only appreciate intermittently. If all I cared about was the music, I'd rate this one higher. P.S. I didn't listen to the full deluxe version, so this review is for the main album only.
This dropped off toward the end for me which is the only reason I’m giving a 4 instead of a 5, really loved the energy here
Probably a blast live
Nothing special
Pretty good punk rock! I don't hate it!
Nirvana and its consequences. Also 2 fucking hours long.
Couldn't really find a song on here that I'd listen to again. The vocalist is great, and I can tell the band members have talent, but each song feels slightly unpolished like they just said "go wild" in the studio and released 12 songs with that vibe. Listenable, but I'd rather hear Pearl Jam/Nirvana/RHCP.
It was aight. Nothing more, nothing less
Unnecessary long.
Ehhhhh, glad I realized there was an EP from 1988 hiding inside the deluxe edition from 2008 available on my streaming app. I get this is formative, and it had some moments, but I just did not click with it.
Ehhhhhhh I think mudhoney sits in my adolescent mind as noisy and interesting and good because it annoyed older people in my life but now I am older people and it wasn’t as fun as I remembered
spotify looped mudslide four times before i noticed. 2.5
Guy's like, really into mud, huh? 2.5 rounded up, at least it was kind of strange and interesting
You can smell the grunge on this one.
1988. Seattle. Grunge, garage punk
Finally, the fuzz pioneers of the Seattle Sound get their due. Goddamn, I haven’t listened to this one in a long time and kicks like a boot to put it on again. It’s nasty, loud, raw, rude and funny as hell. God bless you Mark Arm and your little dog.
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Came off as hangry. Not as much fun to list to for whatever reason
My brother had this EP right after it was released, so it was my first exposure to Mudhoney. I always preferred Mudhoney to the other big Seattle grunge bands (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden...), though they never gained the fame, popularity and riches of the other groups, Mudhoney stuck to their style and didn't smoothen out or compromise their sound for commercial glory. This first EP was heavy, closer to late 60's/early 70's hard rock than grunge, buzzing with loud guitars and a booming bass sound. Raw and full of energy, unfortunately Mudhoney never made a record as great as Superfuzz. I still like the band, but if they didn't release such an impactful, impressive debut I might not have cared.
I’m sure the direct influence that this album had on nirvana, and the Seattle grunge scene in general has been beaten to death already, but I’ve always found it really interesting to hear the aspects of this record that Kurt Cobain clearly resonated with. There’s other direct influences to find here too, the vocal performance on “No One Has” clearly inspired guys like Layne Staley and Chris Cornell. It’s also neat to consider what influenced the guys in Mudhoney, I get the distinct impression that they listened to a lot of Iggy and the Stooges while writing this record. This is definitely a pivotal and important album in the evolution of punk rock into grunge in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and it’s definitely been a while since I last listened to Mudhoney. I like this album a lot as is, but when you consider just how culturally important this record is, I think it makes it that much more special to me. Fun listen, but definitely not for everyone. 4*
So when I pulled up this album to listen to and found only the deluxe edition on apple music, I went to the wikipedia page to confirm which songs were actually part of the original release. As it turns out, the original original release was just an EP of six songs which was later expanded into a full length album by the addition of some various other singles and B-sides. I add all this backstory in my review because I came to find the difference between the two classes of tracks pretty stark in my listening. While not really my thing, I can appreciate the six tracks that make up the original EP. I even kinda liked "Chain That Door" and "If I Think". But the other six tracks that were slapped on to the album to add to the run time are awful, god awful. That the deluxe edition starts with three such tracks had me questioning a lot of things about peoples' motivations for making music. It's not really clear which version this list wants us to review. If it were just the original six song EP, I'd give this a solid, middling 3 stars. The other six songs are an easy 1 star which would put the originally packed full-length album at an average 2 stars. I did not listen to the deluxe edition content. I believe the original 12-song album is what was intended in any case, which is a shame.