Batch (album)
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| Batch | ||||
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| Released | August 6, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | January - February 1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, melodic hardcore | |||
| Length | 27:38 | |||
| Label | Cruz Records | |||
| Producer | Stephen Egerton Bill Stevenson | |||
| Big Drill Car chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Batch is the second album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car.[2] It was released in 1991.[3][4]
It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.[5] Like many Big Drill Car albums, Batch is currently out of print.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "Batch upholds the group’s stylistic consistency: riffs, tunes and punchy rhythms collide in an enjoyable blend of big rock, vampy thrashfunk and nicely detailed pop that hardly belongs on a punk-rooted indie label."[5] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "there is no denying the clean, unrelenting crunch that guitarist Mark Arnold, bassist Bob Thomson and drummer Danny Marcroft achieve as they find hard-rocking middle ground between Led Zeppelin and Husker Du."[6]
Track listing
- "Take Away" (Arnold, Daly, Smooth, Thomson) - 2:38
- "Restless Habs" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:51
- "If It's Poison" (Daly) - 2:59
- "Freep" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:30
- "Never Ending Endeavor" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:48
- "In a Hole" (Daly) - 2:23
- "Crust" (Daly, Thomson) - 1:51
- "Freedom of Choice" (Mothersbaugh, Casale) - 2:35
- "Ick" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:37
- "Faster" (Daly) - 5:26
Credits
- Frank Daly - Vocals
- Mark Arnold - Guitar
- Bob Thomson - Bass, album art
- Danny Marcroft - Drums, background vocals
- Rich Cranium - Guitar solo on 'Ick'
Additional personnel
- Bill Stevenson - Producer
- Stephen Egerton - Engineer, Producer
- Anthony Arvizu - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer
- Steve McNeil - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer
- Recorded and Mixed at Mambo Sound and Recording, Long Beach, CA
References
- ^ Batch at AllMusic
- ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 19.
- ^ Staff, OC Weekly- (August 7, 2008). "Seminal OC Pop-Punks Big Drill Car Rev Engine Again After 16 Years". OC Weekly.
- ^ "Part 2: 1991: "Crack and divide"". Music.
- ^ a b "TrouserPress.com :: Big Drill Car". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ "From New Age to Space Age : Local Offerings Include Dan Crary Probing Fresh Ground and Vandals Joking on 'Punk Planet'". Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1991.
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