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Soup
Studio album by Blind Melon
Released	October 2, 1995
Recorded	November 1994-January 1995
Genre	Alternative rock, country rock, folk rock, jam band, jazz
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 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, "Car Seat (God's Presents)" is about a woman who killed herself and her children by driving her car off a bridge, 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] 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" – 3:34
14. "Lemonade" – 3:37 (at the end of this track, jazz music plays for about 30 seconds, at which point the sound of hand-clapping can be heard)

[edit] 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

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

 1995   Soup      The Billboard 200         No. 28 

[edit] Singles

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

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