Mudhoney Albums Ranked

Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Mudhoney’s members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters. Original bassist Matt Lukin left the band in 1999.
Mudhoney’s early releases on the Sub Pop label, particularly their debut single “Touch Me I’m Sick” and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were massively influential on the Seattle music scene. More than almost any other release of the era they inspired the dirty, high-distortion sound that would become grunge. Later on, Mudhoney also mixed heavy blues rock and punk rock into their sound at various stages. Although the band has found little commercial success during its long career, which has yielded ten studio albums, it has inspired countless grunge and alternative rock musicians.  Here are all of Mudhoney’s albums ranked.

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11. Under a Billion Suns (2006)

“Under A Billion Sun’s is what pop music should sound like today. Catchy well written songs with depth and a great amount of musicianship. Something sorely missing from popular music that’s being released these days. Add a great sounding production and some satirically humorous lyrics and you have one of this years best releases.”

10. The Lucky Ones (2008)

“The Lucky Ones is sort of a transitional album between Under A Billion Suns and Vanishing Point. It uses just about none of the horns that were on their previous two albums. They started to get back to their roots with this one, and they completed that journey on their next one. A good album in any case.”

9. Until…. (2011)

“Fantastic album. Mark Arm sings and yells with every bit of drunken-sounding energy that he did on the Green River album. I love this one almost as much as that one, in fact. I was in high school when grunge became the next big thing, yet for some reason I had not heard about these guys until much later. I would have loved this album then, too. Better late than never, I suppose.”

8. Since We’ve Become Translucent (2002)

“‘Translucent’ has gotten a bad rap in many reviews. While this album is different than other Mudhoney albums, I think it shows growth with the horns in multiple songs. The first song ‘Can you dig the light’ reminds of acid jazz fusion like the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and songs ‘Inside Job’ and ‘the Straight Life’ are instant classics. I say dust it off again and revise the thinking, this one is great!”

7. Head On The Curb (2011)

“Head on the Curb is an interesting pile of unreleased Mudhoney tracks from their Reprise years. It’s pressed on really nice 180 gram vinyl. The sleeve is really heavy duty and features high-contrast versions of Charles Peterson’s pictures of the group covered in mud.”

6. Vanishing Point (2013)

“It’s funny how a grunge band can benefit from near-pristeen recording; it sound like you are right in front of them, and the soundman is very good. Love these guys forever, as they make me dance, laugh and wanna go in the garage and turn up my amp. Nice and short, also, like a garage-band should do it.”

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5. Tomorrow Hit Today (1998)

“This album came out after Soundgarden broke up, after Alice in Chains kinda faded away and disappeared for a long time, and well after Kurt Cobain died (which is when many people say that grunge itself died). Mudhoney (and Pearl Jam) kept the Seattle fires burning. Unfortunately these guys never got the success or credit they deserved, but they never seemed to mind. I saw an interview with them where Mark Arm said that they didn’t care what was going on in the music scene around them- they were happy to still be doing their thing and didn’t mind that they were not the richest or most well-known band. This album was a nice “throwback” to a happier era, released at a time when nu-metal was getting popular (for some reason I’ll never really understand). Mudhoney proved they still had it. Tomorrow Hit Today may not be as flat-out wild as their early albums, but it is good nonetheless.”

4. My Brother the Cow (1995)

“This album is just brilliant and ingeniously played. Man, I can’t describe how good the riffs are on Execution Style or on 1995. I hate the last track, because this cost me watching the Steve Wilko’s show. I hate that this band named the title’s its title. Not up there exactly with Pearl Jam, put really great at the angry, fierce direction. Every track gets a 10, except the last one, 9.5.”

3. Piece of Cake (1992)

“This album has some of the best songs for them. NO END IN SIGHT,MAKE IT NOW,WHEN IN ROME,BLINDING SUN,THIRTEENTH FLOOR,I’M SPUN,TAKE ME THERE & LIVING WRECK.Those songs will top any of the other songs on another album but Every good boy deserves fudge is one their best work as well.BUY IT IT’S ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS”

2. Mudhoney (1989)

“Fantastic album. Mark Arm sings and yells with every bit of drunken-sounding energy that he did on the Green River album. I love this one almost as much as that one, in fact. I was in high school when grunge became the next big thing, yet for some reason I had not heard about these guys until much later. I would have loved this album then, too. Better late than never, I suppose.”

1.Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)

“*Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge* is the archetypal grunge record; it was a minimalist “reboot” of hard rock that perfectly captured a moment, really too perfectly for Big Sales (this was Mudhoney’s last record for Seattle’s Sub Pop; they would go on to see disappointing returns on Reprise). With a cover by famed illustrator Ed Fotheringham and important sonic discipline from Seattle’s premier recording engineer Conrad Uno, Mudhoney were ready to make the most of a “regional” paradigm that had evolved equally out of punk rock and heavy metal and after a brief preamble they start to set down undeniable track after undeniable track with “Let It Slide”.”