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interessante
Sin comentarios, está etapa ya está muy lejos en mi actual vida.
Like this one a lot more than Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. 3.5/5
You can hear the influence this band had on the early Seattle grunge scene, definitely a precursor to Nirvana.
A good album but pretty long!
This whole album was such a tediously mediocre experience that I barely managed to get to the end. It was two hours of, possibly, live music during a concert, for some reason, and pretty much all of the songs were very much meh. There was basically no difference between the songs, there were a couple of alright ones but if you just had this playing in the background, it was just noise and it was also very stressful when trying to do work and focus properly, as this was just stress-inducing noise in the background, so I had to lower it a little bit. Overall, I wouldn't say that it was decent but there were some alright songs, so my rating was originally not going to be one star but holy moly, the last song was so painfully long that I got so annoyed that the album was still going. It was great when I saw that I was on the last song but then it went for a bit too long and turns out it's 14 minutes. The end of the album made me feel great - I was so happy that it was finally over.
Grunge (REAL grunge not whiny pretty boy BS) like God intended. Filthy, hard, starved, raw, wet, buzzed and stooged up.
Sounds messy and noisy. Too loud, too much shouting. I’m overstimulated. Don’t like the nasally, whiny vocals. Not for me.
the middest of grunge
Mudhoney was the band that created the Seattle sound and grunge, before it was called grunge and before any of the more famous Seattle bands started. Superfuzz Bigmuff is the band's debut album, originally released as an EP. It didn't sell well, at first, but after the band's successful European tour, the album started selling. It has come to be regarded as one of the seminal records of grunge. Mudhoney made aggressive, edgy rock songs, with intentionally sloppy mechanics, adding to their punk-like swagger.
C'pas le nom d'une pédale de guit'? Ou ça viens du nom de l'album en premier? Tant de mystères, si peu d'intérêt...
Right up my street. Grungy, noisy riffy rock. Very good.
This never seemed to end, but I didn't mind at all. Love them.
I don't know this at all. Yeah, and it's not for me.
I can see myself revisiting this pretty frequently Best Song: All Along the Watchtower Rating: 7/10 Solid Stars: 4/5
another forgettable grungy punk album
Grunge. No.
not for me
Not unlistenable but sure as hell way too long. I’m gonna give it a three but only because the original release is 23 minutes. Whoever made this album 135 minutes should be sent to the guillotines.
I'm a lifelong Seattle native so I'm probably biased, but I really enjoy this album as a progenitor of the grunge movement and 90s alternative rock.
I'm sure this is cool for reasons that escape me, but it's sloppy and not appealing.
2 hours?! Proto-grunge is very punk adjacent. I've heard of these guys in the context of Nirvana/Soundgarden/the Seattle grunge scene, but this is not for me, I prefer the grunge that comes after this band. 2*, got the gist after 1 disc.
Another album to be endured, droning grunge rock, all the tracks sound the same. I did not have a good time listening to this, but I didn't *hate* it.
2.5
I thought they were funny and chaotic
Damn, really long album
Pre-grunge that clearly influenced a lot of great bands and that I just couldn't get into.
My old college roommate was a huge fan of Mudhoney, but for some reason, I never gave them a listen. And that’s a shame, because I think if I had listened to this when I was 19, I would be a lot more into it than I am today, even if I do still really like it. When it leans more punk, I find myself loving this record: “Need,” “No One Has,” and even on the extended version, “Touch Me I’m Sick” and “Burn It Clean.” Yet when it leans more into what grunge would become– very Seattle, with an aura of cow tipping and shotgunning beers, with these long-winded, sludge metal in a major key songs– that’s when it starts to lose me. I’m not against these, and actually, for songs like, “In ’n’ Out of Grace,” I really like that sonic approach, but generally, this more depressant energy is exactly why I never latched on to grunge the same way I did hardcore punk or even sludge metal. I think Mudhoney are essential BECAUSE they rode the line between the punk scene and what would come to be known as grunge music. When they strike that balance, I’m very into it. Yet, because they ride a line, sometimes they cross it, one way or the other, and, depending on which direction they go, I’m either all the way in, or all the way out. Having listened to both the original EP and the deluxe version, I feel the same way about both. For the most part, this is good, sometimes even great. But both versions have moments that are too subdued for me. But again, had I encountered this in my younger years, those moments would have sounded more impressive. Nowadays, though, I have a hard time being excited by punk bands who want to mellow things out, and I think at its weakest points, that’s what it feels like Superfuzz Bigmuff is trying to do. Thankfully, those weak points are far less frequent than the exciting, balls-to-wall, high-energy moments, some of which truly are mind-blowing.
Masterclass of a punk / grunge album. I can see nirvana, stone temple, sound garden, and others being influenced by this record. I'm grateful for this experience.
Good stuff
It’s always interesting to listen to an artist that influenced an artist you love. As a big Nirvana fan, I can hear so much of where their sound came from in Mudhoney, especially given Kurt listed this as one of his favourite albums. It was a really good listen and I may have to check out more of Mudhoney!
Lite väl stökigt stundvis, men otroligt i små doser
du punk mais bien
Just focused on the original EP track listing and did enjoy - albeit I was not really in the time/ place to fully enjoy it. Appreciate the importance/ influence of the band and what followed it - but today its only registering a 3 on me.
