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The Bride Screamed Murder | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 1, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009–2010 | |||
Genre | Sludge metal | |||
Length | 45:37 | |||
Label | Ipecac Recordings | |||
Melvins chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Eye Weekly | [3] |
musicOMH | [4] |
Pitchfork Media | (5.2/10)[5] |
Rock Sound | (9/10)[6] |
The Bride Screamed Murder is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released on June 1, 2010.[7] It was their first album to hit the Billboard 200 Pop Charts, at number 200, selling 2,809 albums in the first few weeks.[8] In October 2010, they released a music video with Scion Audio/Visual for the song "Electric Flower", directed by Mark Brooks.[9]
Exclaim! named The Bride Screamed Murder the No. 8 metal album of 2010.[10]
All songs written by the Melvins unless otherwise noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Water Glass" | 4:16 | |
2. | "Evil New War God" | 4:48 | |
3. | "Pig House" | 5:29 | |
4. | "I'll Finish You Off" | 4:57 | |
5. | "Electric Flower" | 3:27 | |
6. | "Hospital Up" | 5:38 | |
7. | "Inhumanity and Death" | 3:03 | |
8. | "My Generation" | Pete Townshend | 7:39 |
9. | "P.G. x 3" | unknown (traditional) | 6:20 |
The Bride Screamed Murder's vinyl version was released on Amphetamine Reptile Records in a box featuring different artwork from one of ten different artists, limited to 100 copies each. The artists chosen to provide the artwork were Aesthetic Apparatus, COOP, Molly Osborne (Sold exclusively on tour), Adam Jones, Baseman, Junko Mizuno, Mackie Osborne, HAZE XXL, King Buzzo, and Dalek.