''Melvins'' is the debut EP by the American rock band

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, released in May 1986 through

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. The original release was a vinyl 7", commonly referred to as ''Six Songs''. A later edition, taken from an earlier recording session, was released as ''10 Songs'' in 1991 on CD with an equivalent 12" vinyl EP called ''8 Songs'', which leaves off the last two tracks from the CD.

Background

In 2003, both editions were re-issued together on Ipecac Recordings as ''26 Songs'' on CD with bonus tracks. Tracks 1-10 are taken from the 1991 eight/ten song, LP/CD version rerelease of this album. Tracks 11-16 are taken from the original six song vinyl release. Tracks 17-19 were taken from the 1986 ''Outtakes From First 7 inch'' vinyl single (tracks 18 and 19 are the same as tracks 8 and 4, but in inferior quality).Track 20-24 are garage demos, track 20 having previously appeared on the ''Northwest Hardcore'' compilation tape and track 22 on the ''Let's Kiss'' compilation tape from

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. An alternate version of "Ever Since My Accident" was available on the ''

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'' compilation (KRS-201) in superior quality. The track listing on the booklet of the CD lists 26 tracks but for unknown reasons the CD only has 25 tracks as "Ever Since My Accident" and "Hugh" are together on track 25 and not individual tracks as credited. "Hugh" is a field recording that had been put out as the b-side of the demo cassettes the band would give away to venues and labels to promote the band.

Track listing

"Six Songs"

Side one

# "Easy as It Was" – 2:33 # "Now a Limo" – 0:52 # "Grinding Process" – 2:35

Side two

# "At a Crawl" – 3:09 # "Disinvite" – 1:19 # "Snake Appeal" – 1:42

8 Songs

Side one

# "Easy as It Was" – 2:54 # "Now a Limo" – 0:55 # "Grinding Process" – 2:37 # "#2 Pencil" – 3:08

Side two

# "At a Crawl" – 3:04 # "Disinvite" – 1:22 # "Snake Appeal" – 1:39 # "Show Off Your Red Hands" – 2:57

10 Songs

26 Songs

# "Easy as It Was" – 2:54 # "Now a Limo" – 0:55 # "Grinding Process" – 2:37 # "#2 Pencil" – 3:08 # "At a Crawl" – 3:04 # "Disinvite" – 1:22 # "Snake Appeal" – 1:39 # "Show Off Your Red Hands" – 2:57 # "Over from Underground" – 2:22 # "Cray Fish" – 3:06 # "Easy as It Was" – 2:39 # "Now a Limo" – 0:53 # "Grinding Process" – 2:44 # "At a Crawl" – 3:13 # "Disinvite" – 1:23 # "Snake Appeal" – 1:52 # "Set Me Straight" – 3:09 # "Show Off Your Red Hands" – 2:57 # "#2 Pencil" – 3:18 # "Grinding Process" – 2:17 # "Snake Appeal" – 1:43 # "At a Crawl" – 2:52 # "Operation Blessing" – 0:45 # "Breakfast on the Sly" – 1:51 # "Ever Since My Accident / Hugh" – 15:01

Personnel

Buzz Osborne Roger "Buzz" Osborne (born March 25, 1964), also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept. Biography Born in Morton, Was ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Matt Lukin Matthew David Lukin (born August 16, 1964) is an American former musician, best known as a bassist and founding member of the Melvins and Mudhoney. Career Melvins (1983–1987) Lukin co-founded the Melvins in 1983 with guitarist/vocalist B ...

- bass, vocals *

Dale Crover Dale Crover (born October 23, 1967) is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist an ...

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Additional personnel

* Chris Hanzsek - producer,

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Krist Novoselic Krist Anthony Novoselic (; ; born May 16, 1965) is an American musician and activist. He was the bassist and co-founder of the rock band Nirvana. Novoselic and Kurt Cobain formed the band Nirvana in 1987 along with drummer Aaron Burckhard, wh ...

- photographer *

Mackie Osborne Mackie Osborne is an American artist responsible for the design and illustrations of many music albums since the 1980s. She is a member of the band Fleabag and has contributed to many albums on packaging artwork, layout design and art direction. ...

- new artwork on ''26 Songs'' rerelease *Hugh - rapping

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Six Songs (EP) Ipecac Recordings albums C/Z Records albums 1986 EPs Melvins EPs