Album · Melvins
Houdini by Melvins
Houdini is an album by Melvins, released in 1993. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Hooch”, on 1 list with a best position of #473.
Houdini, the Melvins' fifth studio album, came out on Atlantic on September 21, 1993, and it's the sound of the sludge-metal pioneers from Montesano, Washington, landing on a major label without giving an inch. After years on the independent Boner Records, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover delivered a record of slow, crushing, tar-thick riffs laced with plenty of weirdness.
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain shares a co-production credit with the band on six tracks, and he turns up playing guitar on "Sky Pup" and percussion on "Spread Eagle Beagle". "Hooch", "Lizzy" and "Honey Bucket" went out as singles with videos, "Hooch" lurching like a wounded beast. "Night Goat" partly revisits a song they'd put out as a single in 1992, and Kiss's 1974 song "Goin' Blind" gets dragged down into the murk as a grinding cover.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Houdini on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hooch | 1 | #473 | – | 2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.