Freak Puke

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{{Infobox album

|name = Freak Puke

|type = Studio

|artist = Melvins Lite

|cover = Freak_Puke-cdcover-.jpg

|released = June 5, 2012

|recorded = December 2011–January 2012

|genre = Alternative rock

|length = 42:14

|label = Ipecac

|producer = Toshi Kasai, Melvins

|prev_title = The Bulls & the Bees

|prev_year = 2012

|next_title = Everybody Loves Sausages

|next_year = 2013

}}

{{music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|id=mw0002318665|last=Heaney|first=Gregory|accessdate=April 2, 2021}}

|rev2 = Pitchfork

|rev2Score = 6.7/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16685-freak-puke/|last=Currin|first=Grayson|title=Melvins - Freak Puke|website=Pitchfork|date=June 12, 2012|accessdate=April 2, 2021}}=

}}

Freak Puke is the eighteenth album by the Melvins, under the name Melvins Lite, released on June 5, 2012, through Ipecac Recordings. It is the first to feature one of the Melvins' alternate lineups with Trevor Dunn on standup bass.

Track listing

{{Track listing

|all_writing = Melvins, except where noted

|headline = Freak Puke track listing

|title1 = Mr. Rip-Off

|length1 = 5:52

|title2 = Inner Ear Rupture

|length2 = 1:56

|title3 = Baby Won’t You Weird Me Out

|length3 = 3:50

|title4 = Worm Farm Waltz

|length4 = 3:54

|title5 = A Growing Disgust

|length5 = 4:28

|title6 = Leon Versus the Revolution

|length6 = 2:47

|title7 = Holy Barbarians

|length7 = 2:31

|title8 = Freak Puke

|length8 = 2:46

|title9 = Let Me Roll It

|writer9 = McCartney

|length9 = 4:30

|title10 = Tommy Goes Berserk

|length10 = 9:40

|total_length = 42:14

}}

Vinyl version

Freak Puke was released on vinyl through Amphetamine Reptile Records in a box featuring the album cover. Inside would be a picture disc depicting the album cover on one side and one of five different artists on the other. The five artists chosen to provide the artwork were Skinner, Dave Cooper, Tara McPherson, Gary Taxali and Mackie Osborne.

Personnel

;with

  • James McAleer – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Dan Raymond – backing vocals & additional guitars (track 9)

=Additional personnel=

References

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Category:2012 albums

Category:Melvins albums

Category:Ipecac Recordings albums