Melvins

"Gluey Porch Treatments" is the first album by American rock band Melvins, which was released in 1987 by Alchemy Records on vinyl. It was later released on cassette tape along with the "Six Songs EP" through Boner Records, and it can also be found as bonus material on the CD version of Ozma. The album is considered to be an early example of sludge metal and a major influence on grunge.

It features tracks 18-29, which can only be found on the 1999 re-release by Ipecac Recordings and are taken from a boombox demo. Two songs on the album, "Steve Instant Newman" and "As It Was", are re-recordings of "Disinvite" and "Easy As It Was" from the "Six Songs EP". The song "Leeech" was originally written by Green River under the title "Leech" but the band never played it because they thought it was too repetitive. The song may have been given to Melvins by a member of Green River, though there has been some joking criticism by Mark Arm over the claim of ownership by Melvins. The song "Eye Flys" appears on the soundtrack for the film "Kurt Cobain: About a Son" and on the Melvins live album "Sugar Daddy Live", while "Glow God", "Big As a Mountain", and "Heaviness of the Load" can be found on the Alchemy Records compilation album Peace Thru Chemistry. The title track "Gluey Porch Treatments" was re-recorded and released on the band's thirteenth album, "Electroretard", in 2001.

The album received positive reviews, with AllMusic critic Ned Raggett praising it and Dave Grohl stating that it is heavier and better than Black Sabbath. All of the songs on the album were written by Buzz Osborne, with the exception of those noted otherwise.