Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Studio album by Mudhoney
Released	July 26, 1991
Recorded	Spring 1991
Studio	Egg Studios
Genre	Grunge [1] [2] garage punk [3]
Length	42:29
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
"Let It Slide" Released: June 1991 [6]

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Origin	Length
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, 1990	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

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

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Official UK Charts	34

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