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Batch (album)

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Batch
Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedJanuary – February 1991
Genre
Length27:38
LabelCruz
ProducerBill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton[3]
Big Drill Car chronology
CD Type Thing
(1989)
Batch
(1991)
Toured (A Live Album)
(1993)

Batch is the second album by American punk rock band Big Drill Car.[4][2] It was released in 1991.[5][6]

It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.[2] "Freedom of Choice" is a cover of the Devo song.[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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."[2] 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."[8]

Track listing

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  1. "Take Away" (Arnold, Daly, Smooth, Thomson) - 2:38
  2. "Restless Habs" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:51
  3. "If It's Poison" (Daly) - 2:59
  4. "Freep" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:30
  5. "Never Ending Endeavor" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:48
  6. "In a Hole" (Daly) - 2:23
  7. "Crust" (Daly, Thomson) - 1:51
  8. "Freedom of Choice" (Mothersbaugh, Casale) - 2:35
  9. "Ick" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:37
  10. "Faster" (Daly) - 5:26

Credits

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Batch at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b c d "TrouserPress.com :: Big Drill Car". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. ^ "Batch by Big Drill Car". Billboard. 103 (36): 66. Sep 7, 1991.
  4. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Seminal OC Pop-Punks Big Drill Car Rev Engine Again After 16 Years". OC Weekly. August 7, 2008.
  6. ^ "Part 2: 1991: "Crack and divide"". The A.V. Club.
  7. ^ Darling, Cary (July 7, 1991). "Reviews". Orange County Register. p. H19.
  8. ^ "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.