Working with God
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Working with God
| type = studio
| artist = Melvins
| cover = Melvins - Working with God.png
| alt =
| released = February 26, 2021
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
- Sludge metal{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-melvins-working-with-god/|title=Album review: Melvins – Working With God|date=February 19, 2021|publisher=Kerrang!}}
- noise rock
| length = 37:47
| label = Ipecac
| producer = The Melvins
| prev_title = Pinkus Abortion Technician
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Five Legged Dog
| next_year = 2021
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = 79/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/working-with-god/melvins | title= Working With God by Melvins|publisher=Metacritic | accessdate=July 6, 2021}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/working-with-god-mw0003451103 | title=Melvins - Working With God | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=July 6, 2021 | author=Thomas, Fred}}
}}
Working with God is the 24th album by American rock band Melvins, released on February 26, 2021, through Ipecac Recordings.{{Cite web |last=Hadusek, Jon |date=November 13, 2020 |title=Melvins Announce New Album Working With God, Share "I F**k Around" and "Bouncing Rick" |url=https://consequence.net/2020/11/melvins-new-album-working-with-god/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |website=Consequence of Sound}}{{cite web|url=https://allabouttherock.co.uk/new-melvins-1983-album-working-with-god-and-a-pair-of-ltd-edition-vinyl-reissues-arriving-feb-26th-via-ipecac/ |title=New Melvins 1983 album, Working With God, and a pair of ltd edition vinyl reissues, arriving Feb 26th via Ipecac |work=All About the Rock |date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=January 1, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://thepartae.com/melvins-new-melvins-1983-album-working-god-pair-ltd-edition-vinyl-re-issues-friday-26-february/ |title=New Melvins 1983 album Working with God + a pair of ltd edition vinyl re-issues out Friday 26 February |work=The Partae |date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=January 1, 2021}}
It was elected by Loudwire as the 32nd best rock/metal album of 2021.{{cite web |title=The 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2021/ |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=December 10, 2021}}
Track listing
{{cite web |title=Working with God, back cover|url=https://img.discogs.com/3htTRjsFxYc8IjPUYNBk7ceABlk=/fit-in/600x504/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-17587312-1614488575-6211.jpeg.jpg |publisher=Discogs|access-date=July 6, 2021}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Buzz Osborne, except where noted
| total_length = 37:47
| title1 = I Fuck Around
| note1 = cover of the Beach Boys song "I Get Around"
| writer1 = Brian Wilson, Mike Love
| length1 = 2:20
| title2 = Negative No No
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Bouncing Rick
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Caddy Daddy
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = 1 Brian, the Horse-Faced Goon
| length5 = 0:43
| title6 = Brian, the Horse-Faced Goon
| writer6 = Dale Crover, Osborne
| length6 = 2:06
| title7 = Boy Mike
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = 1 Fuck You
| note8 = tribute/cover of Harry Nilsson's song "You're Breakin' My Heart"{{cite web |title=MELVINS Pays Tribute to HARRY NILSSON With '1 Fuck You' |url=https://metalinjection.net/av/new-music/melvins-pays-tribute-to-harry-nilsson-with-1-fuck-you |publisher=metalinjection.com |access-date=July 6, 2021}}
| writer8 = Nilsson
| length8 = 2:28
| title9 = Fuck You
| length9 = 0:11
| title10 = The Great Good Place
| length10 = 3:51
| title11 = Hot Fish
| writer11 = Osborne, Trevor Dunn
| length11 = 5:00
| title12 = Hund
| length12 = 3:15
| title13 = Good Night Sweetheart
| writer13 = Calvin Carter, James "Pookie" Hudson
| length13 = 2:10
}}
Personnel
- King Buzzo – guitar, vocals, gadgets
- Dale Crover – bass, vocals, drums
- Mike Dillard – drums, vocals
=Additional personnel=
- Toshi Kasai – engineer
- John Golden – mastering
- Mackie Osborne – art
References
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{{The Melvins}}
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