Superfuzz Bigmuff I’ve heard plenty about Mudhoney and their influence but have never knowingly heard anything of theirs. Their influence on Grunge and Nirvana in particular has definitely not been understated, there are clear throughlines in sound, structure and approach, but what is also clear to me is that Nirvana are a better more evolved band taking the parts of this they like and adding more pop and traditional songwriting craft. This is still enjoyable though as it’s own thing, separate to the it’s influence, particularly as it’s just the 6 songs on the original version. Out of interest I listened to some of the other tracks on the repackaged album and while there are some good tracks, the scuzzy grungey earnestness and punky vibes of the original tracks work well and it doesn’t get the chance to drag by going on for too long. Need, Chain that Door, No One Has and n ‘n’Out of Grace are solid enough proto-grunge but Mudride and If I Think are a bit more interesting, the changes in tempo and mood from those straight ahead songs creates a bit more of a dynamic atmosphere, particularly Mudride with the wah wah and slightly Indian guitar parts in places. So overall it’s a fine album and interesting staging point in a genre of music that went stratospheric. I may not reach for it again, but I wouldn’t be averse to giving it another go, if the mood were to strike, which means it just edges into the 3s 💂💂💂 Playlist submission: Mudride
They basically take Stooges punk rock and cross it with Sonic Youth to make something sounding rocky but also hazily disaffected. And there you have grunge. I am not sure whether I am looking out for the Nirvana link, but I don't think you have to look very hard at all. It smacks you directly in the face on the opening track 'Need'. So you have an important album which birthed an important rock scene at a particular place and time. That scene would itself be highly influential. But as an album, although I admire its punchiness, it's a collection of quite bog-standard indie rock songs with a couple of standouts. It's solid. But guess you needed to be there. Fantastic album cover though.
pleasant surprise considering my preconceived notions about mudhoney. rough, raucous, hooky
25 minutes of molasses. Given the Melvins aren't on the list I guess this is as good as its going to get for sludge. Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More is starts us off with woozy guitar drowned in fuzz. Chain that Door speeds us up a bit, sounding like a lo-fi (if that is even possible) Sonic Youth. Mudride is back to slowed down punk chuggers. A little more bluesy and a little less fuzzy but still heavy as. Sabbath inflections in the vocals. Side B opens with No One Has, Irish twins with Cross the Breeze, driving guitars and a motoric beat but maybe a little too close to Sonic Youth. If I Think I Think Of You shows where the quiet-loud-quiet thing that Seattle people loved so much comes from. A bit boring but the loud bits rock hard I guess. In 'N' Out Of Grace closes out the album in fine form, sounding slower than it actually is thanks to the fuzz and sludge. Maybe its just because I'm coming to it later than their influences but I feel a bit like Mudhoney isn't bringing anything new to the table? Every track I'm just kind of drawing similarities to other bands. They kind of bridge the gap between the Melvins/Sonic Youth proto-grunge and Nirvana's more refined stuff. At least it doesn't sound like Pearl Jam I guess. Definitely my thing though. Glad I listened. PS I started with the Deluxe Edition (always a mistake) and it was full of punk tracks. Useful to calibrate where these guys were coming from but lots of filler. Stick to the original.
3 stars
Fucking awesome
This super phun. Great energy. Many feelings here, but not many emotions. It’s certainly good, but six songs at twenty minutes just isn’t long enough. Enjoyed it immensely though, wish they could have expanded. 4/5
Nothing on this grabs me
There is so much incredible grunge music to choose from, so not sure why this was chosen lol. Just a forgettable Nirvana ripoff to me.
Great pedal, ok album.
Meh, I had another Mudhoney album early on in this list and it was a bit shit. This one didn't feel as shit, so either it's a slightly better record though still drones on too much, or I'm just getting used to listening to mediocre albums on this list. Either way, it's still a 2
Superfuzz buzzmuff painting a picture for the upcoming grunge revolution.
A complete waste of time. It's not clear when these guys learned to play their instruments, if ever. Ineptitude – even if authentic – doesn't make for memorable art.
I like Grunge. Back in the mid 90s my friends and I would sit and listen to Nirvana and Pearl Jam no matter whose house we ended up at. I know of Mudhoney, maybe a few tracks, but never really bothered to give them a proper try. It seems they paved the way for the bigger bands. This is a great album. It’s not phenomenal, don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely influential. I enjoyed it, I’ll try some other albums.
good but forgettable except that one song
Mudhoney is probably most famous for being one of, if not Nirvana’s biggest influences. It’s definitely obvious on Superfuzz Bigmuff, which btw is named after a guitar pedal, which is sick Almost certainly the first real grunge album, somehow it doesn’t sound like created one of the biggest genres of all time, but it did. I think it’s best on the 2nd side where it becomes more melodic, less punky and more of what’s familiar on Nevermind. This is one of the most important albums ever created 8.4/10
There is nothing worse than not really liking an album and then finding out the majority of the album is those same songs over and over just sounding slightly different but still the same. And the whole thing is over 2 hours long. Brutal. This was not my thing.
I only knew this band by name...actually thought they were from the 70s, so I had no idea what I was in for. Pretty satisfying loud grungy rock with some sick guitars and drumming.
If the goal here is to choose influential albums, this is a clear winner. I thought I was listening to a Nirvana demo.
Awesome album cover. Pretty good album.
I liked it! Pretty excellent sound and some nice, gruff vocals.
It rides a fine line. Exactly dirty and rough enough while also keeping it playful and wild. It is loud, as any good fuzz effect should be. I can understand though that this amount of noise is beyond some other's tolerances.
idk girl how many grunge albums are on this list
# 417 : Not bad, a bit noisy and shouty but my younger self, had I know about this 20 or 30 years ago, might have actually loved it.
Solid grunge, a bit forgettable though.
This is loud, angry, distorted, raw and ugly...and I love it. I guess it was grunge before there was grunge. Liked Songs Added: Touch Me I'm Sick Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More Need In And Out Of Grace
Kinda funny. Not a huge punk fan though. I'll listen again to it sometime, but it's not gonna be high in my playlists
I thought this was pretty good fun as an album, though the only version my streaming service had was an extended 2CD version. I'm not sure how influential it was, but I definitely enjoyed it.
