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Houdini is the fifth album by American sludge metal band Melvins, released in 1993 on Atlantic Records. The album was the band's major label debut after releasing their previous albums on the independent label Boner Records.
The album features a cover of the 1974 KISS song "Goin' Blind". The songs "Hooch" and "Honey Bucket" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. "Night Goat" is a re-recording of a song the band had released as a single in 1992. Kurt Cobain is given co-production credit alongside the Melvins on six tracks as well as credit for guitar on the song "Sky Pup" and percussion on the song "Spread Eagle Beagle".
In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series, as well as at San Miguel Primavera Sound in 2007. Another live performance of the album was released as A Live History of Gluttony and Lust in 2006.
Though the album's liner notes list Lorax as the band's bassist, she does not appear to have played on the album at all. Says Osborne: "This album is mostly just me and Dale Crover. Either I played bass or he did on almost all of it regardless of what the credits say…"[2]
The album's cover art features an illustration of a two-headed puppy by graphic designer Frank Kozik.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by the Melvins unless otherwise noted.
| 1. |
"Hooch" |
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2:51 |
| 2. |
"Night Goat" |
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4:41 |
| 3. |
"Lizzy" |
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4:43 |
| 4. |
"Going Blind" |
Simmons, Coronel |
4:32 |
| 5. |
"Honey Bucket" |
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3:01 |
| 6. |
"Hag Me" |
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7:06 |
| 7. |
"Set Me Straight" |
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2:25 |
| 8. |
"Sky Pup" |
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3:50 |
| 9. |
"Joan of Arc" |
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3:36 |
| 10. |
"Teet" |
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2:51 |
| 11. |
"Copache" |
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2:07 |
| 12. |
"Pearl Bomb" |
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2:45 |
| 13. |
"Spread Eagle Beagle" |
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10:13 |
Some vinyl copies include a cover of "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)", originally by the MC5, instead of "Spread Eagle Beagle". A Japanese CD release (catalog# AMCY-625) also contains "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)" as the 14th track at the end of the disc, coming after "Spread Eagle Beagle".
[edit] Personnel
- The Melvins - Producer, Mixing
- Billy Anderson - Engineer, Bass on tracks 6 and 10, Mixing
- Wolf Kesseler - Second Engineer
- GGGarth Richardson - Mixing
- Joe Marquez - Second Engineer
- Kurt Cobain - Producer tracks 1, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13, Guitar on track 8, additional percussion on track 1 and 13
- Jonathan Burnside - Engineer
- Lou Oribin - Engineer
- Tom Doty - Second Engineer
- Barrett Jones - Engineer
- Bill Bartell - Bass and Lead Guitar on track 4
- Al Smith - additional percussion on track 13, A&R
- Mike Supple - additional percussion on track 13
- Stephanie Wells - David Lefkowitz Management
- Elliot Cahn - Legal Beagles
- Jeff Saltzman - Legal Beagles
- Peter Davis - Booking
- Don Lewis - Band Photo
- Frank Kozik - Art Direction, Illustration
- Valerie Wagner - Art Direction, Design
- Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
[edit] Charts
Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1993 |
Heatseekers |
29 |
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