

Wintour has been murdered, and only Houdini can tell the police how it was done. Great Houdini, the justly celebrated self-liberator and eclipsing sensation of Europe.īess Houdini, with a bright ribbon in her hair and red polish on her lips. Great Houdini at that stage, but I was always on hand, behind the scenes. The Brothers Houdini, sons of Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss, taking a solemn vow on a Bible. The album's cover art features an illustration of a two-headed puppy by graphic designer Frank Kozik. The song "Hooch" is rated as one of the best songs of the decade by Pitchfork Media in the book The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. Either I played bass or he did on almost all of it regardless of what the credits say…" Says Osborne: "This album is mostly just me and Dale Crover. Though the album's liner notes list Lorax as the band's bassist, she does not appear to have played on the album at all. A specially recorded live performance of the album was released as A Live History of Gluttony and Lust in 2006. Subsequent performances of the album occurred over the next few years, such as their appearance at the Primavera Sound festival in 2007 and on the bands 25th Anniversary tour in 2009. In 2005, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. Speaking to Kerrang! in 2008, King Buzzo remembered: Kurt Cobain is given co-production credit alongside the Melvins on six tracks, for guitar on the song "Sky Pup", and percussion on the song "Spread Eagle Beagle". "Night Goat" is a partial re-recording of a song the band had released as a single in 1992. The songs "Hooch", "Lizzy" and " Honey Bucket" were released as singles with accompanying music videos.

The album features a cover of the 1974 KISS song " Goin' Blind". The album was the band's major label debut after releasing their previous albums on the independent label Boner Records. Houdini is the fifth album by the Melvins, released in 1993 on Atlantic Records.
