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| Released | August 1988 (1988-08)[1] | |||
| Venue | Moore Theatre (Seattle) | |||
| Genre | Grunge | |||
| Length | 14:55 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Steve Fisk | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 3/10[3] |
Fopp is the second EP by the Americanrock bandSoundgarden, released in August 1988 throughSub Pop Records.Fopp was later combined with the band's first EP,Screaming Life (1987), and released as theScreaming Life/Fopp compilation album in 1990.
The EP was recorded at theMoore Theatre inSeattle, Washington, with producerSteve Fisk.
The EP contains one Soundgarden original, two covers, and a remix. GuitaristKim Thayil said of the title track: "That's anOhio Players song off ofHoney—I've had that album since I was in high school. We thought we could take the song and make itAC/DC or something. We'd take the power chords, turn up the volume and make it heavy. "Fopp" is a good song that needed to be given its due as a "kick-ass rock song!"[4] The EP also contains a cover of theGreen River song "Swallow My Pride" from the 1985 EP,Come on Down.
Fopp was released on vinyl only, packaged in black die-cut sleeves and limited to 3,000 copies. The album's cover art was photographed byCharles Peterson. FrontmanChris Cornell said, "The second record did pretty well but it wasn't like a sweep, some people didn't like it."[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fopp" | Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, James Williams | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Fopp (Fucked Up Heavydubmix)" | Beck, Bonner, Jones, Middlebrooks, Pierce, Satchell, Williams | 6:25 |
| 3. | "Kingdom of Come" | Chris Cornell | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Swallow My Pride" | Mark Arm,Steve Turner | 2:18 |
| Total length: | 14:55 | ||
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