Album
Gluey Porch Treatments
Gluey Porch Treatments is the debut studio album by American rock band Melvins, released in 1987 through Alchemy Records. It first appeared on vinyl only, and is generally regarded as one of the earliest examples of sludge metal as well as a blueprint for grunge. That makes it a useful place to start if you want to hear where a lot of heavy, slowed-down guitar music began.
It was later issued on cassette alongside the Six Songs EP through Boner Records, and it turns up as bonus material on the CD version of Ozma, the band's next album. The 1999 re-release on Ipecac Recordings adds tracks 18 to 29, taken from a boombox demo, which gives a rougher look at the band in its earliest form. From here the Melvins went on to build one of the longest and busiest catalogues in American heavy rock.
Gluey Porch Treatments: tracklist and credits
17 tracks · 38:22Tracklist
- 1Eye FlysBuzz Osborne6:16
- 2Echo Head / Don't Piece Me
- 3Heater Moves and EyesBuzz Osborne3:52
- 4Steve Instant NewmanBuzz Osborne1:32
- 5Influence of AtmosphereBuzz Osborne1:52
- 6Exact PaperbacksBuzz Osborne0:43
- 7Happy Grey or BlackBuzz Osborne2:02
- 8LeeechMark Arm and Steve Turner2:32
- 9Glow GodBuzz Osborne0:51
- 10Big as a MountainBuzz Osborne0:57
- 11Heavyness of the LoadBuzz Osborne3:06
- 12Flex With YouBuzz Osborne0:54
- 13Bitten Into SympathyBuzz Osborne1:45
- 14Gluey Porch TreatmentsBuzz Osborne0:48
- 15Clipping RosesBuzz Osborne0:49
- 16As Was ItBuzz Osborne2:52
- 17Over From Under the ExcrementBuzz Osborne4:39
- Produced by
- Mark Deutrom, Carl Herlofsson
- Executive producer
- Victor Hayden
- Recorded at
- Studio D Recording, Studio D (Sausalito, California)
- Recorded
- October 1986
- Mixed by
- Mark Deutrom, Carl-Michael Herlöfsson
- Mixed at
- Starlight Sound
- Engineered by
- Carl-Michael Herlöfsson, David Musgrove
- Labels
- Alchemy Records, Alchemy
- Length
- 38:22
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How we know the release date only year precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1987 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 1987 | |
| Wikidata | 1987 | |
| US release | 1987 | earliest US date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230001225 | other |
| 1987 | US | Alchemy Records | original | |
| 1987 | US | Alchemy Records | original | |
| 1999 | XE | Ipecac Recordings | 718752441223 | other |
| 1 January 1999 | XW | Ipecac Recordings | 5051083094245 | other |
| 27 November 2000 | US | Ipecac Recordings | 689230001225 | other |
| 27 January 2016 | XW | Ipecac Recordings | 884385806507 | other |
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 566×600 | rejected |