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Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP and first major release by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney. It was released on October 20, 1988 through record label Sub Pop. The album was later re-released in 1990 in the form of Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

EP by

Mudhoney

Released

October 20, 1988

Recorded

July 22–24, August 6, 15, 21, 25 and September 29, 1988

Studio

Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington

Genre

Grunge
garage punk

Length

22:25

Label

Sub Pop (USA)
Au Go Go (Australia)
Glitterhouse (Germany)

Producer

Jack Endino

Mudhoney chronology

Superfuzz Bigmuff
(1988)

Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth
(1989)

Album information

The album was named after two of the band's favorite guitar effects pedals: the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which helped to provide the band's signature "dirty" sound.

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]

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…"; the same sample was later used on Primal Scream's song "Loaded".[2]

Reception and legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Mojo	[3]
Pitchfork	9.1/10[4]
PopMatters	9/10[5]
Record Collector	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[8]
Uncut	[9]

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."[10] Kurt Cobain listed the EP in his top fifty albums of all time.[11][12] Guitarist Turner also considered it to be Mudhoney's first official studio album, despite it being an EP initially.[13]

Track listing

Original Release (1988)

All tracks are written by Mudhoney[14].

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Need"	3:01
2.	"Chain That Door"	1:51
3.	"Mudride"	5:43
4.	"No One Has"	3:26
5.	"If I Think"	3:37
6.	"In 'n' Out of Grace"	5:28
Total length:		22:25

Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles (1990)

All tracks are written by Mudhoney except where noted[15].

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Touch Me I'm Sick"	2:35
2.	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More"	3:46
3.	"Hate the Police" (Dicks)	2:08
4.	"Burn It Clean"	3:00
5.	"You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)"	2:53
6.	"Halloween" (Sonic Youth)	6:12
7.	"No One Has"	3:26
8.	"If I Think"	3:37
9.	"In 'n' Out of Grace"	5:28
10.	"Need"	3:00
11.	"Chain That Door"	1:51
12.	"Mudride"	5:43
Total length:		43:39

Deluxe Edition (2008)

All tracks are written by Mudhoney except where noted[16].

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Touch Me I'm Sick"	2:35
2.	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More"	3:46
3.	"Twenty Four"	2:46
4.	"Need"	3:01
5.	"Chain That Door"	1:51
6.	"Mudride"	5:43
7.	"No One Has"	3:26
8.	"If I Think"	3:37
9.	"In 'n' Out of Grace"	5:28
10.	"The Rose" (Amanda McBroom)	4:04
11.	"Hate the Police" (Dicks)	2:09
12.	"You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)"	2:55
13.	"Burn It Clean"	2:58
14.	"Halloween" (Sonic Youth)	6:12
15.	"Need (Demo)"	3:23
16.	"Mudride (Demo)"	6:03
17.	"In 'n' Out of Grace (Demo)"	4:53

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No One Has"	3:59
2.	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More"	3:45
3.	"Need"	2:47
4.	"Chain That Door"	1:59
5.	"If I Think"	3:18
6.	"Mudride"	6:20
7.	"Here Comes the Sickness"	4:12
8.	"Touch Me I'm Sick"	2:51
9.	"In 'n' Out of Grace"	6:55
10.	"Mudride"	5:34
11.	"Here Comes the Sickness"	4:10
12.	"No One Has"	3:32
13.	"By Her Own Hand"	3:32
14.	"Touch Me I'm Sick"	3:14
15.	"Dead Love"	14:18

On Disc 2, tracks 1–9 are live in Berlin, 10 October 1988, and tracks 10–15 are live on KCSB-FM, Santa Barbara, 16 November 1988.

Personnel

Mudhoney

Mark Arm – vocals, guitar
Steve Turner – guitar, backing vocals
Matt Lukin – bass
Dan Peters – drums

Technical personnel

Jack Endino – producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[17]	3

References

Superfuzz....liner notes
Screamadelica#Musicology and samples
"Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff". Mojo: 120. Grunge pathfinders, their six-track mini-LP still sounds wild 20 years on...
Masters, Marc (May 20, 2008). "Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe Edition / The Lucky Ones". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
Ranta, Alan (May 29, 2008). "Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff". PopMatters. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
"Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff". Record Collector: 100. [I]t sounds as mighty as ever...
Kot, Greg (2004). "Mudhoney". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 566. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
"Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff". Uncut: 104. When it was first released Superfuzz... came out of nowhere and blindsided you. Now, even though the references may be a little more identifiable, it still hits like a force of nature.
Dimery, Robert (2009). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Publishing Group, London. p. 589. ISBN 9781844036240. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
"Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Steve Turner Ranks the Band's 10 Albums". Retrieved October 30, 2020.
http://www.discogs.com/Mudhoney-Superfuzz-Bigmuff/release/833064 Superfuzz Bigmuff Original Track listing Discogs
http://www.discogs.com/Mudhoney-Superfuzz-Bigmuff-Plus-Early-Singles/master/30019 Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Singles Track listing Discogs
http://www.discogs.com/Mudhoney-Superfuzz-Bigmuff/release/1698667 Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe Track listing Discogs
Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

Superfuzz Bigmuff (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)

v t e Mudhoney
Mark Arm Steve Turner Dan Peters Guy Maddison Matt Lukin Wayne Kramer Steve Dukich
Studio albums	Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Piece of Cake My Brother the Cow Tomorrow Hit Today Since We've Become Translucent Under a Billion Suns The Lucky Ones Vanishing Point Digital Garbage
EPs	Superfuzz Bigmuff Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew
Live & compilations	Live Mud Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles March to Fuzz Here Comes Sickness: The Best of the BBC
Singles	"Touch Me I'm Sick" "Touch Me I'm Sick"/"Halloween" "Hate the Police" "Suck You Dry"
Related articles	Discography Hype! Green River

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Superfuzz Bigmuff es el EP debut del la banda grunge de Seattle Mudhoney. Fue lanzado en octubre de 1988 a través de sello discográfico Sub Pop. Las canciones más tarde aparecieron en su compilado de 1990 Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles.

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Superfuzz Bigmuff — дебютный мини-альбом американской гранж-группы Mudhoney, вышедший в октябре 1988 года на лейбле Sub Pop. В 1990 году на сборнике Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles были повторно выпущены все песни с этого мини-альбома.

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