Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons

Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released on June 6, 2000 by Touch and Go Records.^[2][3] The album was recorded at Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, and was produced by Guy Picciotto and Ryan Hadlock.

Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Studio album by Blonde Redhead
Released	June 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
Recorded	January 25 – February 16, 2000
Studio	Bear Creek (Woodinville, Washington)
Genre	Art punk[1]
Length	39:26
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Guy Picciotto Ryan Hadlock
Blonde Redhead chronology
In an Expression of the Inexpressible (1998) Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons (2000) Mélodie Citronique (2000)

The final song on Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, "For the Damaged Coda", is based on Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin.^[4] Years after the album's release, "For the Damaged Coda" gained renewed exposure after appearing in the animated TV series Rick and Morty as the recurring theme for the character Evil Morty.^[4][5][6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
NME	8/10[9]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[10]
Q	[11]
Spin	8/10[12]
Under the Radar	8.5/10[13]

Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73 based on eight reviews.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Blonde Redhead (Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace). All lead vocals are by Makino, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Equally Damaged"	instrumental	0:40
2.	"In Particular"		6:05
3.	"Melody of Certain Three"	A. Pace	3:53
4.	"Hated Because of Great Qualities"		4:42
5.	"Loved Despite of Great Faults"	A. Pace	4:12
6.	"Ballad of Lemons"	instrumental	1:54
7.	"This Is Not"		4:50
8.	"A Cure"	A. Pace, Makino	5:23
9.	"For the Damaged"		3:02
10.	"Mother"		2:08
11.	"For the Damaged Coda" (unlisted on back cover, but listed in liner notes with an asterisk)		2:37
Total length:			39:26

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
12.	"En particulier" (French version of "In Particular")		4:08
13.	"Odiata per le sue virtú" (Italian version of "Hated Because of Great Qualities")		4:44
14.	"Chi é e non é"	A. Pace	3:38
15.	"Four Damaged Lemons" (alternate version of "For the Damaged")		5:11
Total length:			57:07

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

Blonde Redhead

• Kazu Makino
• Amedeo Pace
• Simone Pace

Additional personnel

• Toby Christensen – piano on "Loved Despite of Great Faults", "A Cure", "For the Damaged" and "For the Damaged Coda"
• Ryan Hadlock – production, engineering
• Guy Picciotto – production
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Brad Zeffren – engineering (second)