''Sugaregg'' (stylized in

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) is the third studio album by American

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act Bully. It was released on August 21, 2020 by Sub Pop. Following two albums that were recorded by Bully as a band, ''Sugaregg'' is the first Bully album to be recorded as a solo project of frontwoman Alicia Bognanno. She co-produced ''Sugaregg'' with

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and Graham Walsh, making it the first Bully album not to be solely produced by Bognanno.

Background and recording

Following the release of Bully's second album '' Losing'' (2017), bassist Reece Lazarus and guitarist Clayton Parker departed the band, leaving lead vocalist and guitarist Alicia Bognanno as its sole remaining member. Bognanno opted to continue recording solo material under the Bully name. After having self-produced Bully's first two albums '' Feels Like'' (2015) and ''Losing'', Bognanno decided to seek outside assistance in producing ''Sugaregg'', as she felt that the quality of the music would be compromised if she continued to handle both songwriting and

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duties by herself. She enlisted

to co-produce the album with her, while Graham Walsh of the band

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provided additional production. Bognanno said in June 2019 that ''Sugaregg'' would be produced "in a completely different way, on completely different terms... a lot has changed and I feel a lot better in every aspect of my life than I have in a long time." That summer, she recorded the bulk of the album in two weeks at

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in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, accompanied by Congleton and backing musicians Zachary Dawes and Wesley Mitchell. Bognanno then worked on additional material for the record over the next five months, which she recorded at Palace Sound in

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, assisted by Walsh. The songs on ''Sugaregg'' were written by Bognanno "on and off" over a period of around three years. She derived the album's title from an episode of the

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'' that profiled a man who preserved an egg-shaped mold of sugar, a keepsake from his childhood, for several decades.

Critical reception

Upon its release, ''Sugaregg'' was generally well received by music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 13 reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. * Alicia Bognanno – vocals, guitar, bass,

, cover photography * Angelina Castillo – photography *

– engineering, mixing * Zachary Dawes – bass * Heba Kadry – mastering * Wesley Mitchell – drums * Graham Walsh – engineering, mixing

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2020 albums Bully (band) albums Albums produced by John Congleton Sub Pop albums