| Nude with Boots | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 8, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | January 2008 [1] | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal [2] | |||
| Length | 42:15 | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
| Melvins chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   
[4] |
| Billboard | (favorable) [5] |
| Crawdaddy! | (favorable) [6] |
| Now |
[7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.0/10) [8] |
| The Skinny |
[9] |
| Spin |
[10] |
Nude with Boots is the 16th album by American rock band Melvins, released on July 8, 2008. A vinyl release was issued on November 3, 2009.[ citation needed]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Kicking Machine" | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Billy Fish" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Dog Island" | 7:32 |
| 4. | "Dies Iraea" | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Suicide in Progress" | 4:47 |
| 6. | "The Smiling Cobra" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Nude with Boots" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Flush" | 1:07 |
| 9. | "The Stupid Creep" | 1:31 |
| 10. | "The Savage Hippy" | 3:34 |
| 11. | "It Tastes Better than the Truth" | 5:20 |
- "Dies Iraea" is an adaptation of the theme song from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining (based on Hector Berlioz' interpretation of the " Dies Irae"). [11]
Personnel
- King Buzzo – guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover – drums, vocals
- Jared Warren – bass guitar, vocals
- Coady Willis – drums, vocals
with
- Haze XXL – extra guitar and vocals, engineer
Additional personnel
- Toshi Kasai – engineer
- John Golden – mastering
- Mackie Osborne – artwork
References
- ^ themelvins.net - Nude With Boots
- ^ Consequence of Sound review
- ^ "Nude With Boots by The Melvins". Metacritic. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Billboard review
- ^ Crawdaddy! review Archived August 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Perlich, Tim. Nude With Boots review mowtoronto.com. Retrieved on October 8, 2009.
- ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived July 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Skinny review
- ^ Spin review
- ^ Melvins Nude With Boots Update[ permanent dead link] janstephens.wordpress.com. April 16, 2008. Retrieved on January 15, 2010.
