Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 band Mudhoney

Mudhoney

Mudhoney is an American alternative rock band. Formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney's members are vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters. Original bassist Matt Lukin left the...

. The album contains the entire Superfuzz Bigmuff

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney. It was released in October 1988 through record label Sub Pop. The songs later appeared on their 1990 compilation album Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles...

 EP, the A-sides and B-sides of 2 singles, and 2 covers from split singles with Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 and The Dicks

The Dicks

The Dicks are an American punk rock band from Austin, Texas, originally formed in 1980. They initially disbanded in 1986 before reforming in 2004...

. It was released by Sub Pop Records

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

 in October 1990. The album is named after the Electro-Harmonix

Electro-Harmonix

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 Big Muff Pi and the Univox Super-Fuzz

Univox Super-Fuzz

For the Italian film, see Super FuzzThe Univox Super-Fuzz is a fuzzbox produced by the Univox company, primarily for use with the electric guitar or bass...

 fuzzboxes, (the title also being a play on words) which gave the band their signature dirty sound.

• "Touch Me I'm Sick
  Touch Me I'm Sick
  "Touch Me I'm Sick" is a song by the American alternative rock band Mudhoney. It was recorded in March 1988 at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording studio with producer Jack Endino. "Touch Me I'm Sick" was released as Mudhoney's debut single by independent record label Sub Pop on August 1, 1988...
  
  " was Mudhoney's first single, and one of the first single ever released by Sub Pop; "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" was the B-side.
• "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" was released as a single in 1989; "Burn It Clean" was the B-side.
• "Hate the Police" is a cover of a song by The Dicks
  The Dicks
  The Dicks are an American punk rock band from Austin, Texas, originally formed in 1980. They initially disbanded in 1986 before reforming in 2004...
  
  .
• "Halloween" is a cover of a Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
  
   song, originally recorded for the split single between the two bands, on which Sonic Youth played "Touch Me I'm Sick."
• The last 6 tracks on the album are from Mudhoney's debut EP Superfuzz Bigmuff.

In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties

All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....

-curated Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back (concert series)

Don't Look Back is a yearly series of concerts in which London based promoters All Tomorrow's Parties ask artists and bands to play one of their seminal albums live in its entirety...

 series.

Track listing

All tracks by Mudhoney unless otherwise noted.

1. "Touch Me I'm Sick
   Touch Me I'm Sick
   "Touch Me I'm Sick" is a song by the American alternative rock band Mudhoney. It was recorded in March 1988 at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording studio with producer Jack Endino. "Touch Me I'm Sick" was released as Mudhoney's debut single by independent record label Sub Pop on August 1, 1988...
   
   " – 2:35
2. "Sweet Young Thing (Ain't Sweet No More)" – 3:46
3. "Hate the Police
   Hate the Police
   "Hate the Police" is the debut release and 7" single from the American hardcore punk band The Dicks, released in 1980.The record was released on the band's own Radical Records imprint ....
   
   " (The Dicks) – 2:08
4. "Burn It Clean" – 3:00
5. "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" – 2:53
6. "Halloween
   Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween
   "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween" is a split single by American alternative rock bands Sonic Youth and Mudhoney, released in December 1988 by the independent record label Sub Pop....
   
   " (Sonic Youth) – 6:12
7. "No One Has" – 3:26
8. "If I Think" – 3:37
9. "In 'N' Out of Grace" – 5:28
10. "Need" – 3:00
11. "Chain That Door" – 1:51
12. "Mudride" – 5:43