Ghetto Blaster (Red Aunts album)

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Ghetto Blaster
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Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Punk rock
Length31:31
Label Epitaph
Producer Mick Collins
Red Aunts chronology
Saltbox
(1996)
Ghetto Blaster
(1998)

Ghetto Blaster is the last full-length album by the Red Aunts. [1] [2] It was released on April 21, 1998, on Epitaph Records. [3] [4]

Contents

It was produced by Mick Collins, of the Gories. [5]

Critical reception

The Albuquerque Journal called the album a "garage rock classic," listing it as one of the best albums of 1998. [6] The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that "these no-nonsense punk rock grrrls capture the intensity of a small club, and more important, the noisiness of one, too." [7]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Crying" – 3:54
  2. "Poison Steak" – 2:04
  3. "The Things You See, The Things You Don't" – 2:01
  4. "Midnight in the Jungle" – 3:29
  5. "Exene" – 2:59
  6. "Fade In/Fade Out" – 3:07
  7. "Alright!" – 2:11
  8. "Who?" – 2:08
  9. "Skeleton Hand" – 3:29
  10. "Wrecked" – 1:39
  11. "I'm Bored With You" – 0:40
  12. "Cookin', Cleanin' and Cryin'" – 3:50

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  5. "Red Aunts to celebrate new greatest hits double LP at El Cid". Los Angeles Times. October 31, 2014.
  6. Rodriguez, Kenn (25 Dec 1998). "One reviewer's choices for best albums of '98". Albuquerque Journal. p. E13.
  7. Garin, Nina (April 23, 1998). "ALBUM REVIEWS - PUNK". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 25.