Typical second tier grunge
3.0
From what I can see online, this was an EP of 6 songs, so will review only these and nothing else from the deluxe LP. What's left is pretty brutal noise rock/early grunge. Mudride is the highlight from this, everything else is mostly formulaic proto-grunge, basic songwriting. Best Tracks: - Mudride Worst Tracks: - Need - Chain That Door Rating: 3/10
I tried, but this isn’t for me. I just couldn’t find any angle to connect with the album. Coming from that context there’s not much to say. Out of the original and deluxe editions the only song I like is “No One Has”. It’s probably no surprise; it’s a one out of five stars for me.
Kind of cool. Maybe a precursor to nirvana. Some nice beats but mostly fuzz.
I like the fuzzy guitars. But otherwise this just wasn’t my thing. 2/5
The guitars were sick. I loved every track. Technically an EP so it shouldn't be on this list but glad I was introduced to this record and band
This album is called Superfuzz Bigmuff. Those are two of the most legendary guitar fuzz pedals of all time and boy do you hear them. The guitar tone on this album is FILTHY! I'm not sure about timelines here but my gut says that these guys paved the way for Nirvana in shaping the Seattle sound of the early 90s. Also, if you look closely at this album cover Mark Arm is playing a Hagstrom guitar. Hagstroms are Swedish. Vikings were Swedish. Vikings were metal. Therefore Mark Arm is metal. It's science.
135 minutes jumping. Really not my jam, but by all means I enjoyed a bit. Not sure I will be listening to it again though. 7/10
Nice one
Fantastic
Love the energy. Good stuff.
Decent rock album 6/10
Grungey goodness
Never heard of this, sounds so ahead of its time, feel like this deserves a lot more recognition.
Exactly what I'm looking for in music here. Upbeat, not too generic/boring/repetitive, long album, good for workouts, fun energy.
there was a time when i would have been all over this but that time is long gone and i have unfortunately grown old and up
Boring
Not for me
не люблю гранж
Short grungy songs. Chunchy and fun, but vocals aren't great
There's a frustrating number of different versions and track listings, I did Deluxe Edition (the one shown here) that had 14 songs? Anyways it generally sounded good, like a more punk version of Nirvana. Fav track: 'Need'.
I really didn't like this. I suspect if I knew about production or playing instruments it might have meant something to me. I gravitate toward lyrics and vocals, though, and I found both kinda gross on this album. 1.5 stars.
This one hurt.. The supposedly groundbreaking fusion of garage rock and punk feels more like a relentless assault on the ears.
I thought I’d really like this but it was way too repetitive and far too long
Not a grunge guy. Most bands sound like high schoolers trying to be Pixies without any of the subtlety, imagination or musical diversity. Couple of fun punky numbers. But doesn't sustain across the album.
This ain’t my badger…just a load of distortion to me.
Bedrock for grunge times to come Seattle is where they came from Taking the members to other places they remained firmly underground So many familiar faces New bands they have gone and found
This is so raw it's almost bleeding. Proto-grunge. A little too proto for my tastes, but given it's importance/influence, it's evident why this is on the list.
Didn't really care for the singing but the back ing instrumentals were sick
What did you call me?? 3.
I haven't heard of Mudhoney before, and I need to hear more. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5
32 Songs!! At first, I thought no f'n way. But started it and loved it all the way. To say you hear their influence on Nirvana and Butthole Surfers types is a gross understatement. This is a recipe book used by every band that got famous in the 90s era.
i did the original not the one with all the extra shit in it. i was surprised that i liked it as much as i did. i liked the really heavy sound of it.
Ahead of its time, arrives full formed and still holds up. Great album worth multiple listens
Not bad. 3.5
Enjoyable 3.5
If you’re going to name your EP after two guitar pedals, it better sound distorted as hell. I am pleased to report this sounds distorted as hell It’s fun, it’s loud, it’s rowdy. It’s definitely grunge but the more punk and garage rock side of grunge, without the massive hooks or filthy grooves that various bands added into the sound over the next few years - just that searing delinquent energy. I appreciate it and it is definitely fun but just doesn’t do a lot for me
Lekker up-tempo rockmuziek. Klinkt best aardig eigenlijk, maar ook weer niet zo heel leuk.
Some albums are revered for the bands and people they influenced. But not on the objective merits of their music. For me this is one such album. The albums by Alice in Chains, sound garden , pearl jam,etc are light years better than this
Imagine if every member of Nirvana had a lobotomy. You're imagining Mudhoney. Just terrible grunge, shouted in your face from 1mm away.
Grunge-Rock, nett gemacht. Nichts störendes, aber auch keine Highlights, die heraus stechen. 3/5
263/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Great album. I loved the sound and rawness of it.
Musically it is quite good (worthy of 3 or 4 stars) but the vocals aren't up to par...and at times, they can be annoying to listen to
I'm sure this is for someone, but it's not for me. Really didn't like this.
I have heard other Mudhoney albums and I liked them. This....not so much.
Very rock... Gotta be in the mood for this kind of rock.
This list is having a love affair with 90s grunge.
Hard and heavy late 80s fuzz rock. Touch Me I'm Sick is the opening track, and the highlight of the album; although it's pretty good.
Garage Punk being screamy, repitious and in deluxe version very long while song differentiation stays super fuzzy.
