Everybody Loves Sausages | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 30, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock [1] | |||
Length | 52:03 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Ipecac | |||
Producer | The Melvins | |||
Melvins chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Decibel Magazine | [2] |
The Skinny | [3] |
Sputnikmusic | 3.8/5 [4] |
Everybody Loves Sausages is an album of cover songs by the Melvins, released on April 30, 2013. [5] [6] [7] In similar fashion to The Crybaby it features guests on most of the tracks and even features the Melvins Lite on three tracks.
Three of the tracks had been previously released in splits. Black Betty previously appeared on a split 7-inch with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covering the same track. Female Trouble and Carpe Diem are featured on a split 12-inch with Redd Kross. A nine-part 7-inch Tribute series was released through Amphetamine Reptile Records between 2013 and 2015. Featuring ten songs from the album, seven of them featured bonus cover songs of each respective band.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "Warhead" | Anthony Bray, Jeffrey Dunn, Conrad Lant | Venom | 4:40 |
2. | "Best Friend" | John Deacon | Queen | 2:31 |
3. | "Black Betty" | Traditional, arranged by Huddie Ledbetter | Lead Belly | 1:47 |
4. | "Set It on Fire" | Kim Salmon | The Scientists | 2:36 |
5. | "Station to Station" | David Bowie | David Bowie | 11:20 |
6. | "Attitude" | Ray Davies | The Kinks | 3:32 |
7. | "Female Trouble" | John Waters | Divine | 3:10 |
8. | "Carpe Diem" | Tuli Kupferberg | The Fugs | 3:05 |
9. | "Timothy Leary Lives" | Pop-O-Pies | 2:03 | |
10. | "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" | Bryan Ferry | Roxy Music | 9:04 |
11. | "Romance" | Pat Stratford, Lyon Wong, Steve Hunt, Geoff Magner, Mike Hunter | Tales of Terror | 2:57 |
12. | "Art School" | Paul Weller | The Jam | 3:15 |
13. | "Heathen Earth" | Throbbing Gristle | 4:03 |
"Heathen Earth" is not actually a cover but an interpretation in the vein of Throbbing Gristle as there's no actual song by the band with that song title, just one of their albums. Osborne stated in an interview with Spin Magazine "This is Throbbing Gristle's Heathen Earth in the style of what Throbbing Gristle would do.".
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Set It on Fire (The Scientists)" | 2:37 |
2. | "Swampland (The Scientists)" | 4:20 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Warhead (Venom)" | 4:40 |
2. | "In League with Satan (Venom)" | 3:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Attitude (The Kinks)" | 3:32 |
2. | "Victoria (The Kinks)" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Timothy Leary Lives (Pop-O-Pies)" | 2:03 |
2. | "Romance (Tales of Terror)" | 2:57 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "In Every Dream Home a Heartache (Roxy Music)" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Station to Station (David Bowie)" | |
2. | "Breaking Glass (David Bowie)" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "You're My Best Friend (Queen)" | 2:31 |
2. | "Now I'm Here (Queen)" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Art School (The Jam)" | 3:15 |
2. | "Modern World (The Jam)" | |
3. | "Batman (Neal Hefti)" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Heathen Earth" | 4:03 |
2. | "Subhuman" | |
3. | "Hamburger Lady" |
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