Album · Sebadoh
Bubble and Scrape by Sebadoh
Bubble and Scrape is an album by Sebadoh, released in 1993. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Soul & Fire”, on 1 list with a best position of #7.
Bubble and Scrape, Sebadoh's fourth album, came out on Sub Pop in April 1993, the last word from the original three-headed lineup of Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney and Jason Loewenstein. The Northampton, Massachusetts band had helped invent lo-fi indie rock on four-track cassette machines, and while this one sounds sturdier than the hiss-caked early tapes, it's still a glorious tug-of-war between three songwriters, with everyone swapping instruments as they go and the mood lurching from tender to raw to plain noisy.
It was the last Sebadoh record to carry Gaffney's songs; he left once it was out, and the band pressed on to Bakesale. "Soul & Fire" is the track that stuck, slow and aching, and a reminder that Barlow had started this band as a home for the songs he couldn't get into Dinosaur Jr.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bubble and Scrape on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soul & Fire | 1 | #7 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.