Description

Still sealed re-issue (probably on coloured vinyl). The sticker on front is not a sticker but printed on the cover

Soup is the second studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released on August 15, 1995, under the production of Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine’s producer, Andy Wallace (who is on the front album cover). The album was released just a mere 2 months before Shannon Hoon’s fatal cocaine overdose. The songs on Soup use much tighter and more intricate guitar arrangements than their previous album. It is skillfully structured and introspective in terms of the songwriting. Hoon wrote all of the lyrics for the album himself, and they mostly revolve around themes of self-deprecating insecurities and the immobilizing uncertainty of drug addiction. Hoon was indeed channeling his inner most turmoils into a creative and painstakingly honest work of art, which is completely devastating in hindsight. Initially overlooked, Soup was absolutely the statement of a band at their creative peak. They managed to not only surpass what they had done on their first record in terms of their musical compositions, but they also establish themselves as a rare and unrivaled commodity in an era that was more concerned with trivial MTV garbage. The album itself had mixed reviews, which many believe played a part in Hoon’s unfortunate and untimely death. It reached number 28 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Soup utterly exceeds Blind Melon in terms of structure, formula and lyrics, but it unfortunately didn’t do enough to shake the “bee girl” image from the public’s conscious.

Track list:
1. Galaxie
2. 2×4
3. Vernie
4. Skinned
5. Toes Across The Floor
6. Walk
7. Dumptruck
8. Car Seat (Gods Presents)
9. Wilt
10. The Duke
11. St. Andrews Fall
12. New Life
13. Mouthful Of Cavities
14. Lemonade