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- Summary: The latest release from the sludge-metal pioneers features six different bassists: current drummer Dale Crover, Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn, Redd Kross' Steven McDonald, ex-Nirvana Krist Novoselic, Butthole Surfers' Jeff Pinkus, and Big Business' Jared Warren.
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- Record Label: Ipecac
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jun 3, 2016Yet, with all these contrasting angles and despite the roadhouse crew bringing up the lower end, the album flies by breezily. Although the band has legion of dispatched formers bassists in their wake, it appears the band does play well with others. And not only that, they know how to use “others“ to great potential.
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Jun 6, 2016Basses Loaded is excellent. Like every other Melvins record it holds its own identity while oozing the same sweet black guitar sludge they have re-perfected many times over the years.
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Jul 29, 2016The best bits are when the band’s own drummer Dale Crover picks up the bass for a third of the album’s 12 tracks.
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Jun 16, 2016A good, if standard, Melvins album.
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MagnetAug 2, 2016It's a bit mad, but what else would you expect from the Melvins, which in-and-of -itself is a shame. [No. 132, p.55]
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Jun 3, 2016It flits from doomy death marches to frenetic, fuzzy psych rock freakouts like the fantastic ‘Choco Plumbing’, while indulging in some quirkier elements including a stomping cover of The Beatles ‘I Want To Tell You’ and a sweet, Casio keyboard run-through of American standard ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’.
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Jul 5, 2016Basses Loaded is an intriguing study into the influence of different bass players on a legendary band's sonic dynamics, and offers isolated moments of creative triumph--but it's a record overwhelmed by its creators back catalogue, and not one you could imagine having any kind of longevity.
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