Soup (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Soup
Type = Album
Artist = Blind Melon


Released = October 2, 1995
Recorded = November 1994 to January 1995
Genre = Alternative rock; Jam rock; Country rock; Folk rock; Jazz
Length = 46:04
Label = Capitol
Producer = Andy Wallace
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8hpsa9wgu23k link]
Last album = "Blind Melon"
(1992)
This album = "Soup"
(1995)
Next album = "Nico"
(1996)
Misc = Singles
Name = Soup
Type = studio
single 1 = Galaxie
single 2 = Toes Across the Floor
single 1 date = 1995
single 2 date = 1995

"Soup" is the second album by the American rock band Blind Melon, released shortly before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose. 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, and "St. Andrew's Fall" is about suicide by jumping from a twenty story building. Alternately, "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.

Although "Soup" never achieved the success of Blind Melon's previous effort, it has since garnered a strong cult following.

Track listing

#"Hello Goodbye"/"Galaxie" – 3:31
#* Contains the hidden track, "Soup", from Nico, in the pregap.
#* "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 X 4" – 4:00
#"Vernie" – 3:15
#"Skinned" – 1:57
#"Toes Across the Floor" – 3:07
#"Walk" – 2:47
#"Dump Truck" – 3:40
#"Car Seat (God's Presents)" – 2:42
#"Wilt" – 2:30
#"The Duke" – 3:37
#"St. Andrew's Fall" – 4:12
#"New Life" – 3:35
#"Mouthful of Cavities" – 3:34
#"Lemonade" – 3:37 (at the end of this track, jazz music plays for about 30 seconds to a point where a few people clap on the recording)
#"( )" - a hidden track. It is composed of music by Mike Kelsey, and backward lyrics (From "New Life") by Hoon.

Personnel

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

Chart positions

Album

1995 Soup The Billboard 200 No. 28

ingles

1995 Galaxie Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 25 1995 Galaxie Modern Rock Tracks No. 8