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Crunt (album)

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Crunt
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedFebruary 1993
GenreRock
LabelTrance Syndicate[1]
ProducerStuart "Spasm" Gray, Russell Simins

Crunt is a studio album by the American band Crunt, released in 1994.[2] It was the band's only album.[3] An estimated 20,000 copies had been sold worldwide as of January 1995.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Select3/5[7]

Trouser Press called the album an "enthusiastic if offhand outing," while acknowledging Simins's "typically muscular contribution."[8] The Guardian thought that "the resolutely low-fi recording quality mashes the sound into a muddy sub-heavy metal broth that pleads for the description 'bloody racket', but this has its own bizarre charm."[9] The Columbus Dispatch deemed it "a loud, distorted, violent, unpretty, harsh, nasty slab of music," writing that "the over-the-top rock 'n' roll here is mostly humorous."[10] The Asbury Park Press deemed it "a mighty fine white-trash rock 'n' roll album."[11]

Stephen Howell, in his AllMusic review, wrote: "Crunt proves that three chords and a childish mentality can be taken a long way. This is simplistic rock & roll that manages to create a fast and memorable hook for anyone within earshot."[12]

Track listing

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All songs by Crunt

  1. "Theme from Crunt"
  2. "Swine"*
  3. "Blackheart"
  4. "Unglued"
  5. "Changing My Mind"
  6. "Snap Out of It"
  7. "Sexy"
  8. "Punishment"
  9. "Spam"
  10. "Elephant"
  • * indicates single

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "The Complete Trance Syndicate Discography". The Austin Chronicle.
  2. ^ Unsworth, Cathi (Feb 19, 1994). "Crunt". Melody Maker. Vol. 71, no. 7. p. 32.
  3. ^ Evans, Liz, ed. (1994). Women, Sex and Rock'n'roll: In Their Own Words (2nd ed.). Pandora Press. p. 73.
  4. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (26 January 1995). "Trance-induced state". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  5. ^ Howell, Stephen. Crunt at AllMusic
  6. ^ "Crunt". Robert Christgau.
  7. ^ "Crunt". Select.
  8. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Babes in Toyland". www.trouserpress.com.
  9. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (11 Feb 1994). "Pop/rock: A bloody racket". Features. The Guardian.
  10. ^ Eichenberger, Bill (March 31, 1994). "Crunt, Crunt". Weekender. The Columbus Dispatch. p. 8.
  11. ^ Kara, Matty (11 Feb 1994). "Crunt". Asbury Park Press. p. C6.
  12. ^ "Crunt". AllMusic.
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