Mudhoney (album) explained

Mudhoney
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mudhoney
Cover:	Mudhoney album cover.jpg
Released:	November 1, 1989
Recorded:	July 1989
Studio:	Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington
Length:	37:32
Label:	Sub Pop (US)Glitterhouse Records (Europe)
Producer:	Jack Endino, Mudhoney
Prev Title:	Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Next Year:	1991

Mudhoney is the debut studio album by American rock band Mudhoney, released in 1989.^{[1] [2]} It was their first LP after several singles and two EPs (Superfuzz Bigmuff and Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth).

The instrumental song "Magnolia Caboose Babyshit" is a cover of "Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger" by Blue Cheer, but the song is still credited to Mudhoney. The album, when bought as a new vinyl record, is also packaged with a poster of the band (Photo by Michael Lavine). The poster features the band in a blue filter and says "Mudhoney. The album is out." as well as the SubPop and Au Go Go logos.

Critical reception

In 2009, BBC Music noted that "the manic, macabre garage-rock contortions of their debut album remain a scuzzed-up, sleazy and subterranean treasure."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mudhoney, except where noted.

1. "This Gift" – 3:34
2. "Flat Out Fucked" – 2:15
3. "Get Into Yours" – 3:50
4. "You Got It" – 2:50
5. "Magnolia Caboose Babyshit" – 1:07
6. "Come to Mind" – 4:52
7. "Here Comes Sickness" – 3:41
8. "Running Loaded" – 2:50
9. "The Farther I Go" – 2:07
10. "By Her Own Hand" – 3:16
11. "When Tomorrow Hits" – 2:39
12. "Dead Love" – 4:27

2009 Japanese CD reissue bonus tracks

13. "Revolution" (Pete Kember) – 4:47
14. "Baby Help Me Forget" (Mr. Epp) – 2:30

• Tracks 13 and 14 are B-sides from the "This Gift" single.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[4]

• Mark Arm - guitar, vocals
• Steve Turner - guitar, vocals
• Matt Lukin - bass guitar, vocals
• Dan Peters - drums, vocals

Production personnel

• Jack Endino - engineering
• Jane Higgins - album cover design
• Michael Lavine - album cover photography

Notes and References

1. News: Boss . Kit . Young, Loud and Snotty . The Seattle Times . August 24, 1989 . F1.
2. Book: Cameron . Keith . Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury from Seattle . 2014 . Voyageur Press . 120.
3. Web site: Chick. Stevie. Mudhoney: 'Mudhoney' review. BBC Music. 2024-08-25.
4. Mudhoney . . 1989. Sub Pop. sp44.
5. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980-1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . September 5, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125743/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/m.htm . June 6, 2011 .