Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP and first major release by Mudhoney. It was released on October 20, 1988, through record label Sub Pop. The album was later re released in 1990 in the form of Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles.
The album was named after two of the band’s favorite guitar effects pedals: the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which helped to provide the band’s signature “dirty” sound. The cover artwork is a photograph of frontman Mark Arm (left) and guitarist Steve Turner (right) performing live by photographer Charles Peterson.
Other artwork on the album includes more photos of the band performing and them posing topless. Guitarist Turner also considered it to be Mudhoney‘s first official studio album, despite it being an EP initially.
During initial release, the EP sold incredibly poorly (even by Sub Pop standards), however, it has since been acknowledged as one of the seminal records of the Seattle scene. In mid-2008 the EP charted at #25 on the UK Indie Album Chart, a peak for the EP, twenty years after its release.
Along with Mudhoney‘s second album Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, it was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Kurt Cobain listed the EP in his top fifty albums of all time.
Tracklist:
- Need
- Chain That Door
- Mudride
- No One Has
- If I Think
- In ‘n’ Out of Grace
Mudhoney
Mark Arm: vocals, guitar
Steve Turner: guitar, backing vocals
Matt Lukin: bass
Dan Peters: drums
Technical personnel
Jack Endino: producer, engineer, mixing
