Creep Diets

Creep Diets
Studio album by Fudge Tunnel
Released	26 April 1993
Genre	Alternative metal, Sludge metal
Length	45:49
Label	Earache Columbia (US)
Producer	Alex Newport
Fudge Tunnel chronology
Hate Songs in E Minor (1991) Creep Diets (1993) The Complicated Futility of Ignorance (1994)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Great Metal Discography	6/10[7]
Kerrang!	[8]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[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

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Fudge Tunnel

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

Additional personnel

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

References

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. 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. "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".