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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | Safe House | |||
| Producer | Mason Temple | |||
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Binge & Purge is the second studio album by the American punk band the Lunachicks. [1] It was released in 1992 via Safe House. [2] The album was produced by Mason Temple along with the band. The album was recorded at SST, Weehawken, NJ, mixed at Quad Recording, NYC, and mastered at MDI, Toronto.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
AllMusic called the album "more Poison than punk rock," writing that "the Lunachicks' follow-up to the promising Babysitters on Acid is disjointed and disappointing." [3] Trouser Press wrote that "Binge and Purge, which contains sharply ironic songs about women’s self-image concerns, is the Lunachicks’ great leap forward." [5] Simon Reynolds and Joy Press highlighted the "gleeful revelling in (rather than the repulsion from) the messy murk of female bodiliness." [6] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the album is not without "its simplistic Ramonesy charms," but that "when the 'Chicks upchuck their sense of humor, their monolithic music gets boring fast." [7]
All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1. | "Apathetic" | Kogan, Becky Wreck | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Plugg" | 3:37 | |
| 3. | "P.S. Hell" | 2:22 | |
| 4. | "Binge & Purge" | 2:36 | |
| 5. | "Mom" | 3:00 | |
| 6. | "Super Strong" | Wreck | 2:26 |
| 7. | "This Is Serious" | 1:31 | |
| 8. | "Whole Lotta B.S." | 2:21 | |
| 9. | "2 Bad 4 U" | 3:45 | |
| 10. | "11" | 3:14 | |
| 11. | "Rip U" | Gina Volpe, Kogan | 6:25 |
| 12. | "C.I.L.L." | 2:02 |