Some early grunge... too raw, still listenable
A kind of Nirvana wannabe, Mudhoney brings in "Superfuzz Bigmuff" a good compilation of songs to pass the time but that eventually ends up getting boring because besides lacking originality, it lacks versatility and ends up becoming a one-note album. But if you don't mind that, then this won't be a problem.
tracks 4 - 9 of the deluxe album on spotify, to match rym
Never heard of this lot or knew that they were there at the birth of grunge. Never a lover of the grunge sound at the time and less so now. So it’s a miss from me. 2/5 29/12/24
Love me some Mudhoney.
Nice grunge, it started to grow on me after a few songs. I don't like it quite as much as Nirvana or Soundgarden, but Mudhoney was first and they deserve credit for that. The songs are nice and energetic with echoes of punk and Black Sabbath.
Good rock music that I enjoy, but don’t love. Also on Spotify the deluxe is stupid - for those who don’t want to listen to the whole thing, the original album is tracks 4-9.
Grunge is great, this is great, Touch Me I'm Sick is an all-timer.
This was crazy ahead of its time. I was expecting it to be a crappy punk-purist style album, but it surprised me how much I ended up liking it. Very punchy. Favorites were Touch Me I'm Sick and Need
This shit rips. The guitar tone is great. For the purpose of the list I only listened to the original tracklist from the 6 track EP. I think Chain That Door is a little too close to falling apart, but everything else here rocks so much it makes up for it. You can definitely hear some of The Stooges here as well as where music would go for the next decade.
It’s very raw and rough around the edges but has plenty of energy to it. Touch Me I’m Sick is great. The rest if fine and a reasonable listen.
The birth of grunge
Proto-grunge
Didn't do anything for me. There was only a bit of cool guitar.
Not my thing, but very influential both in grunge and in the fact it signaled how long 90s albums would become :/
this is what they call "high tension" lol
3.5, cool influence on many bands I like, but probably won’t listen again
Pretty solid proto-grunge/punk. I liked it!
Groupe inconnu. Le son est très massif. Par contre je n'accroche pas vraiment, les morceaux ne sont pas très originaux. Pas sur d'avoir envie de l'écouter de nouveau. =>2/5
Grimy, rough around the edges and it kinda works.
Not terrible but didn’t feel like coming back to it after I got back into the car
The first grunge band? Noisy, grungey and still slightly melodic. I liked
Just good old grunge
Good thing to zone out to while driving for sure
pretty good fun
Sounds like a superfuzz bigmuff, if it weren't for them I might not even know what that is. I was introduced to this sound by bands like Kyuss and The Melvins but they were probably introduced to it by Mudhoney. I have heard people exclaim that Mudhoney deserves the notoriety that Nirvana achieved, but its rarely the groundbreaker who makes the big bucks, its the first copycats. With that being said, after listening to the album it is a good album but when looking back through all of the giant albums by other bands that followed in the same vein, it doesn't stand out too much except for the fact that it was one of the first. I do like it though and am more impressed with it knowing that they were on the forefront of this sound a lot of us grew up with.
Pretty good, though a fair amount of 'noise'.
Hell yes! I always liked Mudhoney. Their music was always a bit better then the typical Grunge bullshit. The guitars here are so sick, I love it!
Yesssss.... One of my favorite albums ever (full disclosure, this is gonna be super biased)! I have this on CD and vinyl. Got the shirt, and I just sat Mark Arm song in a another band last week (in Brisbane Australia with the Saints of your interested). Best of all the grungy Seattle whatever 90s bands, still going and never seen them put on a bad show. This album though....wooOOOAH! Definitely in my top 10. The f-you energy of punk, the wailing distortion of rock, with that FUZZ. Favourite songs? All of them. Put on your converse and ripped jeans, let your hair down, and warn everyone to get out of the way. We're going on a Mudride. Genuine sadness for all the people who don't like or don't get it. Does that leave more for me? I wish. Twelve stars.
Songs all sound very similar. Not a fan of lead singers voice. Not for me.
This sucks. Not much music talent to be found.
Day333 - a candidate for best album title and it’s an awesome album
Proto-Grunge, def some Stooges influence here. 14 year old me would have loved this.
Average grunge
This is fun. First time I heard a Grunge Surf Punk artist. Gonna round up a solid 3.5 to a 4.
Early grunge, not bad
It’s got so many hooks, you’d think it was a fisherman’s hat. It makes sense that it sold poorly when it came out. No one knew what the hell to make of grunge in 1988. There’s the curse of the trailblazer - no one knows where you’re going. I mean, when Cobain names it as one of his 50 desert island discs, you don’t need much more approbation. I’m sure Mark Arm would’ve liked more money for his trouble, though.
Great raw sound! Loved seeing this pop up.
sounds like early nirvana, with a really fluid track-list depending on which edition you find. I loved it, and listened to as many variations (across different platforms) as I could find
I've never listened to Mudhoney, so I was hoping this would be more in the vain of Soundgarden grunge than Pearl Jam. Pretty simple and punky, the range is pretty limited but they're good at this style. A lot of people seem to compare this to The Stooges but I don't really hear it, it reminds me more of early 80s hardcore and early Nirvana. Good either way, surprised at the quite low average score (I listened to the 1988 track listing which is only 23 minutes) Highlights: Chain That Door, In 'n' Out Of Grace
I'm going to review the original six-song EP. It's clear from some reviews that others have listen the expanded editions. At just 23 minutes, this collection delivers thick, fuzzy loudness, culminating in the hard-driving 'In 'n' Out of Grace,' an absolutely mind-blowing track. This song laid the groundwork for grunge and desert/stoner rock. And let's be real—there's only one way to fully appreciate this: ditch the crappy earbuds, crank it up on an old-school two-channel stereo, and risk a visit from the cops. It's the only way to do it justice!
