''The Lucky Ones'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band

Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock music, rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River (band), Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner (guitari ...

, released on

Sub Pop Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...

Records on May 20, 2008.

Writing and recording

The band has said that the album was written "from the rhythm up instead of from the riff and the lyrics down" and has also stated that it's the quickest album they recorded. As singer and rhythm guitarist

Mark Arm Mark Arm (born Mark Thomas McLaughlin; February 21, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. His former group, Green River, was one of the first grunge bands, along with Malfunkshun, ...

has said, "The effect is to thrust out the bottom-end rumble of drummer

Dan Peters Daniel Joe Peters (born August 18, 1967) is the drummer for Mudhoney, having played with them since their formation in 1988. Prior to Mudhoney, he joined Bundle of Hiss when he was fifteen years old. He was also briefly the drummer for Nirv ...

and bassist

Guy Maddison Guy Bernard Maddison (born 31 March 1965) is an Australian punk music, punk and grunge musician. From 1986 to 1989 he worked as a member of noise rock group Lubricated Goat and appeared on their album ''Paddock of Love''. He was a member of Bl ...

, and to bring about a cohesive whole not entirely ruled by the almighty riff—although you certainly don't have to look hard to find 'em." Rather spontaneously, the veterans recorded the eleven songs found on the record in only three and a half days, including overdubs. The ninth track on the album is titled "Tales of Terror" in honor of the

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots ...

band

Tales of Terror ''Tales of Terror'' is a 1962 American International Pictures Gothic horror anthology film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Ric ...

that influenced and inspired the grunge movement. It is the only Mudhoney album to not feature Arm as second guitarist. Main guitarist Steve Turner said in 2018, "I liked how sparse this record was... we wrote these songs fast and they just seemed like they didn't need a second guitar."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mudhoney, except where noted. # "I'm Now" - 2:40 # "Inside Out Over You" - 3:25 # "The Lucky Ones" - 4:52 # "Next Time" - 3:01 # "And the Shimmering Light" - 3:05 # "The Open Mind" - 2:26 # "What's This Thing?" - 2:54 # "Running Out" - 3:28 # "Tales of Terror" - 3:17 # "We Are Rising" - 4:30 # "New Meaning" - 2:39 ;Vinyl edition bonus 7" # " Street Waves" (

Pere Ubu Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their ...

) - 3:14 (Pere Ubu cover) # "Gonna Make You" (

Colin Frechter Colin Michael Frechter (born August 1938) is a musical director, arranger, keyboard player, and vocalist. Biography Frechter attended Aldenham School in Elstree. Career Frechter worked in Harrods before joining the music business in 1958 as a ...

Larry Page Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman, computer engineer and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when ...

) - 3:02 (

The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English beat music band formed in Andover, Hampshire, in May 1964. Their most famous songs include the US chart-topper " Wild Thing", " With a Girl Like You" and " Love Is All Around", al ...

cover) *7" recorded and mixed at Electrokitty, Seattle, by Johnny Sangster.

Personnel

;Mudhoney *

– vocals * Steve Turner – guitar *

– drums *

– bass ;Technical *

Tucker Martine Tucker Martine (born January 14, 1972) is an American record producer, musician and composer. In 2010, ''Paste'' Magazine included Martine in their list of the 10 Best Producers of the Decade. Early life Tucker Martine, the son of singer and son ...

– production, engineer, mixing * Floyd Reitsma – assistant engineer *

Bill Inglot Bill Inglot is an American music engineer and producer, best known for remastering older recordings to high quality digital standards. Inglot worked for Rhino Entertainment and other Warner Music Group labels from 1982 to 2007. He was largely res ...

– mastering * Dave Schultz – mastering * Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design * Ed Fotheringham – cover painting

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucky Ones, The 2008 albums Mudhoney albums Sub Pop albums Albums produced by Tucker Martine