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The Grunge Years: A Sub Pop Compilation,Various Artists

- The Grunge Years: A Sub Pop Compilation
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Various Artists
Released 1994

Dive
00:00
8,235 plays

Retarded
00:00
407 plays

Tomorrow
00:00
325 plays

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songs

- 1
- Dive
- 00:00
- 8,235 plays

- 2
- Shove
- 00:00
- 1,870 plays

- 3
- Stumblin' Man
- 00:00
- 194 plays

- 4
- Red Head Walking
- 00:00
- 240 plays

- 5
- Ugly Sunday
- 00:00
- 201 plays

- 6
- Change Has Come
- 00:00
- 255 plays

- 7
- Tomorrow
- 00:00
- 325 plays

- 8
- Retarded
- 00:00
- 407 plays

- 9
- House
- 00:00
- 239 plays

- 10
- Come to Mind
- 00:00
- 210 plays

- 11
- Long Black Veil
- 00:00
- 178 plays

- 12
- Between the Eyes
- 00:00
- 252 plays

- 13
- Saddle Tramp
- 00:00
- 143 plays

album review

This 13-track, sardonically packaged (complete with suited, briefcase-toting executive types on the front cover) set compiles material from Sub Pop's late-'80s/early-'90s period, when the company had just been tagged (and saddled) with the grunge label. Much of it was originally released on vinyl 45s, and some has subsequently resurfaced on CD; indeed, only dedicated collectors could probably tell you which of these tracks are truly rare by now. In any case, it's a decent sampler, with cuts by Nirvana, Tad, L7, Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Afghan Whigs, Babes in Toyland, and less expected entries like Beat Happening and the decidedly un-grunge Walkabouts. The Hype! soundtrack -- which includes material by several of these acts and adds songs by many Seattle-area bands not represented here -- is actually a better genre overview, at least until the inevitable day when the grunge box sets start appearing. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide