Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Pretty underrated in the grander arc of grunge, and almost underrated in Mudhoney's discography. I know it's considered one of their best full lengths, but anymore I just hear people talk about Superfuzz Big Muff. And admittedly, that album is excellent. It's basically 25 odd perfect minutes of grunge, wildly influential and with production that makes it sound like an absolute grease fire. This still has some of the most creative noisy feedback, but I will say the sound here is a little toned back. But that isn't really to say this is much worse for it. The sound here has something indie-esque, almost breezy to it. Even the heaviest moments here have a nimble-ness that sits in sharp contrast to the caveman stomp of SuperFuzz Big Muff. I also wouldn't say the indie aspect of this is at all generic either, there's just a really odd kind of jangle here. I honestly find this album incredibly distinct, just as distinct as Superfuzz. Something like Let It Slide could have fit in there, but just the next song, Good Enough, has this strange infectious, airy little groove to it that makes the song live in a world all it's own when dragged into the soil by the stubbornly thick vocals. Honestly, Superfuzz is probably still a better release, but that's just because it's incredible brevity allows it to be almost supernaturally tight. A full length like this has just a little more wiggle room for error. But above all, I think Mudhoney is super underrated now. They had a little belt there where they just wouldn't stop pushing grunge into weird new places, and putting out fantastic new music while doing it.

Pretty exhausting for early in the morning. I like grunge and alternative rock. But this album didn't win me over at all. It was raw and gritty, but not much else besides that. "Good Enough" was good enough. The rest was pretty mind-numbing. 2/5

Occasionally a good riff or tune here and there, really love the energy but generally too messy for me to truly love.

'They own you to the grave / Nobody's here to stay.' There's heavy heavy & then there's light heavy - Mudhoney's second record is a very, very good instance of the latter. What this means is that Mudhoney has moved away from grunge, which is saying something b/c Superfuzz Bigmuff was already a punkier grunge than would be exhibited by Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, & Pearl Jam. But Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is e'en lighter & e'en faster than their first EP - & it works brilliantly well. 'I lose my bank of memory / How did we e'er get on?' Tracks that take on a slower tempo, like 'Broken Hands,' are ballads rather than slow-burning depressive cases that you'd get from other grungers. +, the harmonica-use is fucking killer.

This started out very promisingly with some fat, dirty, fuzzy riffage which got my head bopping, as well as some interesting angular instrumentation, but by around the album's halfway point I'd just had enough of the vocals and the fairly samey sounding tones throughout. I hung on hoping I'd manage to get back into it, but come the end it felt every bit of its 42 minutes.

This is definitely more of a punk record than a grunge record. I would say that this has more in common with later pop punk like Offspring, Green Day, Blink 182 than it does with Nirvana or Soundgarden. I suppose that I could see this branching off towards grunge in one direction and pop punk in the other. It's a decent record, though I don't think there is anything on it that really stands out. I liked a few songs here and there but only saved one or two. I would have loved to have seen Mudhoney live back in the day, I bet they put on a great performance.
Overall, I think this is a good record and one that deserves to be on the list. I wouldn't seek it out but definitely wouldn't say no if someone wanted to throw it on. 3.5/5

Das Album klingt wie eine Garage, die man nie aufräumt – charmant, aber eben auch chaotisch. Die Energie stimmt, die Riffs sind bissig, doch vieles verschwimmt im gleichen, schrammeligen Grundton.

This is one of those albums where the songs would work great set to video but individually are just very generic and you can't really remember any of them in particular

I have heard a lot about Mudhoney (I'm a Nirvana fan), but I've never listened before. This was what I expected: dirty punk/grunge music. And I did like it a lot because it's similar to what I listen to normally. The guitar tones were a perfect grunge mix and the drums were hard-hitting. The random harmonica on some songs took me out of it, though.

meh

When it comes to early 1990s US indie/grunge, it can be a fine line between 'we don't want to be corporate sellouts' and 'we're shambling and self-indulgent on purpose, take that David Geffen!' So, the fact that the Wikipedia entry treats it like a badge of honour that Mudhoney didn't go with a major label for this didn't fill me with confidence. I ended up liking it though - I feel like if they had wanted to sellout, there would have been actual buyers, which isn't always the case.

Wacht... Waarom zijn dit precies 'pioniers' in grunge? Alles wat ik hoor is een vrij oppervlakkig en soms saaiig rockalbum dat slechts enkele weken uit is gekomen voor beide Nevermind en Ten.

Even los van mijn duidelijk te hoge verwachtingen door alles wat ik over dit album kon vinden, staan er wel aardige nummertjes op deze plaat. Vooral de wat meer punky tracks, zoals Thorn, zijn wel cool.

I was expecting grunge but what I got seemed very alt – rock, post punk and I really liked it. It just seems so amiable and other reviewers have called it charming, and although that seems strange for a grunge band, I can relate to it. The band does just what they have to do and do it well without bells and whistles. High 3.

It’s summer, it’s hot, you’re on the highway headed to another town for a punk show with all the windows rolled down. Trash that’s been hiding in every nook of the car is now swirling around and getting sucked out the windows. This album is in the cassette deck playing at full volume. Everyone is bouncing in their seats. I have nostalgia for this but I probably won’t be spinning this too often.

This is sick, don't really follow the grunge classification other than being from Seattle but ngl I've never understood how all those bands relate anyways

Couldn't get through it. Too annoying

Really great alt and early grunge album.

Not the worst thing ever. This album is actually pretty good at times, but it really doesn't do anything exceptionally well.

I get the spot this holds in the Seattle rock scene, it’s got that messy garage punk vibe and plenty of fuzzy riffs. Parts of it are fun and definitely nail that DIY '90s aesthetic, but overall, most of the songs just kind of blend together for me. It ends up feeling more like background noise than a standout record.

Compared to earlier stuff like Superfuzz Bigmuff, this just doesn't have the same bite. It’s cool to hear the raw, dirty sound that helped build that scene, but it lacks the real energy. It’s decent enough, but compared to the heavy hitters of that era it just feels a bit flat and forgettable.

I was interested at the beginning, but then it turned into mumblerock.