Soup (Blind Melon album)

Soup
Studio album by Blind Melon
Released	August 15, 1995
Recorded	November 1994-January 1995
Genre	Alternative rock, folk rock, jam band, jazz fusion
Length	46:04
Label	Capitol
Producer	Andy Wallace
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Blind Melon chronology
Blind Melon (1992) Soup (1995) Nico (1996)
Singles from Soup
"Galaxie" Released: 1995 "Toes Across the Floor" Released: 1995

Soup is the second album by the American alternative rock band Blind Melon, eight weeks before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose, making it his final album with the band. Thematically, the album is much darker than the band's multi-platinum debut. "2 X 4" is about Hoon's experience at a drug detox, the country-tinged "Skinned" is about serial killer Ed Gein, "Car Seat (God's Presents)" is about Susan Smith who killed her children by driving her car into a lake in Union, SC, and "St. Andrew's Fall" is about suicide by jumping from a 20-story building. When asked about "Mouthful of Cavities" the band's guitarist, Rogers Stevens, was quoted as saying, "It´s probably about the convoluted nooks and crannies of Shannon´s brain." It featured haunting harmonies between Shannon Hoon and female vocalist Jena Kraus. Alternatively, "New Life" is about the birth of Hoon's daughter Nico Blue, "Wilt" is about having bad breath, although in Captain Beefheart-esque lyrics, "Galaxie" is about Hoon's experience with his car, a 1965 Ford Galaxie, and "Lemonade" is a tongue-in-cheek song about a bar brawl.

Track listing

1. "Hello Goodbye"/"Galaxie" – 3:31
   • Contains a hidden track in the pregap. It is composed of music by Mike Kelsey, and backward lyrics (From "New Life") by Hoon.
   • "Hello Goodbye", the album's intro, is a rejected, slowed-down intro to the album's final track, "Lemonade". It coincides with the ending of the song, which is based on brass instruments.
2. "2 X 4" – 4:00
3. "Vernie" – 3:15
4. "Skinned" – 1:57
5. "Toes Across the Floor" – 3:07
6. "Walk" – 2:47
7. "Dump Truck" – 3:40
8. "Car Seat (God's Presents)" – 2:42
9. "Wilt" – 2:30
10. "The Duke" – 3:37
11. "St. Andrew's Fall" – 4:12
12. "New Life" – 3:35
13. "Mouthful of Cavities" – 3:33
14. "Lemonade" – 3:37 (at the end of this track, a reprisal recording of "Hello Goodbye" plays for about 30 seconds, at which point the sound of hand-clapping can be heard)

Personnel

• Shannon Hoon - vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
• Brad Smith - Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Flute
• Christopher Thorn - Guitar, Mandolin
• Rogers Stevens - Guitar, Piano, Organ
• Glenn Graham - drums, percussion
• Jena Kraus - Backing Vocals on "Mouthful of Cavities"
• Miles Tackett - Cello on "Car Seat", "St. Andrew's Fall"
• Steve Sisco - Mixing Assistant
• Andy Wallace - Producer, Engineer

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Billboard 200	28
2009 (reissue)	Billboard 200	200

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1995	Galaxie	Mainstream Rock Tracks	25
		Modern Rock Tracks	8