Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the second studio album by American rock band Mudhoney.[3][12] It was recorded in 1991, at a time when the band was thinking of signing to a major record label, but decided to release the album on Sub Pop. The album shipped 50,000 copies on its original release.[13] It is credited with helping to keep Sub Pop in business.[14]

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Studio album by
Mudhoney
ReleasedJuly 26, 1991
Recorded1991
Genre
Length42:29
LabelSub Pop[4]
ProducerConrad Uno[5]
Mudhoney chronology
Mudhoney
(1989)		 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
(1991)		 Piece of Cake
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[8]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[9]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[11]

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.[15] 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."[8] 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."[11]

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."[16]

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
30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."March to Fuzz"2:20
2."Ounce of Deception"1:50
3."Paperback Life (Alternate Version)"1:35
4."Fuzzbuster"1:56
5."Bushpusher Man"2:25
6."Flowers for Industry"3:21
7."Thorn (1st Attempt)"1:49
8."Overblown" (From Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)2:59
9."March from Fuzz"2:22
10."You're Gone"4:05
11."Something So Clear (24 Track Demo)"4:29
12."Bushpusher Man (24 Track Demo)"2:27
13."Pokin' Around (24 Track Demo)"4:00
14."Check-Out Time (24 Track Demo)"3:21
15."Generation Genocide (24 Track Demo)"2:44

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Official UK Charts 34

References
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  2. "The 30 Best Grunge Albums of All Time". Loudwire. May 24, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  3. Deming, Mark. "Mudhoney Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  4. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Sub Pop Records.
  5. Sprague, Deborah; Robbins, Ira. "Mudhoney". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  6. Deming, Mark. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  7. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. MUZE. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  8. Wyman, Bill (August 2, 1991). "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 794. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2.
  10. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 566.
  11. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 261–262.
  12. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 27, 2003. p. 706. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6 – via Google Books.
  13. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-62788-379-5 – via Google Books.
  14. Waksman, Steve (February 4, 2009). This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. University of California Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-520-25310-0 – via Google Books.
  15. Taylor, Steve (September 27, 2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4 – via Google Books.
  16. Dimery, Robert (2009). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Publishing Group, London. p. 664. ISBN 9781844036240.
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