Prick (Melvins album)

Prick is the sixth studio album by the Melvins which was released in 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records under the name ƧИIV⅃ƎM. It has been said that because the Melvins already had a contract with Atlantic Records, Prick was released with the band name in mirror writing, which resulted in some sites such as RateYourMusic[2] crediting it to Snivlem.

Prick
Studio album by Melvins
Released	August 5, 1994
Recorded	April 1994
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	43:31
Label	Amphetamine Reptile
Producer	Melvins
Melvins chronology
Houdini (1993) Prick (1994) Stoner Witch (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Background

The album displays a distinctly experimental quality, with an eclectic selection including field recordings, electronic effects and loops, band jam sessions, a stereotypical drum solo that segues into an archetypal heavy metal guitar solo, and a track that's introduced as "pure digital silence"—followed by silence for a minute. Singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne has stated that Prick is "a total noise crap record we did strictly for the weirdness factor. Complete and utter nonsense, a total joke."[3]

The band claimed that they wanted to call the album Kurt Kobain but changed it after Cobain's death to eliminate the possibility of people mistaking it for a tribute record. They implied that Cobain, a friend and collaborator since their teenage years in rural Washington, was actually the titular "prick", because he died and therefore forced them to change the album's name.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by The Melvins.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How About"	4:15
2.	"Rickets"	1:20
3.	"Pick It n' Flick It"	1:39
4.	"Montreal"	4:09
5.	"Chief Ten Beers"	6:28
6.	"Underground"	2:19
7.	"Chalk People"	1:16
8.	"Punch the Lion"	3:14
9.	"Pure Digital Silence"	1:32
10.	"Larry"	2:59
11.	"Roll Another One"	14:20

Personnel

• Mark D - producer
• Dale C - producer
• King B - producer

Additional personnel

• Konstantin Johannes - engineer
• Mackie Osborne - art

References

1. Allmusic review
2. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/snivlem/prick/
3. Guitar World (1995). "The Father the Son and the Holy Grunge". Interview. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
4. Brian Walsby (1994). "MASSIVE MELVINS INTERVIEW FROM THE PRE-"STONER WITCH" ERA". Interview. Retrieved September 2, 2010.