Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles

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Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles
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ReleasedOctober 25, 1990
Recorded1988–1989 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington
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Length43:25
Label Sub Pop
Producer Jack Endino
Mudhoney chronology
Mudhoney
(1989)
Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles
(1990)
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
(1991)
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Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles is a compilation album by the grunge band Mudhoney. The album contains the entire Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, the A-sides and B-sides of 2 singles, and 2 covers from split singles with Sonic Youth and The Dicks. It was released by Sub Pop Records in October 1990. The album is named after the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi and the Univox Super-Fuzz fuzzboxes, (the title also being a play on words) which gave the band their signature dirty sound.

In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Track listing

All tracks by Mudhoney unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Touch Me I'm Sick" – 2:35
  2. "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" – 3:46
  3. "Hate the Police" (The Dicks cover) – 2:08
  4. "Burn It Clean" – 3:00
  5. "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" – 2:53
  6. "Halloween" (Sonic Youth cover) – 6:12
  7. "No One Has" – 3:26
  8. "If I Think" – 3:37
  9. "In 'n' Out of Grace" – 5:28
  10. "Need" – 3:00
  11. "Chain That Door" – 1:51
  12. "Mudride" – 5:43

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References

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  2. "Superfuzz Bigmuff". PopMatters.