Crunt (album)

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Crunt
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Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedFebruary 1993
Genre Rock
Label Trance Syndicate [1]
Producer Stuart "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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [6]
Select 3/5 [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

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"

Personnel

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