Soup (album)

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Soup
Soup cover
Studio album by Blind Melon
Released October 2, 1995
Recorded November 1994 to January 1995
Genre Alternative rock; Jam rock; Country rock; Folk rock; Jazz
Length 46:04
Label Capitol
Producer Andy Wallace
Professional reviews
Blind Melon chronology
Blind Melon
(1992)		 Soup
(1995)		 Nico
(1996)
Singles from Soup
  1. "Galaxie"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Toes Across the Floor"
    Released: 1995

Soup is the second album by the American rock band Blind Melon, released shortly before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose. Thematically, the album is much darker than the band's multi-platinum debut. "2 X 4" is about Hoon's experience at a drug detox, the country-tinged "Skinned" is about serial killer Ed Gein, and "St. Andrew's Fall" is about suicide by jumping from a twenty story building. Alternately, "New Life" is about the birth of Hoon's daughter Nico Blue, "Wilt" is about having bad breath, although in Captain Beefheart-esque lyrics, "Galaxie" is about Hoon's experience with his car, a 1965 Ford Galaxie, and "Lemonade" is a tongue-in-cheek song about a bar brawl.

Although Soup never achieved the success of Blind Melon's previous effort, it has since garnered a strong cult following.[citation needed] Despite all of the cult popularity, this album, along with the band themselves, are called one of the "Worst Bands Ever" by Blender, an alternative rock magazine.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hello Goodbye"/"Galaxie" – 3:31
    • Contains the hidden track, "Soup", from Nico, in the pregap.
    • "Hello Goodbye", the album's intro, is a rejected, slowed-down intro to the album's final track, "Lemonade". It coincides with the ending of the song, which is based on brass instruments.
  2. "2 X 4" – 4:00
  3. "Vernie" – 3:15
  4. "Skinned" – 1:57
  5. "Toes Across the Floor" – 3:07
  6. "Walk" – 2:47
  7. "Dump Truck" – 3:40
  8. "Car Seat" (God's Presents) – 2:42
  9. "Wilt" – 2:30
  10. "The Duke" – 3:37
  11. "St. Andrew's Fall" – 4:12
  12. "New Life" – 3:35
  13. "Mouthful of Cavities" – 3:34
  14. "Lemonade" – 3:37 (at the end of this track, jazz music plays for about 30 seconds to a point where a few people clap on the recording)
  15. "( )" - a hidden track. It is composed of music by Mike Kelsey, and backward lyrics (From "New Life") by Hoon.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

1995   Soup      The Billboard 200         No. 28

[edit] Singles

1995   Galaxie   Mainstream Rock Tracks    No. 25
1995    Galaxie   Modern Rock Tracks        No. 8
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