Amphetamine Reptile Records AMREP 532-1
This was my first Melvins album. I picked it up at some point around 1993 after hearing the Melvins song "Ever Since My Accident" on the Kill Rock Stars compilation although the punk rock style was totally different to this far doomier release I was hooked pretty quickly.
I was totally into Honey Bucket as soon as I heard it as everyone probably was*, and the heavier than heavy drums really did the trick for me.
Testament to the quality of every song is that I still listen to this album to this day - and even the Melvins themselves are into it, including songs in live sets still as well as re-recording the album live in a studio for "A Live History of Gluttony and Lust" in 2006.
Lizzy is a newer recording than the single. I've never really decided which one I prefer. However, this the the best studio recording of Set Me Straight, a song which the Melvins had recorded several times previous to this (Although the live version later released slays them all).
I wish I'd picked up the vinyl at the time. Theres no way I can afford it these days.
As a side note; Did anyone ever notice Spread Eagle Beagle at the end of Natural Born Killers in the prison riot scene?
*except my friends. I always had trouble dropping this song into proceedings back then as it was just way too dark and doomy for a lot of my friends tastes.
Don't skip: Hooch, Night Goat, Honey Bucket, Set Me Straight & Copache
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