Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut album and first major release by the Seattlegrunge band Mudhoney. It was released on October 20, 1988, through record label Sub Pop. The album was later re-released in 1990 in Europe in the form of Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles.
The cover artwork is a photograph of frontman Mark Arm (left) and guitarist Steve Turner (right) performing live by photographer Charles Peterson. Other artwork on the album includes more photos of the band performing and them posing topless.[1]
Guitarist Turner also considered it to be Mudhoney's first official studio album, despite it being an EP initially.[2]
Song information
"In 'n' Out of Grace" opens with a sample of the eulogy from Peter Fonda's character in the 1966 movie The Wild Angels, saying "We wanna be free to do what we wanna do…"; a similar sample was later used on Primal Scream's song "Loaded", and also a refraining soundbite and quote in the 2013 film The World's End.
During initial release, the EP sold incredibly poorly (even by Sub Pop standards)[citation needed]; however, it has since been acknowledged as one of the seminal records of the Seattle scene. In mid-2008 the EP charted at #25 on the UK Indie Album Chart, a peak for the EP, twenty years after its release.
Along with Mudhoney's second album Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, it was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In its review, Jamie Gonzalo called it "sexy, smart, humorous and hard", as well as writing "[Mudhoney] emerged from the underground with this mischievous workout, achieving tense and dramatic musical structures with Turner's scalping guitars, Mark Arm's angry vocals, Matt Lukin's mighty bass and Dan Peters' propulsive drums."[13]Kurt Cobain listed the EP in his top fifty albums of all time.[14][15]
"You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" (8-track version)
B-side of "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)", 1989
2:55
13.
"Burn It Clean"
B-side of "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
2:58
14.
"Halloween"
Sonic Youth
Split single with Sonic Youth
6:12
15.
"Need" (demo)
3:23
16.
"Mudride" (demo)
6:03
17.
"In 'n' Out of Grace" (demo)
4:53
Tracks 15–17 recorded April–May 1988, mixed November 2007 by Johnny Sangster.
Releases marked with an asterik (*) are various artists compilation albums.
Disc 2
No.
Title
Length
1.
"No One Has" (live)
3:59
2.
"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" (live)
3:45
3.
"Need" (live)
2:47
4.
"Chain That Door" (live)
1:59
5.
"If I Think" (live)
3:18
6.
"Mudride" (live)
6:20
7.
"Here Comes the Sickness" (live)
4:12
8.
"Touch Me I'm Sick" (live)
2:51
9.
"In 'n' Out of Grace" (live)
6:55
10.
"Mudride" (live)
5:34
11.
"Here Comes the Sickness" (live)
4:10
12.
"No One Has" (live)
3:32
13.
"By Her Own Hand" (live)
3:32
14.
"Touch Me I'm Sick" (live)
3:14
15.
"Dead Love" (live)
14:18
Tracks 1–9 recorded live at the Metropol in Berlin, 10 October 1988, and tracks 10–15 broadcast live at KCSB-FM, Santa Barbara, 16 November 1988. Tracks 1–9 mixed November 2007 by Johnny Sangster.
^Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles (Media notes). Mudhoney. Sub Pop. 1990. SP21b.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ abSuperfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition) (Media notes). Mudhoney. Sub Pop. 2008. SPCD 773.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
