| Batch | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | January – February 1991 | |||
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| Length | 27:38 | |||
| Label | Cruz | |||
| Producer | Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton [3] | |||
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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]
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
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