Drunk Tank (album)

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Drunk Tank
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Released1991 (1991)
RecordedMarch 9 – March 10, 1991 (1991-03-10)
StudioWaterfront Studios, NJ
Genre Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length27:01
Label Radial
Drunk Tank chronology
Drunk Tank
(1991)
Missing
(1995)

Drunk Tank is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Drunk Tank, released in 1991 by Radial Records. [1] The CD release of the album is appended with tracks taken from the band's first two 7" singles.

Contents

Critical reception

Drunk Tank garnered favorable reviews upon its release. Mark Woodlief of Option praised the group for their "unpredictability, sheer raging force and antisociality" and that their music "rattles the innards of the brain, shaking the listener awake to the possibilities of making fingernails on a chalkboard sound darn good." [2] Ian Christie of Alternative Press noted the band's more focused direction and that major label interest might be forthcoming. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alex Barker, Steven Cerio and Julian Mills.

No.TitleLength
1."Hog Ditch"2:37
2."Diesel Slug"3:07
3."Honeysuckle"2:13
4."End Bits"3:28
5."Pin-Up Girl"3:46
6."Stranger Danger"2:26
7."Nap Time"2:43
8."Lamb's Farm"4:20
9."Freak of Nature"2:15
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Hayride"1:55
11."Mary Worth"2:23
12."Leadfoot"2:36
13."Scissors"3:00

Personnel

Adapted from Drunk Tank liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1991Radial CD, CS, LP RDL 03

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References

  1. "Drunk Tank: Drunk Tank > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  2. Woodlief, Mark (1992). "Drunk Tank: Drunk Tank". Option . Sonic Options Network. 42–47: 99. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  3. Christie, Ian (1992). "Drunk Tank: Drunk Tank". Alternative Press . Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. 48.
  4. Drunk Tank (booklet). Drunk Tank. Chicago, Illinois: Radial Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)