The Bootlicker

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The Bootlicker
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Studio album by
Melvins
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999
RecordedJanuary 1999
Genre
Length39:59
Label Ipecac [1]
Producer Melvins, Tim Green
Melvins chronology
The Maggot
(1999)		The Bootlicker
(1999)		 The Crybaby
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Bootlicker is the eleventh studio album by the Melvins, released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings. [4] [5] The album is the second part of a trilogy preceded by The Maggot and followed by The Crybaby . [5] [6] The trilogy was later released on vinyl by Ipecac (The Trilogy Vinyl, IPC-011, February 7, 2000).

Contents

Production

The Bootlicker was conceived as a more pop-oriented album; The Maggot was marked by a traditional Melvins metal sound, while The Crybaby featured many guest appearances. [7]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "While The Maggot offers more familiar-sounding, metal-tinged sludge, The Bootlicker is a musically richer collection with rock, funk and jazz underpinnings." [5] The Riverfront Times called The Bootlicker "one of the best rock albums of the year: truly beautiful and intelligently (but not pretentiously) presented." [8] Tucson Weekly called it "subdued, dark and kind of pop-y sounding in spots." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buzz Osborne

The Bootlicker track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Toy"1:09
2."Let It All Be"10:48
3."Black Santa"3:41
4."We We"0:57
5."Up the Dumper"2:23
6."Mary Lady Bobby Kins"3:37
7."Jew Boy Flower Head"6:06
8."Lone Rose Holding Now"2:23
9."Prig"8:47

Personnel

with

Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Ipecac Recordings - Melvins". ipecac.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. The Bootlicker at AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 700.
  4. ↑ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 20, 2003. ISBN   9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 3 "Not Quite Nirvana". Los Angeles Times. August 28, 1999. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ Vivinetto, Gina. "The Melvins: Underground to stay". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ Reger, Rick (July 16, 1999). "The Melvins Travel the Spaceways". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  8. ↑ Roberts, Randall. "The Melvins". Riverfront Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Bally, Ron (August 23, 1999). "Music: Pell-Melvins". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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