What are your top 5 favorite Melvins albums

[jules]

Mmmmm, veeeeeeery interesting......

Just curious, Mr. (((O))), what would be your favourite Melvins album, and what would be the part(s) of that album that you didn't like?

[Wendal]

Wendal, did you ever hang around bunglefever?

Oh no....

[Wendal]

Thanks for all the info guys. Yeah, you could say I like the more less experimental straight forward stuff so far.

My favorite tracks so far are:


A History of Bad Men
Kicking Machine
Honey Bucket
Hooch
I'll Finish  You Off
Electric flower
Hospital Up
Civilized Worm

As I said, I dont dig every single song on my first four albums so far. In fact I skip most of em but the ones I like I really LOVE cause they rock! I might just get all the albums one by one. Maggot may be next.

[duratop]

As I said, I dont dig every single song on my first four albums so far. In fact I skip most of em but the ones I like I really LOVE cause they rock! I might just get all the albums one by one. Maggot may be next.

How did you get into the rockin' Melvins over the experimental songs if you started with Fantomas? Whenever I want to piss someone off, I just put on Delirium Cordia.

Also, my top 5:
Lysol
HAT
Bullhead
Bootlicker
A Senile Animal

[Uncle Fester]

since the melvins were influenced so much by nirvana i think its just better if I put my top 5 nirvana albums.

Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero
Incesticide
Nirvana-the best of....just when i feel like hearing a little of everything from sucha great band in once convenient compact disc

sometimes I just listen to nevermind over and over again in the fetal position, sucking my thumb while thinking about how the world is a very serious place.

[MrLuck87]

pick one, go from there. enjoy the journey.

yep

x3 but I'll add my favorite 5 anyway.

Nude With Boots
A Senile Animal
Lysol
Stag
Eggnog

[Wendal]

since the melvins were influenced so much by nirvana i think its just better if I put my top 5 nirvana albums.

Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero
Incesticide
Nirvana-the best of....just when i feel like hearing a little of everything from sucha great band in once convenient compact disc

sometimes I just listen to nevermind over and over again in the fetal position, sucking my thumb while thinking about how the world is a very serious place.

What kind of post is this??

[(((O)))]

Just curious, Mr. (((O))), what would be your favourite Melvins album, and what would be the part(s) of that album that you didn't like?

I''ll answer both those points!

First up its difficult to say which record is best, however if pushed i'd probably say Houdini Live. It doesn't have all my upmost favourite Melvins songs on there (for the sake of mentioning The Bloated Pope is probably my favourite ever) but it is very consistent. The advantage that i feel that this record has over all the other ones is the fact that it is a live recording. As we all know Melvins are one of those bands that are excellent live and more often than not the live renditions of studio material are superior to their studio counterparts both in dynamism and performance. This is certainly the case here as it totally trumps the original being much rawer, better produced and the songs breathe with that familar boisterous, energetic live feel we all love. Nowadays i never even touch my copy of the '93 studio record its all about this live translation that has me hooked. If only all their records were recorded live and they released similar live versions of all the past records. Now that would really be something to marvel at indeed. A Bullhead Live or Lysol Live would be AMAZING!

As regards which parts of the record i find hold it back it does come down to rather nitpicky elements. Since i feel this is the best release there is actually very little in the way of negatives to speak of nevertheless they are there. Essentially (and again) i feel i have to reiteriate FOR ME its simply a matter of Spread Eagle Beagle being too long and inconclusive as a concluding track. Length of song isn't something that bothers me, afterall POTRE is one of my fav songs by them. I simply just wish that Spread... was perhaps more in tune with what else is there. Its nice to have contrast of course also ebb and flow but it dosent quite culminate things together and feels too insular - whatever i mean by that! I know that sounds ridiculous but for me little things like that really do affect how i feel about a particular album. Hope that explains a little.

[Uncle Fester]

since the melvins were influenced so much by nirvana i think its just better if I put my top 5 nirvana albums.

Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero
Incesticide
Nirvana-the best of....just when i feel like hearing a little of everything from sucha great band in once convenient compact disc

sometimes I just listen to nevermind over and over again in the fetal position, sucking my thumb while thinking about how the world is a very serious place.

What kind of post is this??

please try to stay on topic, kind sir.
im listening to "something in the way"
oh kurt cobain, its so true... its okay to eat fish because they dont have any feelings. such powerful lyrics. nirvana is truly a very large influence on melvins.

[jules]

since the melvins were influenced so much by nirvana i think its just better if I put my top 5 nirvana albums.

Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero
Incesticide
Nirvana-the best of....just when i feel like hearing a little of everything from sucha great band in once convenient compact disc

sometimes I just listen to nevermind over and over again in the fetal position, sucking my thumb while thinking about how the world is a very serious place.

That made me laugh hard.

[rictus]

since the melvins were influenced so much by nirvana i think its just better if I put my top 5 nirvana albums.

Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero
Incesticide
Nirvana-the best of....just when i feel like hearing a little of everything from sucha great band in once convenient compact disc

sometimes I just listen to nevermind over and over again in the fetal position, sucking my thumb while thinking about how the world is a very serious place.

That made me laugh hard.

Indeed. 

[TheLegitMan93]

1. Dale Crover EP
2. Gluey Porch Treatments
3. Bullhead
4. 26 Songs
5. Eggnog

[Wendal]

As I said, I dont dig every single song on my first four albums so far. In fact I skip most of em but the ones I like I really LOVE cause they rock! I might just get all the albums one by one. Maggot may be next.

How did you get into the rockin' Melvins over the experimental songs if you started with Fantomas? Whenever I want to piss someone off, I just put on Delirium Cordia.

Also, my top 5:
Lysol
HAT
Bullhead
Bootlicker
A Senile Animal

I love Fantomas but can only handle them in small doses. For the most part I like music that's a bit more straight foward. But then againsome of my favorite tunes have been pretty experimental sounding, it really all depends on how it's pulled off. I might appreciate the experimentation of Fantomas more so than a band like Melvins. At the end of the day, if it sounds good then it sounds good.

[pinkyslim]

PRICK.

[anaconda]

HAT
POTRE
Bullhead
Ozma
(A)SA