Tomorrow Hit Today

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tomorrow Hit Today

| type = Album

| artist = Mudhoney

| cover = Tomorrowhittoday.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 22, 1998

| recorded = January 7–17; February 5–12, 1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Grunge|punk blues}}

| length = 43:22

| label = Reprise

| producer = Jim Dickinson, Mudhoney

| prev_title = My Brother the Cow

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Since We've Become Translucent

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Tomorrow Hit Today

| type = Studio

| single1 = Night of the Hunted

| single1date = 1998

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r374865|pure_url=yes}}|title=Tomorrow Hit Today - Mudhoney|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Kerrang!

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Brannigan |first=Paul|date= September 19, 1998 |title=Albums |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=717|page=44}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork Media

|rev3score = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20097-tomorrow-hit-today |accessdate=2023-05-23 |title=Tomorrow Hit Today |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528004621/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20097-tomorrow-hit-today |archivedate=May 28, 2008 }}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudhoney/albums/album/187418/review/5944157/tomorrow_hit_today |accessdate=2023-05-23 |title=Mudhoney |lang=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203043754/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudhoney/albums/album/187418/review/5944157/tomorrow_hit_today |archivedate=December 3, 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone }}

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Tomorrow Hit Today is the fifth studio album by American rock band Mudhoney. It was released by Reprise Records on September 22, 1998 (see 1998 in music). Barely selling 11,000 copies on its release{{Cite web |title=Mudhoney: Articles: Adicted to Noise, 6/28/99 |url=https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ptn/mudhoney/articles/19990629at.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.ocf.berkeley.edu}} this would be the last album the band would release with Reprise as well as a major label.{{Cite web |title=Happy Anniversary: Mudhoney, TOMORROW HIT TODAY {{!}} Rhino |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/happy-anniversary-mudhoney-tomorrow-hit-today |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.rhino.com |language=en}} Although the band retains their grunge sound on the album, a noticeable garage and blues influence can be heard.{{Cite web |last=Gaar |first=Gillian G. |date=2021-01-06 |title=The Decade When Mudhoney Rode the Major Label Gravy Train |url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/rock/alternative-rock/riding-the-major-label-gravy-train/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Rock and Roll Globe |language=en-US}} The album title is a reference to a song, "When Tomorrow Hits", off of their eponymous debut. This is also the last album to feature bass player Matt Lukin. The album was released on CD through Reprise and on Vinyl through Superelectro Sound Recordings. The album also gained a cassette release on the Philippines. In 2018, the album was re-released on blue vinyl to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

In 2020, Tomorrow Hit Today was included in the 4CD box set Real Low Vibe: Reprise Recordings 1992-1998.{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|authorlink=Mark Deming|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/real-low-vibe-reprise-recordings-1992-1998-mw0003440740|title=Real Low Vibe: Reprise Recordings 1992-1998|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 27, 2023}}

Track listing

Adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tomorrow Hit Today|others=Mudhoney |date=1998|publisher=Reprise|id=9 47054-2}}

All tracks composed by Mudhoney, except where noted

  1. "A Thousand Forms of Mind" – 4:43
  2. "I Have to Laugh" – 3:29
  3. "Oblivion" – 3:26
  4. "Try to Be Kind" – 2:55
  5. "Poisoned Water" – 2:45
  6. "Real Low Vibe" – 2:55
  7. "This Is the Life" – 3:32
  8. "Night of the Hunted" – 3:05
  9. "Move with the Wind" – 3:49
  10. "Ghost" (Cheater Slicks) – 4:33
  11. "I Will Fight No More Forever" – 2:54

:12.1 "Beneath the Valley of the Underdog" – 5:16

:12.2 "Talkin' Randy Tate's Specter Blues" (hidden track) (Traditional, arranged by Mudhoney and Jim Dickinson) – 1:22

  • The hidden track at the end of track 12 (after 2 minutes of silence) is not listed in the track listing but is mentioned in the liner notes. Total length of track 12 is 8:39.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

=Mudhoney=

=Additional personnel=

  • Jim Dickinson – additional keyboards, producer.
  • Adam Kasper – engineer (Studio Litho)
  • Matt Bayles – assistant engineer (Studio Litho)
  • John Hampton – engineer (Ardent)
  • Pete Mathews – assistant engineer (Ardent)
  • David Bianco – mixing (at Royal Tone, Los Angeles, March 24–31, 1998, and at Track Record, North Hollywood, April 1–3, 1998)
  • Mudhoney (Mark, Steve and Dan) – mixing
  • Jeff Thomas – assistant mixing engineer (Royal Tone)
  • Mike Ainsworth – assistant mixing engineer (Track Record)
  • Hank Trotter – art direction
  • David Belisle – photography

References

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