Grunge before it knew that’s what it would become. Pounding drums, grinding guitar, screamy/ yell-y vocals, loose and sloppy - in a good way.
I really liked this. Noisy and loud. Sounded like what music was when i was in high school.
One of the prototypes of the Seattle sound. It's really loud, noisy, fuzzy, grungy, sludgy, etc. Pick your adjective. I liked this even better than Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The expanded edition gets repetitive, but if you're in enough that you want to listen to an expanded edition, you get what you're after.
Interesting. It turns out I wasn't a grunge fan when I was a youth. I was a *Nirvana* fan. Good to know.
Honestly one of those albums I didn't listen all the way through. This noise just isn't the right type for me.
To start with, the tracklisting on Spotify is very confusing. 'Superfuzz Big Muff' started as an EP, turned into an album (with previously released singles rounding out the tracklisting, and later turned into a deluxe edition with 20 additional songs and the order completely changed. If you want the original version only, focus on tracks 4 to 9. These are (in my opinion) the highlights of the entire release. Maybe the early singles were Mudhoney trying to find their sound. But among the EP tracks, you really hear the beginnings of the murky grunge sound. Kurt Cobain would have surely taken notice.
I don't like this band, most grunge outside of Nirvana is ass
Second album on the list by Mudhoney, this time not even the full LP, which is very surprising. I reckon that the appearance of this ep is purely historical - it's not a very good record, but it started a new genre and inspired sound of many new bands. So points for that, but otherwise very average album.
Just noise. 1 star or F.
The opening lines of the Spotify version of this album are "I'm a Creep"
Important, noisy, and cool.
Started off terrible, got bad by the end.
They scream, they hit guitars. One star.
Grunge has never been my scene, the other album by them on this list i've had didn't do much for me either. Not noisy or interesting enough for my style of rock.
fuun album. Reminded me a lot of Nirvana hmmmm Still I enjoyed it big time, so low 4 for me
I love punk and grunge and all those types of genre. However, when I listened to this album all I could think was that a bunch of rich kids had some music lessons paid for by their parents, along with some recording time. There was nothing really 'wrong' with their music, i just didn't feel the raw, hungry passion that the genre warrants.
Clearly should have a spot on this list. I like the energy but the rough edges are little too rough for me. But I can certainly hear what people liked so much.
Slow and dull
I didn't listen to this album in the 80's/90's, but I really wish I had, because it would have been right up my alley. I dug this a lot, will definitely be playing again soon.
Liked this one. I had heard of this band but never really listened. They should be bigger! 3.75/5
I’d give this a full 5 for the Early Singles combo, but it’s still a landmark LP on its own. Early grunge at its finest. A-
Why do I like this and not like, say, Hüsker Du? I have no idea. That’s the privilege of the listener :)
A 28 minute album that's only available on Spotify as a 'deluxe' edition that's over 2 hours long. Fuck off. As for the actual music, it's pretty bland, middle of the road grunge. Nothing particularly good or bad about it. I wouldn't cross the room to turn it off, that's about it. Also. Muffs.
When I saw the runtime of this album, I wanted to shoot myself. Thank fuck it's just the deluxe edition and I don't have to sit through more than 6 songs on this thing - because I was done by about the 5th. I guarantee this album only got popular after Nirvana (and Kurt's head) exploded. Just because this is loosely related to Nirvana, doesn't make it good. This is fucking lame. It's like if you took all the bad parts of hardcore punk and slapped a shitty singer who sings in different tones on each song so there's no cohesion. Not a fan.
Look, I get if you think Nirvana are pretty overrated. But getting this album just a few days after Nevermind really puts things into perspective and shows how much of an upgrade they are over this AliExpress type proto-grunge. The album really only shifts between being boring and irritating. The singer sounds like he's only just getting over puberty and the instrumentation feels like it is pulling some sort of prank where they are trying to repeat the same shit in a song and seeing how long they can get away with it for a full track. I wasn't sure which of these songs was in the original release so I just stuck this on until I tapped out, I got around 9 songs in before I got to the one with the corny cold open with the royalty free monologue from somewhere Highlights: Hitting the pause button and backing out to something else
This sounds like your mates band who asks you to come to their show at some local venue and when you get there the place smells like shit and there are people actively doing nangs in the crowd. Profoundly generic music that I could not pick out of a lineup of any number of other low effort grungepunk slop.
Hidden review, hidden review 5/10 Fav tracks - Touch Me I'm Sick, Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More, Chain That Door, No One Has, Burn It Clean, Least Fav - idek, this album is 2hours 15 minutes and I liked 4 songs off it
Pretty competently made music, has all the parts there to be something great but it just didn’t go the extra mile for me. Still enjoyed it and would probably throw a couple of these songs into a garage/grunge mix to avoid putting in Pearl Jam filler. The highs here were very high but a lot of this felt same and despite its length it did drag. Special shoutout to If I Think, best song on this album. I was going to give this a 3 but I think I listened to the entire deluxe version of this on Spotify and then went back and listened to just the EP a few times so on second thought this is a 4 for me. Last song on this album shares a sample with Loaded by Primal Scream, that song rocks too. Highlights: Touch Me I’m Sick, Mudride, If I Think
didn't know there were EPs where on the 1001 albums list i mean its alright
Raucous punk rock in the style of the Stooges. Guitars have this nice stoner fuzz to them. A
Kinda cool but way too repetitive 6.6/10
Seattle Grunge. Pretty hard rock, punk rock, not massively melodic. Not my cup of tea, was not feeling it. Proto-Nirvana, roots obvious. But noisier and edgier. Great drummer.
Not a fan. Too distorted and yelly.
