Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the second studio album by the grunge band Mudhoney.[9][10] 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.[11] It is credited with helping to keep Sub Pop in business.[12]

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Studio album by
Mudhoney
ReleasedJuly 26, 1991
Recorded1991
Genre
Length42:29
LabelSub Pop[1]
ProducerConrad Uno[2]
Mudhoney chronology
Mudhoney
(1989)		 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
(1991)		 Piece of Cake
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[8]

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.[13] 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."[5] 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."[2] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "charming," writing that a "revitalized sense of hooks connect Mudhoney more directly back to '60s garage."[8]

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."[14]

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

Personnel

Album charts
Year Album Chart Position
1991 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Official UK Charts No. 34

References
  1. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Sub Pop Records.
  2. "Mudhoney". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney". AllMusic.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 59.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". EW.com.
  6. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 794.
  7. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 566.
  8. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 261–262.
  9. "Mudhoney | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. November 27, 2003 – via Google Books.
  11. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). "Gimme Indie Rock". Voyageur Press – via Google Books.
  12. Waksman, Steve (February 4, 2009). "This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  13. Taylor, Steve (September 27, 2006). "The A to X of Alternative Music". A&C Black – via Google Books.
  14. Dimery, Robert (2009). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Publishing Group, London. p. 664. ISBN 9781844036240. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
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