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===Reprise: 1992–1999=== Mudhoney's first album with Reprise was ''[[Piece of Cake (album)|Piece of Cake]]''.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> In a 2008 ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine article, Turner explained the album references "how easily things had come to them ... the songs were kinda half-baked ..." They also contributed a track "Overblown" at this time to the soundtrack to the film ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]''. [[File:Steve Turner.jpg|thumb|upright|Lead guitarist [[Steve Turner (guitarist)|Steve Turner]] in 2007]] With their 1995 album ''[[My Brother the Cow]]'' they mixed their earlier and more recent sound, but Turner explained in an article in ''Mojo'', "There was a backlash after Kurt [Cobain] killed himself. The English press were so angry that we were still around. Those were some of the worst reviews we'd ever gotten. We were mocked for still existing."<ref name="autogenerated97">Mojo Magazine "Come As You Are" by Michael Azerrad; August 2008; p. 97</ref> The press was not all negative, as the album received praise in certain U.S. publications, including ''People'' magazine: "Leave the brooding anthems to Pearl Jam. Mudhoney delivers pure grunge—messy music that casts a powerful spell."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105658,00.html|title=Picks and Pans Review: My Brother the Cow : People.com|website=www.people.com|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie ''[[Black Sheep (1996 film)|Black Sheep]]'', starring [[Chris Farley]] and [[David Spade]]. The band was shown performing at an MTV concert and then speaking with Farley backstage. ''[[Tomorrow Hit Today]]'' was released in September 1998.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> The album demonstrated a [[blues-rock]] influence, and the band used record producer Jim Dickinson, who worked with [[The Rolling Stones]]. They recorded the set in three different cities.<ref name="autogenerated97"/><ref>During this same period, Dickinson also produced Mudhoney's contribution ("War in Peace") to the [[More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album|tribute album]] for [[Moby Grape]] co-founder [[Skip Spence]], who was terminally ill with cancer.</ref> After a few years of touring, Reprise decided to cut ties with Mudhoney. Subsequently, Lukin left the band. They released ''[[March to Fuzz]]'', a retrospective [[compilation album]].
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