Hold It In

This article is about the Melvins album. For the White Town song, see Don't Mention The War.

Hold It In is the 20th studio album by the Melvins, released on October 14, 2014.^[1] The lineup for this album features Melvins stalwarts Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover joined by Butthole Surfers members Paul Leary and Jeff Pinkus.^[1]

Hold It In
Studio album by Melvins
Released	October 14, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Experimental rock, sludge metal
Length	52:55
Language	English
Label	Ipecac
Melvins chronology
Tres Cabrones (2013) Hold It In (2014) Three Men and a Baby (2016)

Vinyl version

A single LP vinyl edition was released by Ipecac Recordings in December 2014, omitting the tracks "Eyes on You" and "House of Gasoline". A 10" single of Bride of Crankenstein was released by Amphetamine Reptile Records, featuring the omitted tracks.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Consequence of Sound	C+[4]
musicOMH	[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Osborne, Pinkus and Crover except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer	Length
1.	"Bride of Crankenstein"		2:49
2.	"You Can Make Me Wait"	Leary	2:49
3.	"Brass Cupcake"		3:24
4.	"Barcelonian Horseshoe Pit"		4:22
5.	"Onions Make the Milk Taste Bad"		5:01
6.	"Eyes on You"	Leary	3:24
7.	"Sesame Street Meat"		3:28
8.	"Nine Yards"		2:29
9.	"The Bunk Up"		7:35
10.	"I Get Along (Hollow Moon)"	Leary	2:25
11.	"Piss Pisstopherson"		2:58
12.	"House of Gasoline"		12:11

Personnel

• King Buzzo – guitar, lead (3, 5, 7, 9, 12) and backing vocals
• Dale Crover – drums, backing vocals
• Paul Leary – guitar, lead (2, 6, 10) and backing (3) vocals, engineer
• JD Pinkus – bass, lead (1, 8, 11) and backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Toshi Kasai – engineer
• Stephen Haas – engineer
• John Golden – mastering
• Brian Gardner – mastering (2, 6 & 10)
• Mackie Osborne – design

References

1. "The Melvins To Release 'Hold It In' In October". Blabbermouth. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
2. "Hold It In - Melvins". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
3. Heaney, Gregory. "Hold It In - Melvins". All Music Guide. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
4. Kivel, Adam. "Melvins – Hold It In". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
5. Shepherd, Sam. "Melvins – Hold It In". musicOMH. OMH. Retrieved October 17, 2014.