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Piece of Cake

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Piece Of Cake was when Mudhoney as a band really hit their stride. Up until then they'd basically been nothing but bland "fuzz grunge" but here they expand their horizons and then go past them. This is an underrated original masterpiece. Definitely one of the best grunge era albums of the 90's.

This is my favorite Mudhoney album. This is one long record of really great songs, one right after the other. As everyone else has said, theres not really any filler on the album. Their earlier albums are probably regarded more as classics then this one but as far as I'm concerned this album is actually more fun to listen to ... and it came out in 1992 when music was still good right?

What's the real skinny on this album? Well, about 50% of the songs are brilliant. The other 50% are just fine/ok. Now realize that in the music world you are often lucky to find an album which has three good songs together. This record has a lot of tracks, and you can find at least 7-8 gems. There are no "skip" songs, and you can listen right through very nicely. It's true- a lot of the grunge and postgrunge movements have owed a lot to bands that just missed the high point in the hype (the Pixies also come to mind)-- Mudhoney is one of the best of these protogrungers.

Mudhoney was one of my favorite bands until this album. After hearing this i just couldn't get into them anymore. "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and their Self Titled LP are far far superior releases. I guess when they started making money, they were able to afford better equipement, thus ruining their great sound. a shame.

no nirvana without these precedent-leading genuises. i cannot begin to tell you the impact, at least at a subconscious level, these guys are accountible for in relation to the music scene today.

If anybody asked me what exactly 'grunge music' sounded like, this is the record I'd play. Mudhoney were there from the very beginning and stood somewhere between Seattle's trashy underground and it's more popular bands. Grunge is about initially wanting to play the cool sounds you love to listen to but realizing that you're not really able to. Or, at least, about being too lazy to keep trying. It's produced by self-proclaimed losers who start to rape musical ideas. You'll find that in perfection on 'Piece of Cake': Noisy lo-fi-songs, nosy lo-fi-vocals and fuzzy guitars, creating some sort of 'garage-rock'n'roll'. They don't use any style-corset. It is what it is. Loud and dirty, but honest. One might call it 'Seattle Soul'. And on this album, Mudhoney found the right mix of fast and slower songs, with a few funny suckerpunches at other music styles, and no filler material. It's their best one.

This is one of my favorite CD's. Mudhoney never cared about pleasing the masses. Instead they put out great CD's of what rock music should be. Power, emotion, and better than average writing and performing. You can keep all the typical garbage that corporate America decides it will promote. I prefer the real thing - which is what bands like Mudhoney represent. No filler or rock star posing here. This is music that slipped past the folks at corpo swill. Piece of Cake is a great representative of Mudhoney's style. Stop reading this and buy it!