The Crybaby

The Crybaby is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released in 2000 through Ipecac Recordings. It is the last part of a trilogy preceded by The Maggot and The Bootlicker. The trilogy was later released on vinyl by Ipecac Recordings (The Trilogy Vinyl, February 7, 2000), although the song "Divorced" was edited down and the last four tracks were excluded.

Personnel

 * King Buzzo – guitar (1–3, 5–11), bass (1), noise (4)
 * Dale Crover – drums (1, 3, 5–11), Mattel drums & guitar (2), noise (4), vocals (9)
 * Kevin Rutmanis – bass (2–11), slide bass (2 & 8); oscillator, harmonica, metronome, voice, guitar & engineer (4); vocals (8)

Guests

 * Leif Garrett – vocals (1)
 * David Yow – vocals (2 & 8)
 * Hank Williams III – guitar (3), vocals (3 & 9)
 * Henry Bogdan – steel guitar (3 & 9)
 * Mike Patton – vocals, sampler, guitar, percussion & engineer (4)
 * J. G. Thirlwell – vocals, samples, engineer & mixing (5)
 * Erik Sanko – guitar & vocals (6)
 * Rick Lee – trash & samples (6)
 * Amanda Ferguson – vocals (6)
 * Bruce Bromberg – guitar (6)
 * Tool – producer (7)
 * Godzik Pink – "Interlude" (8)
 * Bliss Blood – vocals, Wurlitzer treated vocal, electric sitar, musical saws & Señor Wences samples (10)
 * Kevin Sharp – vocals & samples (11)

Additional personnel

 * Tim Green – producer, engineer (1 [drums only], 4 & 5), mixing (6)
 * Billy Howerdel – mixing (1), guitar & bass engineer (1)
 * Roderick Kohn – engineer (6)
 * Vince DeFranco – producer (7)
 * Ryeland Allison – producer (7)
 * Sir David Scott Stone – engineer (8 ["Interlude"])
 * Kurt Wolf – engineer (10)
 * Mackie Osborne – art