Album
Freak Puke
Freak Puke is a sludge metal album from the Melvins, released on 5 June 2012 through Ipecac Recordings. It came out under the name Melvins Lite, one of the band's alternate line-ups, and it was the first record to feature Trevor Dunn playing standup bass.
That change of instrument is what sets it apart. The Melvins had been making albums since Gluey Porch Treatments in 1987, and Freak Puke arrived between The Bride Screamed Murder and Everybody Loves Sausages. Swapping the usual electric bass for something upright and acoustic gives a band known for heaviness a different footing. If you know the Melvins mainly through their louder, denser records, this is a good one for hearing how far they will bend their own sound.
Freak Puke: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 42:19Tracklist
- 1Mr. Rip OffMelvins5:52
- 2Inner Ear RuptureMelvins1:57
- 3Baby, Won't You Weird Me OutMelvins3:51
- 4Worm Farm WaltzMelvins3:55
- 5A Growing DisgustMelvins4:28
- 6Leon Versus the RevolutionMelvins2:47
- 7Holy BarbariansMelvins2:32
- 8Freak PukeMelvins2:47
- 9Let Me Roll ItPaul McCartney and Linda McCartney4:31
- 10Tommy Goes BerserkMelvins9:40
- Produced by
- Toshi Kasai, Melvins
- Recorded at
- Sounds of Sirens
- Recorded
- December 2011–January 2012
- Engineered by
- Toshi Kasai
- Labels
- Ipecac Recordings, Ipecac
- Length
- 42:19
Line-up
- King Buzzo · guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover · drums (drum set), vocals
- Trevor Dunn · double bass, vocals
- Dan Raymond · guitar, background vocals · guest
- James McAleer · background vocals · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 June 2012 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 5 June 2012 | |
| Wikidata | 2012 | |
| Deezer | 5 June 2012 | |
| US release | 5 June 2012 | earliest US date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2012 | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230013624 | original |
| 5 June 2012 | XW | Ipecac Recordings | 886788632950 | original |
| 6 June 2012 | JP | Daymare Recordings | 4988044636194 | other |
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| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| coverartarchive | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |