Song · Soul Coughing
“Sugar Free Jazz” by Soul Coughing
From the album Ruby Vroom (1994)
“Sugar Free Jazz” by Soul Coughing appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Ruby Vroom. Its best result is #707 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s.
"Sugar Free Jazz" comes from Ruby Vroom, the 1994 debut album by Soul Coughing, and the writing credit goes to the whole band. Tchad Blake produced it with them, recorded it and mixed it, with John Paterno engineering.
The record it lives on is a strange, clattering hybrid. Some of Ruby Vroom runs on samples and loops, lifted from sources as far apart as Raymond Scott, Howlin' Wolf and the Andrews Sisters; some of it is built on guitars; and some of it swings on upright bass, jazzy and forever quoting other people's music. It sold roughly 70,000 copies by April 1996, and in 2024 the band went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to announce a remastered 30th anniversary edition on CD and vinyl, stocked with bonus songs from the era.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 707 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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