Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | July 26, 1991 |
Recorded | Spring 1991 |
Studio | Egg Studios |
Genre | |
Length | 42:29 |
Label | Sub Pop [4] |
Producer | Conrad Uno [5] |
Mudhoney chronology | |
Singles from Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[8] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[10] |
MusicHound Rock | [11] |
NME | 8/10[12] |
Ox-Fanzine | [13] |
PopMatters | 8/10[14] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [15] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10[16] |
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the second studio album by American rock band Mudhoney.[3] [17] It was recorded at a time when the band was thinking of signing to a major record label, but decided to release the album on Sub Pop in 1991. The album shipped 50,000 copies on its original release.[18] It was credited with helping to keep Sub Pop in business.[19]
Guitarist Steve Turner has said that the album is his "favorite Mudhoney album as a whole."
There is an alternate version of "Check-Out Time" on the Let It Slide EP.
Production
[edit ]The album was recorded on low-quality tape via an 8-track desk.[20] It is named after a mnemonic used by music students to recall the notes (EGBDF) on the lines of the treble clef.
Critical reception
[edit ]Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Imagine the heaviest of Black Sabbath heavy metal, only somewhat speeded up and with added touches of humor, and you have a good approximation of the Mudhoney way of life."[21] Trouser Press wrote that "Conrad Uno’s dry 8-track production sharpens Mudhoney’s garage-rock edge — evident in Arm’s fuzzed-out vocals and a shared fondness for second-hand blues progressions — enough to stand apart from the watered-down metal of most flannel merchants, but they don’t go anywhere with it."[5] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "charming," writing that a "revitalized sense of hooks connect Mudhoney more directly back to '60s garage."[16]
Along with the band's debut EP Superfuzz Bigmuff , the album was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die , with reviewer Jason Chow calling it "a classic album, one of the best of the genre."[22]
Track listing
[edit ]All tracks are written by Mudhoney
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Generation Genocide" | 1:13 |
2. | "Let It Slide" | 2:35 |
3. | "Good Enough" | 3:25 |
4. | "Something So Clear" | 4:14 |
5. | "Thorn" | 2:10 |
6. | "Into the Drink" | 2:08 |
7. | "Broken Hands" | 6:02 |
8. | "Who You Drivin' Now?" | 2:21 |
9. | "Move Out" | 3:32 |
10. | "Shoot the Moon" | 2:27 |
11. | "Fuzzgun '91" | 1:52 |
12. | "Pokin' Around" | 3:30 |
13. | "Don't Fade IV" | 3:58 |
14. | "Check-Out Time" | 3:07 |
No. | Title | Origin | Length |
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1. | "March to Fuzz" | The Estrus Half-Rack, 1991 (*) | 2:20 |
2. | "Ounce of Deception" | "Let It Slide" single, 1991 | 1:50 |
3. | "Paperback Life" (alternate version) | "Let It Slide" single | 1:35 |
4. | "Fuzzbuster" | Nardwuar the Human Serviette Presents... Clam Chowder and Ice Vs Big Macs and Bombers, 1991 (*) | 1:56 |
5. | "Bushpusher Man" | Puget Power III, 1992 (*) | 2:25 |
6. | "Flowers for Industry" | Previously unreleased | 3:21 |
7. | "Thorn" (1st attempt) | "You're Gone" single, 1990 | 1:49 |
8. | "Overblown" | Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 1992 (*) | 2:59 |
9. | "March from Fuzz" | March to Fuzz , 2000 | 2:22 |
10. | "You're Gone" | Non-album single | 4:05 |
11. | "Something So Clear" (24-track demo) | Previously unreleased | 4:29 |
12. | "Bushpusher Man" (24-track demo) | Previously unreleased | 2:27 |
13. | "Pokin' Around" (24-track demo) | Previously unreleased | 4:00 |
14. | "Check-Out Time" (24-track demo) | Previously unreleased | 3:21 |
15. | "Generation Genocide" (24-track demo) | Previously unreleased | 2:44 |
- Releases marked with an asterik (*) are various artists compilation albums.
Personnel
[edit ]Adapted from the album liner notes.[23]
- Mudhoney
- Mark Arm – vocals, guitar, organ
- Steve Turner – guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
- Matt Lukin – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Peters – drums, backing vocals
- Technical
- Conrad Uno – producer, engineer
- Ed Fotheringham – cover art
Charts
[edit ]Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Official UK Charts | 34 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "50 Greatest Grunge Albums". Rolling Stone . April 1, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "The 30 Best Grunge Albums of All Time". Loudwire . May 24, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Mudhoney Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Sub Pop Records.
- ^ a b Sprague, Deborah; Robbins, Ira. "Mudhoney". Trouser Press . Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Let It Slide". Sub Pop. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. MUZE. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ Wyman, Bill (August 2, 1991). "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 794. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2.
- ^ Cameron, Keith (August 10, 1991). "Honey Monsters". NME . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ Hiller, Joachim (October 2021). "Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 2024年01月13日.
- ^ Garratt, John (2021年07月30日). "Mudhoney: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (30th Anniversary Edition)". PopMatters . Retrieved 2024年01月13日.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 566.
- ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 261–262.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 27, 2003. p. 706. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-62788-379-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ Waksman, Steve (February 4, 2009). This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. University of California Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-520-25310-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ Taylor, Steve (September 27, 2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ MerchantPro. "Mudhoney". Jaddrecords.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024年03月21日.
- ^ Dimery, Robert (2009). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Publishing Group, London. p. 664. ISBN 9781844036240.
- ^ Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (Media notes). Mudhoney. Sub Pop. 1991. SP105b.
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