Sugar Daddy Live[6] is a live album by the Melvins, released on May 31, 2011.[7] The songs are taken from their 2008 tour, with the majority of the tracks coming from their two most recent studio albums at the time, (A) Senile Animal and Nude with Boots.[8]
| Sugar Daddy Live | ||||
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| Released | May 31, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | Busta-Guts Club Downey, California[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, sludge metal, doom metal, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 61:36 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Ipecac (CD) Amphetamine Reptile Records (Split Series) | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| Popmatters | 8/10[4] |
| Revolver | [5] |
Two songs from the same show that were left off of the live album were released separately. "Suicide in Progress" was released in a split 7-inch with Totimoshi on Volcom Entertainment. "Billy Fish" was released as "Billy Fish Alive" as part of the Joyful Noise 2013 flexi series.
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nude with Boots" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Dog Island" | 5:55 |
| 3. | "Dies Iraea" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Civilized Worm" | 5:39 |
| 5. | "The Kicking Machine" | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Eye Flys" | 9:12 |
| 7. | "Tipping the Lion" | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Rat Faced Granny" | 2:48 |
| 9. | "The Hawk" | 2:24 |
| 10. | "You've Never Been Right" | 2:46 |
| 11. | "A History of Bad Men" | 5:39 |
| 12. | "Star Spangled Banner" | 1:47 |
| 13. | "Boris" | 11:44 |
Split Series edit
All thirteen songs were released as 12-inch singles for a split series through Amphetamine Reptile Records with bands selected by the Melvins, taking nearly three years to finish. Though some of the bands submitted new material, others like The U-Men and the Cows contributed previously released material due to being defunct.
Vol. 1: U-Men edit
"Gila" was originally released on the U-Men's self-titled debut EP in 1984.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nude with Boots" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Gila" | 2:18 |
Vol. 2: Cows edit
"Chow" is from the Cows' second album, Daddy Has a Tail, released on AmRep in 1989.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dog Island" | 5:55 |
| 2. | "Chow" | 3:43 |
Vol. 3: Off! edit
Off! provided a cover of "No Reason to Complain", originally by The Alarm Clocks.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Civilized Worm" | 5:39 |
| 2. | "No Reason to Complain" | 1:15 |
Vol. 4: Killdozer edit
"Lupus" was released in 1989 on Killdozer's Twelve Point Buck album and as a single.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dies Iraea" | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Lupus" | 3:09 |
Vol. 5: Midwest Hardcore edit
A trio of classic hardcore bands from the midwest United States: Negative Approach with "Sick of Talk", Die Kreuzen with "In School" and Necros with "IQ32".
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Kicking Machine" | 2:32 |
| 2. | "Sick of Talk" | 0:34 |
| 3. | "In School" | 1:29 |
| 4. | "IQ32" | 0:24 |
Vol. 6: Butthole Surfers edit
All Butthole Surfers tracks are taken from a live performance dated January 31, 1987. "No Rule" is a Leather Nun cover.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eye Flys" | 9:12 |
| 2. | "Pittsburgh to Lebanon" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "No Rule" | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Gary Floyd" | 2:02 |
Vol. 7: Mudhoney edit
All Mudhoney tracks are taken from a single live performance.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tipping The Lion" | 3:44 |
| 2. | "If I Think" | 3:58 |
| 3. | "I'm Now" | 2:43 |
| 4. | "Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme" | 2:19 |
| 5. | "The Open Mind" | 2:12 |
| 6. | "Tales of Terror" | 3:26 |
Vol. 8: Fucked Up edit
"21st Century Cling-Ons" by Fucked Up was released exclusively on this single.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rat Faced Granny" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "21st Century Cling-Ons" | 4:45 |
Vol. 9: Napalm Death edit
"To Go Off and Things" is originally by the Cardiacs. "Oxygen of Duplicity" is a previously unreleased original.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Hawk" | 2:24 |
| 2. | "To Go Off and Things" | 2:31 |
| 3. | "Oxygen of Duplicity" | 3:36 |
Vol. 10: Fantômas edit
The Fantômas tracks are taken from the original demo that Mike Patton made before the band was fully assembled. It was released in its entirety on a cassette included in the Wunderkammer box set.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You've Never Been Right" | 2:46 |
| 2. | "SKETCHBOOK 1: Page 20, 16, 26, 9, 15, 2, 19, 25 and 7" | 9:51 |
Vol. 11: Melvins 1983 edit
"Dogs and Cattle Prods" was previously released on Tres Cabrones in 2013.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 1:47 |
| 2. | "Dogs and Cattle Prods" | 8:58 |
Vol. 12: King Buzzo edit
"The Vulgar Joke" was originally released on This Machine Kills Artists in 2014 and was the only song left out of the three volume 10-inch vinyl release of the album through AmRep.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A History of Bad Men" | 5:39 |
| 2. | "The Vulgar Joke" | 2:37 |
Vol. 13: Karp edit
"Rowdy" came from Karp's last single, released in 1998, and was later included on Action Chemistry. "Bacon Industry" comes from the band's final album, Self Titled LP, originally released in 1997.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boris" | 11:44 |
| 2. | "Rowdy" | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Bacon Industry" | 3:56 |
Personnel edit
- King Buzzo - guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover - drums, vocals
- Coady Willis - drums, vocals
- Mr. Warren - bass, vocals
Additional personnel edit
- Toshi Kasai - engineer
- John Golden - mastering
- Mackie Osborne - package design, illustrations
- Ben Clark - live photos
- Jane Adams - live photos
References edit
- ^ "New Release: Melvins: Sugar Daddy Live". Pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ "Sugar Daddy Live by The Melvins". Metacritic. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "Melvins Sugar Daddy Live". Allmusic. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Begrand, Adrien (June 28, 2011). "The Melvins Sugar Daddy Live". Popmatters. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Geist, Brandon. "Review: Melvins - Sugar Daddy Live". Revolver. Newbay Media. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ "Melvins To Release 'Sugar Daddy Live' In May". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ "Melvins – Sugar Daddy Live". comfortcomes.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ "Melvins - Sugar Daddy Live". punknews.org. Retrieved May 31, 2011.