I like the rawness. For a time, these guys were on top of the world. I miss those days when rock was still alive.
Didn't finish this one, boring proto-grunge.
I get its importance, and it's enjoyable, but does an EP really belong on this list?
I enjoyed it. It hits a sweet spot between punk and grunge. Through this project I’ve learned that I don’t like grunge as much as I thought I did, but this early version is more appealing to me. I think part of it is that the vocals sound more angry than ambivalent or bored. Probably closer to a 3 if I’m being honest, but I was pleasantly surprised and feeling charitable, so I’ll round it up. Favorite track: Halloween
it was ok.
Man, Mudhoney are cool. The early grunge output really stays true to the punk rock roots, and even though the rest of the tracks doesn't quite live up to 'Need', it's still an immensely enjoyable record.
23 minutes of super fuzz and big muff. Essential early grunge at its core.
I was apprehensive but pleasantly surprised.
Good noisy grunge. Great!
good grungy/punky album - never heard Mudhoney before. Really liked it,
Noisy, raw, distorted; brilliant. Overwhelming to listen to regularly but I love blasting "Touch Me, I'm Sick" to piss people off.
I’m okay with this musically but the vocals are awful. Taking a point away because the vocalist ruined this for me.
2.5 - Struggled with this. It just creeps up into the 3's but barely
Couldn't get into this, just noise. Didn't sound like magmuffs to me. 1.9/5
Great grunge album from one of the best.makes nirvana sound like a pop band.
Terrible album name, bad band name, but decent sound. Half punk, half grunge, this album feels like it was on the brink of some musical revolution. It doesnt quite tip the scales though, and never reaches the heights that are required to be considered great. I liked No One Has the most here.
Too angry for me
It's alright, I didn't love the Spotify album version, which was the same songs repeating until it came in at a brisk 2 hours and 15 minutes of listening. Grunge ain't my jam. Jam is my Jam.
Just focused on the songs in the original EP instead of the entire deluxe album on Spotify. I have never really listened to Mudhoney before and I really enjoyed this. Energetic rock and roll/grunge. Not sure why I didn't listen to them in high school because I feel like I would have really loved it then. Going to give them a bonus star for being local. Full marks!
could i write poetry to this? y
The original EP tracks get four stars. That goes up to almost five stars when the additional material is included. Essential Proto-Grunge.
Totally grungified!
Interesting album to see that very early start to shift from hard rock to grunge. That said, I like EGBDF a lot more
This explodes immediately! Banger after banger! Rip my eardrums!
Had its high points and low points.
A strong start, and then it became passable background music. Nothing stood out and nothing offended.
23 minutes of absolutely feral guitar music. Love the Dicks cover on the deluxe version!
Kaks hymy ukkoa ja hujapäettäen lihhoo... Albumin suurudesta vain orginal 28 min.. Niinkuin objektivisti.. 28 min Noista 28 minuuutista tuli mieleen perusjauhannan ongelmat... Hankala tykätä kun kuullostaa niin perus perus lässätätytykseltä...
I love this and wish I knew about it back then 4 stars
я почти весь послушала но у них одни и те же песни по четыре раза… просто не успела
This was about 90 minutes too long
It's a fine grungey-sounding album. That's it. That's all I have to say.
Production quality is so terrible it's impossible to judge the music itself. Sounds like I'm hearing it through a cell phone speaker.
Maybe even the only EP that landed on the 1001 Albums list but rightfully so because it pretty much was the start of Grunge as a major genre and no other album was released around that time. The EP while being pretty short is still really great. A lot of energetic, noisy, raw and rebellious tracks that are a perfect mix between early Grunge and Garage Punk. People who listen to it on streaming will now wonder what tracks the actual album is so I'm going to clarify. Tracks 1&2 are a single previously released, Track 3 was a track on a Split EP with three other bands around that time and the EP itself is Tracks 4-9. The rest is bonus stuff even if it's worthy to listen to if you like the actual EP. 'Need' kicks things off with an energetic Grunge track that has much less Punk than other tracks here. It also has a couple of Stoner Metal guitar riffs but that's mainly secondary. The song is energetic, raw and pretty repetitive but it uses this as an advantage it overall comes out great, even incredible. There is so much fun and energy in here that it's hard to not move to it at least a bit and if it wasn't for a couple of pretty unnecessarry breaks (not the false ending, that one's great) that harm the flow of the track a bit, this would've been perfect. The Hardcore Punk inspired and really short 'Chain That Door' gets much noisier with the sound and the production but I absolutely love it. I really like how they mixed the Hardcore sound with a more complex but still short structure and if it wasn't for the vocals which just don't fit the track, this again would've been a perfect track BUT it isn't and the vocals harm it actually quite a lot. It's still great but it could've been more. Following the shortest track, comes the longest with nearly 6 minutes. 'Mudride' keeps the Noise but brings in similarities to Sludge Metal while still being undeniably Grunge. I do really like how the song builds but it is too long, it is not properly finished and many points feel really weak. The chorus sadly doesn't help enough and keeps the song "okay". I like it and a couple of moments are really great and entertaining but these moments are covered side by side with boring and annoying instrumentals and verses that are just not interesting at all. The EPs second side already starts with 'No One Has' which goes back to the fast paced and energetic Punk sound. It's noisy, it's loud and most importantly it's fun. The instrumental chorus adds a lot of needed melody behind the noisy sound and the vocals while still being a little obnoxious, are much better on this track. It does have its flaws especially the length but it's still really good. 'If I Think' returns with a slightly more Metal inspired sound with the heavy sounding bass and I really like the more subtle and introspective sounding intro that turns louder and more Punk before going back. It's good but I think they could've pulled it off much better with a little more focus towards the songwriting and pacing. The final track 'In 'n' Out of Grace' closes things off by presenting the essence of the album: a mix of Grunge in its earliest full form and Garage Punk with a bit of Noise Rock added. It's vocally the most impressive as well as the overall best performed with so much energy that is not let loose and probably the best fine tuned songwriting on the entire project. While I do think that some moments don't work as well as they maybe intended, it still is easily my favourite track on the entire EP. favourites: In 'n' Out of Grace, Need least favourites: Mudride, If I Think Rating: strong 7 to light 8 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes
100% top!
