Chicken Switch

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Chicken Switch
Melvins Chicken Switch cover.jpg
Remix album by
Melvins and Various Artists
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009
Genre Sludge metal, experimental, noise, plunderphonics
Label Ipecac
Melvins chronology
Live from London 2006
(2008)
Chicken Switch
(2009)
The Bride Screamed Murder
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Drowned In Sound (6/10) [2]
Fangoria Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [4]

Chicken Switch is a Melvins remix album by various noise and experimental artists, released on September 29, 2009. [5] Unlike usual remix albums where the remixer is given a single track to work with, for Chicken Switch each remixer was given a full album to work with and pull from to create their track (and in some cases, more than one full album was used as source material). The song names were also newly selected by their remixer.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Washmachine Sk8tronics - Eye Yamatsuka
  2. Emperor Twaddle Reemix - Christoph Heemann
  3. She Chokes Her Dying Breath and Does It In my Face - V/Vm
  4. AAHHH... - John Duncan
  5. Linkshänder - Matmos
  6. EggNog Trilogy i) She's Ivanhoe ii) Cancer iii) Inebriated - Lee Ranaldo
  7. SNOW REM REM IBVZ - Merzbow
  8. Prick Concrete/Revolution M - David Scott Stone
  9. Queen (Electroclash Remix) - The Panacea
  10. The Silky Apple Butter of Youth - Sunroof!
  11. 4th Floor Hellcopter - Kawabata Makoto
  12. disp_tx_skel_mach_murx - Farmers Manual
  13. Overgoat - Void Manes
  14. Over from Under the Dog, Girl & Boy Treatment - RLW
  15. Hard Revenge Milly Bloody Battle VS. The Melvins Ozmatized Gore Police (Feat. Cardopusher of the Five Deadly Venoms) - Speedranch
  16. Punch the Limo - Hiro Noodles (mp3 bonus track)

Albums chosen for remixes

  1. Washmachine Sk8tronics - Hostile Ambient Takeover
  2. Emperor Twaddle Reemix - Honky
  3. She Chokes Her Dying Breath and Does It In my Face - 26 Songs
  4. AAHHH... - Lysol, The Bootlicker
  5. Linkshänder - Gluey Porch Treatments
  6. EggNog Trilogy i) She's Ivanhoe ii) Cancer iii) Inebriated - Eggnog
  7. SNOW REM REM IBVZ - Stag
  8. Prick Concrete/Revolution M - Prick
  9. Queen (Electroclash Remix) - Stoner Witch
  10. The Silky Apple Butter of Youth - Ozma
  11. 4th Floor Hellcopter - Bullhead
  12. disp_tx_skel_mach_murx - Gluey Porch Treatments
  13. Overgoat - Houdini, Prick, Stag, Ozma, Hostile Ambient Takeover
  14. Over from Under the Dog, Girl & Boy Treatment - Gluey Porch Treatments
  15. Hard Revenge Milly Bloody Battle VS. The Melvins Ozmatized Gore Police (Feat. Cardopusher of the Five Deadly Venoms) - Ozma
  16. Punch the Limo (Mp3 Only) - King Buzzo EP, Hostile Ambient Takeover, and other albums

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Drowned In Sound review". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
  3. Fangoria review Archived November 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Pitchfork Media review
  5. "Melvins Set To Release "Chicken Switch" Remix". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2009.