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Hate Songs in E Minor
Studio album by
Fudge Tunnel
ReleasedMay 1991
StudioSawmills (Golant, Cornwall)
Frontier (Beeston, Nottinghamshire)
Genre
Length45:37
LabelEarache
Producer
Fudge Tunnel chronology
Hate Songs in E Minor
(1991) 		Creep Diets
(1993)

Hate Songs in E Minor is the debut studio album by British rock band Fudge Tunnel. It was released in May 1991 through Earache Records,[2] and issued in the United States on 20 August 1991 through Relativity Records.[3][4] It followed in the wake of two critically acclaimed singles ("Fudge Tunnel" in 1989 and "The Sweet Sound of Excess" in 1990, both on Pigboy/Vinyl Solution), after which the group were signed to Earache.[5] The album consists of 11 songs, 9 of which were written by the band and 2 covers: "Sunshine of Your Love", originally recorded by the band Cream, while the last track on the disc, "Cat Scratch Fever" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent. The album is also dedicated to Nugent.[1]

Hate Songs in E Minor presented a new and broader approach by the label following the success of more experimental and electronic Godflesh. Fudge Tunnel could also be considered a British response to the sound of bands like Melvins, Nirvana and Swans in the US. Early pressings of the LP edition of the album included a bonus 7" containing the track "Joined at the Dick".[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Boston Phoenix[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
The Great Metal Discography8/10[2]
Hit Parader[9]
Kerrang![10]
NME7/10[11]
Record-JournalA−[12]
Vox9/10[13]

Spin wrote that the album is "hardcore meets guitar rock at its loudest and finest."[14] The Calgary Herald determined that "Fudge Tunnel's trying to negotiate that well-travelled, guitar-grungy, Sub-Pop highway, but with a dearth of real energy and an abundance of redundant, spongy riffs".[15] The Gazette opined that "these Brit Soundgarden wannabes and their smartass noise miss the one key ingredient: virtually none of it is believable, and the giveaways are witless covers of 'Sunshine of Your Love' and 'Cat Scratch Fever'."[16]

In 2005, Kerrang! ranked the album at number 92 on its list of the "100 Best British Rock Albums Ever".[17]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Alex Newport, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Hate Song"5:28
2."Bed Crumbs"2:18
3."Spanish Fly"5:25
4."Kitchen Belt"3:51
5."Hate Song (Version)"3:16
6."Boston Baby"3:40
7."Gut Rot"3:55
8."Soap and Water"3:41
9."Tweezers"3:16
10."Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton)7:26
11."Cat Scratch Fever" (Ted Nugent)2:57

Personnel

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Fudge Tunnel
  • Alex Newport - guitars, vocals
  • David Ryley - bass guitar
  • Adrian Parkin - drums, percussion
Production
  • Colin Richardson - production
  • Fudge Tunnel - production
  • John Cornfield - recording, engineering

Use in media

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In April 2007, Earache Records included "Hate Song" on a six-disc, 100-plus-track box set titled Metal: A Headbanger's Companion.[18] In September 2007, "Gut Rot" and "Soap and Water" were included in the compilation's sequel, Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c AllMusic review
  2. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (1998). "Fudge Tunnel". The Great Metal Discography. Canongate. p. 116-117. ISBN 0862417279 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Fudge Tunnel". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ Anon. (23 August 1991). "Upcoming Releases" (PDF). CMJ Loud Rock Report. Vol. 2, no. 28. p. 16 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  5. ^ a b n/a (17 March 2014). "Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs In E Minor". screamermagazine.com. Screamer Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ^ Ashare, Matt (4 October 1991). "Off The Record". The Boston Phoenix. Vol. 20, no. 40. p. 41. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via WayBack Machine.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Fudge Tunnel". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE Inc. p. 629. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  9. ^ Dowling, Danielle (August 1992). "Indie Reviews". Hit Parader. No. 335. p. 72 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Gitter, Mike (18 May 1991). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 341. EMAP. p. 18.
  11. ^ Wells, Steven (1 June 1991). "Long Play". NME. IPC. p. 34.
  12. ^ Atkinson, Peter (28 June 1991). "Off the Record". Record-Journal. p. 29.
  13. ^ Cameron, Keith (July 1991). "Reviews: Rock". Vox. No. 10. IPC. p. 66.
  14. ^ Spencer, Lauren (September 1991). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 7, no. 6. SPIN Media LLC. p. 97.
  15. ^ White, Mary Lynn (8 December 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C4.
  16. ^ Lepage, Mark (21 December 1991). "Fudge Tunnel Hate Songs in E Minor". The Gazette. p. E5.
  17. ^ Bird, Ashley, ed. (19 February 2005). "The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever!". Kerrang!. No. 1044. EMAP. p. 21.
  18. ^ Blabbermouth (24 March 2007). "'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion': New EARACHE Collection Due In April". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  19. ^ Blabbermouth (14 August 2007). "'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

Further reading

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  • Green, Nick (March 2021). "Cutting a Rope: The Making of Fudge Tunnel's Hate Songs in E Minor". Decibel. No. 197. Red Flag Media, Inc. pp. 30–32, 34, 36, 38.
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