Binge & Purge

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Binge & Purge
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Studio album by
Lunachicks
ReleasedSeptember 18, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
Genre Punk rock
Length35:09
Label Safe House
Producer Mason Temple
Lunachicks chronology
Babysitters on Acid
(1990)		Binge & Purge
(1992)		 Jerk of All Trades
(1995)
Singles from Binge & Purge
  1. "Apathetic EP"
    Released: August 14, 1992
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Binge & Purge is the second studio album by the American punk band the Lunachicks. [3] It was released in 1992 via Safe House. [4] 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.

Contents

Critical reception

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." [1] 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]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Apathetic"Kogan, Becky Wreck2:35
2."Plugg" 3:37
3."P.S. Hell" 2:22
4."Binge & Purge" 2:36
5."Mom" 3:00
6."Super Strong"Wreck2:26
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, Kogan6:25
12."C.I.L.L." 2:02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Binge & Purge - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 370.
  3. ↑ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN   9781250083623 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Lunachicks | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Lunachicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Simon; Press, Joy (November 10, 1996). The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' Roll. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674802735 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Pop/Rock". The Philadelphia Inquirer: 28. February 5, 1993.
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