Gently fellating The Melvins, Part 2

The humble worshipping of The Melvins continues with the second part of this four part series.

After I made these four compilations I listened back to them and it struck me how well they work in this new context - as an old mixtape geek who dedicates large parts of his blogs to zipped mixes, these sort of things fascinate me to no end.

You see, I've been a fan of the Melvins for a good fifteen years or so and I'm so used to listening to the songs on the albums in their original context, but listening to them on these mixes was quite a staggering experience. Even for a Melvins nerd like yours truly hearing the songs all mixed up like this somehow makes perfect sense, so I can only imagine how natural it must sounds to you people out there who don't know every single Melvins release like the back of your hand. If you didn't know any better you'd think this is the context in which the songs were intended to be presented.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I'm a fucking genius.

It most likely only works because the key components of their sound (the burly vocals and nimble yet beefy guitars of Buzz Osbourne and the authoritative drumming of Dale Crover) have been consistent since day one, but let's pretend it's all thanks to me and my brilliant mind. It's better for my ego that way, it's always in need of a boost.

This mix is a personal favorite out of the four for me, as it has some of my all time favorite Melvins songs, such as Rat Faced Granny, Raise A Paw and of course the sublime Revolve, one of my favorite songs by anyone. In fact, any Melvins songs that begins with the letter R is likely to be just a little bit better than the others. Good rule of thumb there, keep it in mind.

(zip) Melvins Collection #2 (106 mb)

1. Rat faced granny (2006)
2. Black stooges (2002)
3. Civilized worm (2006)
4. Zzzz best (feat. Lustmord, 2004)
5. Teet (1993)
6. Sacrifice (1992)
7. Raise a paw (1989)
8. Billy fish (2008)
9. Dead wipe (1992)
10. Goin' blind (Kiss cover, 1993)
11. Revolve (1994)
12. G.I. Joe (feat. Mike Patton, 2000)
13. Rickets (1994)
14. The kicking machine (2008)
15. Black bock (1996)
16. Amazon (1999)
17. With teeth (1992)
18. At a crawl (1991)
19. You've never been right (2006)
20. Harry Lauder's walking stick tree (1997)

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