Mush (album) explained

Mush is the third full-length album by the English punk band Leatherface. It was originally released only in Britain on Roughneck, a subsidiary of Fire Records, in 1991. It was re-released on Seed Records, an offshoot of Atlantic Records, in 1992, in an unsuccessful attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Nirvana in the United States.^[1]

The Guardian called it an album "which has influenced every hardcore, post-hardcore, call it what you want, punk group that exists anywhere across the globe."^[2] Kerrang rated it as one of the 50 best albums of 1991.^[3]

In 2012, Sarah Anderson of NME named it one of "20 lost albums ripe for rediscovery",^[4] and the same magazine named it the 49th best album of 1991 in 2016.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Frankie Stubbs, except where noted.

1. "I Want the Moon" (Stubbs, Dickie Hammond) - 2:49
2. "How Lonely" - 2:39
3. "I Don't Want to Be the One to Say It" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:34
4. "Pandora's Box" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:01
5. "Not a Day Goes By" - 2:38
6. "Not Superstitious" - 4:19
7. "Springtime" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:19
8. "Winning" - 1:59
9. "In the Real World" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:23
10. "Baked Potato" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:17
11. "Bowl of Flies" - 2:58
12. "Dead Industrial Atmosphere" - 4:03

Bonus tracks on the CD re-release:

1. "Trenchfoot" - 3:00
2. "Scheme of Things" - 3:20
3. "Message in a Bottle" (Sting) - 3:34 (cover version of original by The Police)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mush - Leatherface . Ogg . Alex . . 2017-12-13.
2. Web site: Melancholia and raw pain: The sad end of Leatherface. TheGuardian.com. 6 November 2015.
3. Web site: The 50 best albums from 1991.
4. Web site: 20 Lost Albums Ripe For Rediscovery . Anderson . Sarah . 2012-02-07 . . en-US . 2017-12-13.
5. Web site: 1991 . 2016-10-10 . NME . en-US . 2017-12-13.