Since We've Become Translucent

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{{Infobox album

| name = Since We've Become Translucent

| type = Album

| artist = Mudhoney

| cover = Translucentmudhoney.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 20, 2002

| recorded = April 4, 2000–February 23, 2002

| venue =

| studio = {{hlist|Jupiter|Egg|Gravelvoice|Private Radio}}(Seattle)

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 46:34

| label = Sub Pop{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/mudhoney/since_weve_become_translucent|title=Since We've Become Translucent|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}

| producer = {{hlist|Mudhoney|Johnny Sangster|Martin Feveyear|Scott Colburn|Jack Endino}}

| prev_title = Tomorrow Hit Today

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Under a Billion Suns

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Since We've Become Translucent

| type = Studio

| single1 = Sonic Infusion

| single1date = 2002

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r601025|pure_url=yes}}|title=Since We've Become Translucent - Mudhoney|publisher=Allmusic}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork Media

|rev3score = 5.2/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5493-since-weve-become-translucent/|title=Mudhoney: Since We've Become Translucent|website=Pitchfork}}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudhoney/albums/album/121005/review/5940485/since_weve_become_translucent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203043610/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudhoney/albums/album/121005/review/5940485/since_weve_become_translucent|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2007|title=Mudhoney: Since We've Become Translucent : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone|date=December 3, 2007}}

}}

Since We've Become Translucent is the sixth studio album by American rock band Mudhoney, released in 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=mudhoney|title=TrouserPress.com :: Mudhoney|website=www.trouserpress.com}} The album was the first to be recorded after the departure of their original bassist Matt Lukin, three years earlier.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1457057/mudhoney-have-become-translucent-dont-care-that-theyre-not-pearl-jam/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124165540/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457057/mudhoney-have-become-translucent-dont-care-that-theyre-not-pearl-jam/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2020|title=Mudhoney Have Become Translucent, Don't Care That They're Not Pearl Jam|website=MTV News}} It was also the first to be released through Sub Pop after the band returned to the label.

Since We've Become Translucent marked a prominent change in the band's sound. The album departed from their typical grunge sound and features a relatively accessible rock sound. However, on tracks such as "Baby, Can You Dig the Light?", psychedelica, synthpop, and jazz are explored.

The bulk of the album was recorded over three weekends with three different producers – Johnny Sangster, Martin Feveyear and Scott Colburn – between November 2001 and February 2002. The band focused on three songs at a time, which they rehearsed and recorded before moving on to the next songs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/the-last-laugh/|title=The Last Laugh|website=The Seattle Weekly|date=October 9, 2006|access-date=December 4, 2023}} This approach would also be used on the band's next album Under a Billion Suns.{{Cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Cam |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-mudhoney-steve-turner/|title=Mudhoney's Steve Turner Ranks the Band's Ten Albums|website=Vice Media|date=September 6, 2018|access-date=December 4, 2023}} One track, "Inside Job", was recorded with Jack Endino in a single day in April 2000 with former MC5 Wayne Kramer on bass,{{Cite web|last=Willis|first=Jules|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fbxm/|title= Mudhoney Since We've Become Translucent Review |website=BBC|date=2000|access-date=December 4, 2023}} before new bassist Guy Maddison joined the band in 2001.{{Cite web|last=Rettig|first=James|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1721746/mudhoneys-guy-maddison-discusses-his-day-job-as-a-registered-nurse/news/|title=Mudhoney’s Guy Maddison Discusses His Day Job As A Registered Nurse|website=Stereogum|date=November 26, 2014|access-date=December 4, 2023}}