The Crybaby
| The Crybaby | ||||
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| Studio album by Melvins | ||||
| Released | February 7, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Various | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal, electronic, alternative metal, alternative rock, country | |||
| Length | 73:03 | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
| Producer | The Melvins, Tim Green, Tool, Ryeland Allison, Vince DeFranco | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[2] |
The Crybaby is the twelfth album by Melvins, released in 2000 through Ipecac Recordings, and the last part of a trilogy: The Maggot, The Bootlicker and The Crybaby. The trilogy was released on vinyl by Ipecac Recordings (The Trilogy Vinyl. IPC-011, November 27, 2000).
"Dry Drunk" includes "Interlude," written and performed by Godzik Pink. On the CD version, after a few minutes of silence there is a spooky sample of the intro to "Amazon" (the first song on The Maggot) after "Moon Pie." followed by more silence. The album ends with a man screaming "AGAIN!"
The Trilogy vinyl version features an edited version of "Divorced" and does not contain the last four tracks from the CD.
"Divorced" contains performances by the band Tool, as well as a conversation between Tool drummer Danny Carey and frontman Maynard James Keenan.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic | 5:01 | |
| 2. | "Blockbuster" | Jesus Lizard | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "Ramblin' Man" (with Hank Williams III) | Williams | 3:14 | |
| 4. | "G.I. Joe" | Patton, Rutmanis | 3:59 | |
| 5. | "Mine Is No Disgrace" | Osborne, Thirlwell | 8:21 | |
| 6. | "Spineless" | Sanko | 4:01 | |
| 7. | "Divorced" | Crover, Melvins | 14:42 | |
| 8. | "Dry Drunk" (Dry Drunk (Part I), Interlude (Godzik Pink), Dry Drunk (Part II)) | Osborne, Yow | 4:03 | |
| 9. | "Okie from Muskogee" | Haggard | 2:10 | |
| 10. | "The Man with the Laughing Hand Is Dead" | Osborne, Blood | 11:26 | |
| 11. | "Moon Pie" | Osborne, Sharp | 12:44 |
Personnel
- The Melvins:
- King Buzzo - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, noise
- Dale Crover - drums, guitar, vocals, noise
- Kevin Rutmanis - bass, slide bass, oscillator, harmonica, metronome, vocals, guitar
- Tool:
- Danny Carey - drums on track 7
- Justin Chancellor - bass on track 7
- Adam Jones - guitar on track 7
- Maynard James Keenan - vocals on track 7
- Vince DeFranco - producer/engineer track 7
- Ryeland Allison - producer/engineer track 7
- Skeleton Key:
- Erik Sanko - guitar and vocals on track 6
- Rick Lee - trash and samples on track 6
- Bliss Blood - vocals, Wurlitzer, treated vocals, electric sitar, musical saws and Señor Wences samples on track 10
- Henry Bogdan - steel guitar on tracks 3 and 9
- Bruce Bromberg - guitar on track 6
- Amanda Ferguson - vocals on track 6
- Leif Garrett - vocals on track 1
- Mike Patton - vocals, sampler, guitar and percussion on track 4
- Godzik Pink - performs "Interlude" on track 8
- Kevin Sharp - vocals and samples on track 11
- J. G. Thirlwell - vocals and samples on track 5
- Hank Williams III - guitar and vocals on track 3, vocals on track 9
- David Yow - vocals on tracks 2 and 8