Creep Diets is the second studio album by British rock band Fudge Tunnel, released on 26 April 1993 by Earache Records.[1] It was distributed by Columbia Records in the United States as part of Earache's deal with Columbia,[2] where it sold less than 15,000 copies.[3]

Creep Diets
Studio album by
Released26 April 1993
GenreAlternative metal, Sludge metal
Length45:49
Label
ProducerAlex Newport
Fudge Tunnel chronology
Hate Songs in E Minor
(1991)
Creep Diets
(1993)
The Complicated Futility of Ignorance
(1994)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [6]
The Great Metal Discography6/10[7]
Kerrang!     [8]
Rock Hard8.5/10[9]

The album was mostly well received by critics. Metalreviews.com wrote that it "had more in common with the burgeoning Seattle grunge scene than with the doom metal underground."[10] Ned Raggett of AllMusic criticized the similarity between most of the album's tracks, writing that "while things do sound great throughout, songwise there's not much variety -- hasn't hurt a lot of bands, perhaps, but in the end most listeners would want some sort of break."[4] Thomas Kupfer of Rock Hard praised the albums high energy guitar riffs and controlled vocals, positively comparing its sound to the band Helmet.[9]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Fudge Tunnel; all music is composed by Fudge Tunnel[11]

No.TitleLength
1."Grey"5:29
2."Tipper Gore"3:06
3."Ten Percent"3:52
4."Face Down"5:53
5."Grit"3:25
6."Don't Have Time For You"2:58
7."Good Kicking"4:52
8."Hot Salad"1:10
9."Creep Diets"7:05
10."Stuck"4:38
11."Always"3:19
Total length:45:49

Personnel

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Fudge Tunnel

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  • Alex Newport – vocals, guitars
  • David Ryley – bass guitar
  • Adrian Parkin – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

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  • Danny Shackleton – engineering
  • Pete Stewart – engineering
  • Charles Webster - mixing

References

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  1. ^ Anon. (24 April 1993). "Fudge Tunnel". NME (Advertisement). IPC. p. 12.
  2. ^ Mudrian, Albert (12 May 2020). "Fudge Tunnel Release Live Album of 1993 Sets". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mudrian, Albert (2016). Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (Revised and Expanded Edition) (3rd paperback ed.). US: Bazillion Points (published 2023). p. 223. ISBN 978-1-935950-16-5.
  4. ^ a b Allmusic review
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Fudge Tunnel". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE Inc. p. 2045. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
  7. ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). "Fudge Tunnel". The Great Metal Discography. Canongate. p. 116-117. ISBN 0862417279 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Gitter, Mike (1 May 1993). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 441. EMAP. p. 44.
  9. ^ a b "Creep Diets". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Fudge Tunnel - Creep Diets". www.metalreviews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Discogs".