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(A) Senile Animal
(A) Senile Animal is a Melvins album released on 10 October 2006 on Ipecac Recordings. It is the band's fifteenth album, and it arrived after bassist Kevin Rutmanis left. The two remaining Melvins joined forces with Big Business, a duo made up of Jared Warren on bass and Coady Willis on drums.
That merger is what makes the record stand out in the band's story. With two drummers and a new bassist alongside the founding pair, the Melvins moved into a fresh phase, and the record sits comfortably within their blend of sludge metal, stoner rock and alternative rock. It follows Sieg Howdy! from 2005 and comes before Nude With Boots in 2008, so it is a good place to hear the band in transition and in full flow.
(A) Senile Animal: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 41:20Tracklist
- 1The Talking Horse2:40
- 2Blood Witch2:45
- 3Civilized Worm5:57
- 4A History of Drunks2:20
- 5Rat Faced Granny2:41
- 6The Hawk2:35
- 7You've Never Been RightBuzz Osborne2:30
- 8A History of Bad MenBuzz Osborne6:43
- 9The Mechanical Bride6:26
- 10A Vast Filthy Prison6:45
- Produced by
- Melvins
- Recorded at
- Westbeach Recorders (Hollywood)
- Recorded
- 1–14 July 2006
- Mixed by
- Toshi Kasai
- Engineered by
- Toshi Kasai
- Labels
- Ipecac Recordings, Ipecac
- Length
- 41:20
Line-up
- King Buzzo · guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover · drums (drum set), vocals
- Jared Warren · bass, vocals
- Coady Willis · drums (drum set), vocals
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2021 | 25 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
40.8
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
2.1k
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14k
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133
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 10 October 2006 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 10 October 2006 | |
| Wikidata | 10 October 2006 | |
| US release | 10 October 2006 | earliest US date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230008224 | other |
| 10 October 2006 | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230008224 | original |
| 25 June 2021 | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230022831 | other |
| 2022 | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230022817 | other |
| — | — | — | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · native: native 1800x1800
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| coverartarchive | 1637×1349 | rejected |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |