The Bootlicker
The Bootlicker | ||||
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Studio album by Melvins | ||||
Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
Recorded | January 1999 | |||
Genre | Sludge metal | |||
Length | 39:59 | |||
Label | Ipecac[1] | |||
Producer | Melvins, Tim Green | |||
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The Bootlicker is the eleventh studio album by the Melvins, released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings.[4][5] The album is the second part of a trilogy preceded by The Maggot and followed by The Crybaby.[5][6] The trilogy was later released on vinyl by Ipecac (The Trilogy Vinyl, IPC-011, February 7, 2000).
Production
The Bootlicker was conceived as a more pop-oriented album; The Maggot was marked by a traditional Melvins metal sound, while The Crybaby featured many guest appearances.[7]
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote: "While The Maggot offers more familiar-sounding, metal-tinged sludge, The Bootlicker is a musically richer collection with rock, funk and jazz underpinnings."[5] The Riverfront Times called The Bootlicker "one of the best rock albums of the year: truly beautiful and intelligently (but not pretentiously) presented."[8] Tucson Weekly called it "subdued, dark and kind of pop-y sounding in spots."[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Buzz Osborne
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Toy" | 1:09 |
2. | "Let It All Be" | 10:48 |
3. | "Black Santa" | 3:41 |
4. | "We We" | 0:57 |
5. | "Up the Dumper" | 2:23 |
6. | "Mary Lady Bobby Kins" | 3:37 |
7. | "Jew Boy Flower Head" | 6:06 |
8. | "Lone Rose Holding Now" | 2:23 |
9. | "Prig" | 8:47 |
Personnel
- King Buzzo – vocals, guitar, noises
- Dale Crover – drums, percussion, vocals
- Kevin Rutmanis – bass, slide bass
- with
- Eric Peterson - piano (track 9)
Additional personnel
- Tim Green – producer
- Mackie Osborne – art
References
- ^ "Ipecac Recordings - Melvins". ipecac.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Phares, Heather. The Bootlicker at AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 700.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 20, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "Not Quite Nirvana". Los Angeles Times. August 28, 1999. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Vivinetto, Gina. "The Melvins: Underground to stay". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Reger, Rick (July 16, 1999). "The Melvins Travel the Spaceways". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Roberts, Randall. "The Melvins". Riverfront Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Bally, Ron (August 23, 1999). "Music: Pell-Melvins". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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- Gluey Porch Treatments
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- Bullhead
- Lysol
- Houdini
- Prick
- Stoner Witch
- Stag
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- The Bootlicker
- The Crybaby
- Electroretard
- Hostile Ambient Takeover
- (A) Senile Animal
- Nude with Boots
- The Bride Screamed Murder
- Freak Puke (Melvins Lite)
- Everybody Loves Sausages
- Tres Cabrones (Melvins 1983)
- Hold It In
- Basses Loaded
- A Walk with Love & Death
- Pinkus Abortion Technician
- Working with God (Melvins 1983)
- Five Legged Dog
- Bad Mood Rising
- Tarantula Heart
- Pigs of the Roman Empire (with Lustmord)
- Never Breathe What You Can't See (with Jello Biafra)
- Sieg Howdy! (with Jello Biafra)
- Three Men and a Baby (with Mike Kunka)
- Six Songs
- Eggnog
- King Buzzo
- Dale Crover
- Joe Preston
- Tora Tora Tora
- The Bulls & the Bees
- Your Choice Live Series Vol. 12
- Alive at the Fucker Club
- Colossus of Destiny
- Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (with Fantômas)
- Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust
- Melvins vs. Minneapolis
- Sugar Daddy Live
- Singles 1–12
- The Trilogy Vinyl
- Electroretard
- 26 Songs
- Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993–1996
- Neither Here nor There
- Mangled Demos from 1983
- The Making Love Demos
- Chicken Switch
- Salad of a Thousand Delights
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- "With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands"
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- "Venus in Furs"
- "Honey Bucket"
- "See How Pretty, See How Smart"
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