Good rock music, just kinda drowns itself out and 2 hours is crazy
Another hard rock record that I wish I had listened to in my teens. Cool!
One of the early pioneering albums that made the grunge movement along with Meat Puppets' album II and Pixies' Surfer Rosa
Solid grunge fare.
Is there some quota system for genres??? This doesn’t deserve to be on any list
Buncha dudes having fun playing music
Is this the real grunge?
Another for the first column. Perfect bridge between Stooges punk and the grunge of the early 90's.
I like this album better than Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, but it’s still not incredibly interesting.
Proto Grunge with some of the sounds of 80s hair metal. It’s apparent that this is a bridge record to the emergence of flannels, thermals, long greasy hair and jeans.
❤️❤️/5
Listening to the Deluxe Edition. I’ve always wanted to listen to more Mudhoney. This band are known to me for 2 reasons ONE They influenced Nirvana & TWO and This is most important thing they Appeared in the Chris Farley/David Spade movie “Black Sheep” Even though I’m listening to Deluxe version. I will judge this mainly on its Original release and comment on other tracks later Song wise there isn’t much to say. It’s really good garage rock, grunge, alt rock. Whatever you want to call it. I like the sound but nothing is jumping at me song wise 3/5
Great debut. An excellent blueprint for the Seattle grunge scene. Well conceived for the most part. May be my favorite Mudhoney album
90’s grunge so I already like it but the vocals and raw energy is so distinct! I just really like them.
Couldn’t get into it
There’s nothing on earth better than a rock record that feels like it could go off the rails at any moment; the kind of record that could just collapse in on itself in a fit of feedback and fuzz, propelled to the point of supernova by the sheer intensity of the band’s playing. That’s the type of record Superfuzz Big Muff is.
I love Mudhoney. They have never made an bad album.
Great pre-Nirvana grunge, full of energy and without the blues/hard rock elements that would characterize the genre a few years later
"The 1001 albums..." *Puts an EP in it*
So cool! It was like early kick-ass grunge with a subtle touch of psychedelic rock in it. Maybe in the chords progressions? Anyway, let's FUZZ.
Def proto-nirvana sound, almost early 90s grunge. It's consistent
Absolutely too self indulgent. 2hr long album is too much, make more albums instead.
I have never listened to Mudhoney I don't think, it's not great but it's ok. The opening for 'Need' reminds me a lot of the opening to Nirvana's "Rape me". Other than that I'd describe the album as "pretty generic grunge" Standouts Need 3/5
Great advanced bar band sound, greasy, messy, and fun. But if I have said it once, I’ll say it a thousand times: aside from the flannels, ain’t nothin’ Seattle done that New York (and Boston) didn’t do first.
Mudhoney!!! Good ol Greg of Parklane, put a song or 2 of these guys on my mix tape he made me. This is good shit! 5 stars! I thoroughly enjoyed this album!!
Too fucking loud, but okay I guess. Would probably have loved this in high school, but it wasn't on my radar back then.
No
I don't know. this is a "culturally relevant" band for a certain group of people so I guess it should be on this list, but the only thing I thought of was angry white boys don't really make bands anymore they just sit on the internet and crap on people. Just a little boring for my 2024 ears.
I want to fuck this album cover
I really liked the beginning. was too long and I got sick of it
4/10 - I do not like grunge I have learned. It was a lot of noise that I did not enjoy listening to. Also why are there so many versions of the same songs on this album on spotify.
I guess I just like grunge, which doesn’t make any sense to me since it feels pretty close to metal which I can’t stand. Idk. This was good
Listened to this while doing some house painting and it was great. It actually gave me Metallica vibes at times. Good vibes.
Depressing.
Kind of annoying. Not very good.
“sono proto-Nirvana” e sticazzi. Probabilmente la lunghezza non andrebbe considerata in un voto, ma è davvero impossibile quando un album la tira così lunga. It’s a no for me
sorprendentemente non l'ho odiato come pensavo che avrei fatto. grandissimo punto a sfavore: il fatto che duri due ore e che io l'abbia dovuto ascoltare a riprese tutt'oggi perchè altrimenti non ce l'avrei fatta. tre stelle perchè se non ho detestato un album grunge/punk qualcosa di giusto devono averlo fatto, quindi bravi loro!
Boh, carine le prime ma 2h e 58 di sta roba Grunge non la augurerei nemmeno al mio peggior nemico (Marco Resi)
Ok now I feel like I need to go back and relisten to their other album on this list because this album I really liked. I did start with just the original tracks they released on the EP, and then after realizing I liked it listened to the other tracks on the album (minus the demo/live versions). I don't remember their other album sounding so raw or the emotion coming through so well. It could be too that I've warmed up to grunge. I'll be curious to see my reaction to future grunge albums. "No One Has", "Need", and "In 'n' Out of Grace" are my favorites off the original release. "Touch Me I'm Sick" and "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" are also great.
Still finding their way, but Mudhoney have the heart and volume to leave an impression. That cover of Bette Midler’s “The Rose” is absolutely wild.
