Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.jpg
Studio album by
Mudhoney
ReleasedJuly 26, 1991
RecordedSpring 1991
StudioEgg Studios
Genre
Length42:29
Label Sub Pop [4]
Producer Conrad Uno [5]
Mudhoney chronology
Mudhoney
(1989)		Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
(1991)		 Piece of Cake
(1992)
Singles from Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
  1. "Let It Slide"
    Released: June 1991 [6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Entertainment Weekly B− [10]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME 8/10 [12]
Ox-Fanzine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]
PopMatters 8/10 [14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

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

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

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

All tracks are written by Mudhoney

No.TitleLength
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
2021 30th anniversary deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleOriginLength
1."March to Fuzz"The Estrus Half-Rack, 1991 (*)2:20
2."Ounce of Deception""Let It Slide" single, 19911:50
3."Paperback Life" (alternate version)"Let It Slide" single1:35
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 unreleased3:21
7."Thorn" (1st attempt)"You're Gone" single, 19901:49
8."Overblown" Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 1992 (*)2:59
9."March from Fuzz" March to Fuzz , 20002:22
10."You're Gone"Non-album single4:05
11."Something So Clear" (24-track demo)Previously unreleased4:29
12."Bushpusher Man" (24-track demo)Previously unreleased2:27
13."Pokin' Around" (24-track demo)Previously unreleased4:00
14."Check-Out Time" (24-track demo)Previously unreleased3:21
15."Generation Genocide" (24-track demo)Previously unreleased2:44

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [23]

Mudhoney
Technical

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Official UK Charts34

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