Stag [Import]

Melvins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 16, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B000002J8Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #70 in Music > Imports > Alternative Rock

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best from the Atlantic years, July 23, 2005

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C. Quinn "totality denier" (County Louth, Eire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stag (Audio CD)

This is probably the best album of Melvins' fairly brief career as major label recording artists. The riffs are heavy, but bright and bouncy rather than mired in sludge, and the 'experimental' elements are always hitched to great hooks. 'Bar-X the Rocking M' has a killer trombone solo, 'Skin Horse' is both hilarious and oddly touching, and 'Black Bock' is probably the most surprising track in Melvins' catalogue.

Less radio-friendly than 'Houdini' or 'Stoner Witch', but not nearly so weird as some other reviewers think. If you want Melvins at their most adventurous, try the excellent 'Honky' -- the next record they made after Atlantic dumped them for not selling as many records as Nirvana -- or the legendary 'Lysol' (also known just as 'Melvins' -- the one with the horserider on the front), the only full album featuring Joe Preston (Earth, Thrones). But there's no Melvins record that's not worth having.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This ain't your mama's Melvins, October 9, 2001

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"jackswagger" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stag (Audio CD)

The Melvins are one of the few bands to actually improve with the passage of time. With Stag, Buzzo and the boys alienated some of their die hard loyalists by opening up their sound from the slow, brutal, smart metal style they created into something much more grand and kaleidoscopic. This album features(at various points) sitar, coronet, ambient sound ditties, chipmunk styled vocals, and godforbid keyboards. They do all this without compromising any of their massive RAWK spirit. It is one of the most accesible Melvins records(there is something for everyone) and at the same time one of their oddest.

Buy it today!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars maybe atlantic just has bad taste, January 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stag (Audio CD)

i've never understood why some melvins fiends dont like this album. the melvins are obviously trying to expand and try out some new styles on this one, and i think it works perfectly well. it has none of the heaviness of gluey or bullhead and none of the twisted punk of stoner witch, but its still not going to appeal to anyone who still listens to the radio. yoko ono had it on her best of 1996 list, if thats an endorsement for you. definetly superior to honky.