Blind Melon – Soup
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Cat#: Capitol 7243 8 33934 2 8 | Country/Year: Europe 1995
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Blind Melon – Soup
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: 7243 8 33934 2 8
Format: CD, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
Tracklist:
1 Galaxie 2:40
2 2×4 4:00
3 Vernie 3:14
4 Skinned 1:57
5 Toes Across The Floor 3:04
6 Walk 2:47
7 Dumptruck 3:40
8 Car Seat (God’s Presents) 2:42
9 Wilt 2:29
10 The Duke 3:36
11 St. Andrew’s Fall 4:11
12 New Life 3:34
13 Mouthful Of Cavities 3:33
14 Lemonade 3:36
Credits:
A&r – Tim Devine
Art Direction – Blind Melon, Chris Jones (30), Tommy Steele (2)
Art Direction, Design [Insert & Cd] – Jeffery Fey
Bass – Brad Smith
Drums, Percussion – Glen Graham
Engineer [Additional] – Ken Lomas
Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Napolitano
Engineer, Mixed By – Andy Wallace
Guitar – Christopher Thorn, Rogers Stevens
Management – Chris Jones (30)
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Photography – Danny Clinch
Producer – Andy Wallace, Blind Melon
Vocals – Shannon Hoon
Written-By – Blind Melon
Notes:
Recorded at Kingsway Studios, New Orleans, November ’94 – January ’95 and at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, December 9-18, 1994.
Mixed at Soundtracks, New York City.
Mastered at MasterDisk.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode: 7 24383 39342 8
Matrix / Runout: 8339342 4-5-7-NL
Other: EMI UDEN
Other (Mastering code): L046
Other (Mould code): 15AL
Other (Label code): LC 0148
Other (UK distribution code): CDEST 2261
Other (Italy distribution code): 070
Other (France distribution code): PM 520
Other (Rights Societies): BIEM / STEMRA
Review
by Greg Prato
Most ’90s rock bands who enjoyed massive breakthrough success with their debut album seemed to follow it up with an effort similarly styled to its predecessor, hence guaranteeing repeat success. This proved not to be the case with Blind Melon. It appeared as though the band rejected the jovial spirit of No Rain and focused on much darker material for their follow-up, Soup. While it did not match the commercial success of the debut, Soup proved to be a challenging, gripping record that is just as strong and perhaps even more rewarding. Shannon Hoon was in the throes of drug addiction (which would prove fatal only two months after the album’s release), and his experience at a drug detox is clearly detailed in the Zep-groover, “2×4.” Hoon’s lyrics often examine his growing sense of mortality, as evidenced in “The Duke,” “St. Andrew’s Fall,” and “Car Seat,” while “New Life” shows Hoon hoping that the birth of his baby daughter will put his life back on track. The country-tinged “Skinned” is written from the standpoint of notorious killer, Ed Gein, the anthemic rocker, “Galaxie,” appears to deal with a troubled relationship, and “Vernie” is a tribute to his grandmother. Some of the tracks prove hopeful (“Walk”), while others are steeped in despair (“Toes Across the Floor,” “Wilt”). Soup deserved to be another big hit, but due to MTV and radio’s abrupt abandonment of the band, harsh reviews from close-minded critics, and worst of all, Hoon’s untimely death mid-tour, all hopes of the album receiving the attention it deserved were extinguished. Soup is one of the most underrated and overlooked great rock albums of the ’90s.
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