Alright
Loved it
Hard alternative rock. It reminded me of some bands I used to listen to. Not quite good enough to get full marks but I enjoyed it all the way through.
Someone said they made it through 5 tracks ... how?
Propre (pas la version de + de 2h sur Spotify)
Nothing special punk and 2h15m of it. Lol. Lmao even.
Was going to give 3 stars but I accidentally listened to the version that had the cover of The Rose and that was wild.
Eh. Couldn’t finish it.
I listened to it today at an earlier time than usual. The vocals are terrible and annoy me to death. At least the proto-grunge riffs are decent. Better yet, the EP is only 22 minutes long. It would get a worse rating if it was longer. 2 stars for "Superfuzz Bigmuff".
Ебать, просто стена звука пронеслась и пробила мое ебало
It's hard for me to rate something as short as this, I feel like I just didn't get the chance to really see what this band was capable of. This reminds me a lot of Nirvana's debut album (which is sadly absent from this list), both being of the late 80s proto grunge era before it really got started in the early 90s. It's a solid listen, I just really wish that it were longer.
First time hearing this, very interesting, if mainly for the fact that Nirvana's Bleach now seems like a complete rip-off of this (albeit quite a bit better), even including the album cover. Interesting to hear the formations of grunge, plenty of Stooges in here alongside a lot of other 70s/80s alt rock. Could see me getting into this if I were a bit younger.
Oh wow, real live Seattle grunge. Cool. Not something I'd listen to again, but I'm happy to add another album into my knowledge and familiarization of grunge. Punchy, energetic, and unrefined. An interesting sound.
Another tepid, generic, paint-by-numbers punk album that you've already heard a million times on this list
Mudhoney has always been one of those bands that I feel like I should enjoy more than I generally do. This album is a good example of that phenomenon. I think, though, that the more I listen to this band, the more I can hear their influence on other bands. Frankly, I think I would be way more into this band if they had a better lead singer 3/5
One of those albums that’s difficult to judge as it seems to have multiple different track listings. Should it even be classed as an album at all? And if not, should it be disqualified from this list...?? Well, whatever, I liked it. It’s at the opposite end (the more grungy end, I’d say) of the Seattle grunge scene spectrum from, say, Pearl Jam, but the influence on Nirvana is clear to hear. 3.5
Mudhoney just never been my thing for whatever reason.
Scraping the bottom of the grunge barrel.
Not sure why this is here
One or two tracks were ok, but very repetitive.
Good album - Solid 80s Sub Pop grunge before MTV caught on. 4/5
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I'd never heard of it, had no expectations walking in, and found it a pretty good listen. It's got this nice hard rock feel that borders on grunge before grunge was a thing that just kind of works.
Rock becomes punk becomes post-punk becomes Mudhoney becomes Nirvana. I wish I had been more aware of this band in my teenage years. Lyrically, there is not a whole lot to offer my grown adult, self, but musically… well, you had me at fuzz.
I think I had heard of Mudhoney before, but not familiar with anything here. Screamy noise rock that has some moments. A bit too sleazy for my taste nowadays. The closest in sound/style I can think of is Jane's Addiction, but there's probably a better comparison I'll find out when I read others' comments. Listened to the original 6 songs on the EP plus 3 more from the deluxe edition. Best track: Touch Me I'm Sick
Too long for me but generally I liked it
It was alright I only half paid attention to it honestly I might revisit a couple songs but grunge isn't really my genre
Touch Me I'm Sick You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
Solid proto grunge
Not sure how or why this was the first time I'd ever heard this album. I knew how influential Mudhoney was on grunge music in general and I was really into it at the time, so you'd think I would have seeked this out. Not as polished as later grunge stuff, but this was awesome to listen to. Might have given this a higher score if I had picked up the album when it first came out, but it was still a solid album.
When listing the best grunge bands I tend to hear sighs of annoyance that Mudhoney is left off the list that includes Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. The reason Mudhoney is left off is they just aren't as good as those four bands. There is nothing really wrong with this and Mudhoney comes from the same Green River tree of Seattle rock. The distorted punk-rock sound was something that Nirvana completely ripped off on Bleach and Soundgarden was also making similar music at the same time as Mudhoney. Mark Arm was not as good of a songwriter as Kurt Cobain and did not have the voice (of course, who does) of Chris Cornell. Mudhoney didn't wallow as much in the angst the other bands did. Regardless, this is a really good album. I have enjoyed Mudhoney more as an adult than I did as a child. It's probably bad news I've become more angry as I got older, yet here we are. I did not love the cover of "The Rose" that much, yet that's a small complaint. If you want to know what grunge sounded like before it was called grunge, this is the album for you.
At first, I hated it! But it really grew on me. It’s early grunge, and sets the tone for grunge to come.
I really, really disagree with Admin's policy of deliberately linking to deluxe/extended/remaster versions when available. Because this one's fun enough at 20 minutes, and would have been intolerable at the 2 hours that the spotify version had in store for me
Lovely early grunge!
don't know grunge at all but that was fun
Meh. Okay I guess. 2/5
Fun album overall. I can definitely see how they influenced a lot of grunge. I love this cover of The Rose! Overall I really dug it. :)
Good not great
-this is a perfect album (EP actually, I listened to the original release, only those 6 tracks, not the others that the latter release has, keep in mind) -this is grunge before Nirvana (or any of the big 4) came around (even Kurt loved this album) -it's energetic -I FUCKING LOVE THE ALBUM COVER RAHHH! It matches the sound this album is going for and I love this type of punk rock energy -lyrics are pretty sarcastic I'd say -it's noisy at times (and I love that when its done well, here is definitely the case) -favorite songs: all of them (again, the 6 tracks the EP has) -least favorite song: N/A