Piece of Cake (album)

Piece of Cake
Studio album by Mudhoney
Released	October 13, 1992
Recorded	July 1992
Genre	Grunge, garage punk
Length	44:33
Label	Reprise
Producer	Conrad Uno
Mudhoney chronology
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991) Piece of Cake (1992) My Brother the Cow (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Piece of Cake is the third studio album by the grunge band Mudhoney. Recorded and released in 1992, it was their first album released through Reprise Records. It features several songs, such as "Suck You Dry," "Blinding Sun," and "Acetone," that are consistently featured in Mudhoney's live setlist.

Although released at the peak of grunge, a genre Mudhoney had helped create, the band and Piece of Cake did not get any special notice, commercially or critically.

Reprise reissued this album bundled with the E.P. "Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" and the B-Sides from the album singles in 2003 (a similar effort like Sub Pop's "Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe" re-issue in 2008 and Reprise's reissue of My Brother the Cow in 2003).

Track listing

Original

1. "[Untitled 1]" – 0:38
2. "No End in Sight" – 3:34
3. "Make It Now" – 4:25
4. "When in Rome" – 3:55
5. "[Untitled 2]" – 0:25
6. "Suck You Dry" – 2:34
7. "Blinding Sun" – 3:39
8. "Thirteenth Floor Opening" – 2:31
9. "Youth Body Expression Explosion" – 1:59
10. "I'm Spun" – 4:04
11. "[Untitled 3]" – 0:40
12. "Take Me There" – 3:32
13. "Living Wreck" – 3:30
14. "Let Me Let You Down" – 3:57
15. "[Untitled 4]" – 0:29
16. "Ritzville" – 2:38
17. "Acetone" – 4:15

Reissue

1. "[Untitled 1]" – 0:38
2. "No End in Sight" – 3:34
3. "Make It Now" – 4:25
4. "When in Rome" – 3:55
5. "[Untitled 2] – 0:25
6. "Suck You Dry" – 2:34
7. "Blinding Sun" – 3:39
8. "Thirteenth Floor Opening" – 2:31
9. "Youth Body Expression Explosion" – 1:59
10. "I'm Spun" - 4:04
11. "[Untitled 3]" – 0:40
12. "Take Me There" – 3:32
13. "Living Wreck" – 3:30
14. "Let Me Let You Down" – 3:57
15. "[Untitled 4]" – 0:29
16. "Ritzville" – 2:38
17. "Acetone" – 4:15
18. "Over the Top" – 2:35 *
19. "King Sandbox" – 2:43 **
20. "Baby o Baby" – 3:45 **
21. "In the Blood" – 3:08 ***
22. "No Song III" – 4:11 ***
23. "Between Me & You Kid" – 3:38 ***
24. "Six Two One" – 2:34 ***
25. "Make It Now Again" – 4:35 ***
26. "Deception Pass" – 2:54 ***/*/**
27. "Underide" – 2:07 ***/*

• * originally appeared as a B-Side to "Suck You Dry" (1992)
• ** originally appeared as a B-Side to "Blinding Sun" (1993)
• *** originally appeared on the E.P. "Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" (1993)

Personnel

• Mark Arm - vocals, guitar, organ, slide guitar, piano
• Steve Turner - guitar, key bass, harmonica, banjo, vocals
• Dan Peters - drums, marimba, vocals
• Matt Lukin - bass guitar, vocals

Chart positions

Album charts

Year	Album	Chart	Position
1992	Piece of Cake	Heatseekers	No. 9
1992	Piece of Cake	Official UK Charts	No. 39
1992	Piece of Cake	Billboard Top 200	No. 189

Charting singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
1992	"Suck You Dry"	Modern Rock Tracks	No. 23

References

1. "Piece of Cake - Mudhoney". Allmusic.
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20071203043907/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/mudhoney/albums/album/259328/review/5940651/piece_of_cake. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)