Hungry for Stink

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Hungry for Stink
L7 - Hungry for Stink.jpg
Studio album by
L7
ReleasedJuly 12, 1994 (1994-07-12)
Studio
Genre
Length44:43
Label
Producer
L7 chronology
Bricks Are Heavy
(1992)		Hungry for Stink
(1994)		 The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
(1997)
Singles from Hungry For Stink
  1. "Andres"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Stuck Here Again"
    Released: 1994 (promo)
  3. "Can I Run"
    Released: 1995 (promo)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A− [2]
Entertainment Weekly A+ [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rolling Stone favorable [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Hungry for Stink is the fourth studio album by L7, released in July 1994 by Slash Records. The album peaked at number 117 on the Billboard 200 chart, [7] as well as number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. [8]

Contents

"Fuel My Fire" was based on the Cosmic Psychos song "Lost Cause", [9] and was covered by The Prodigy on their 1997 album The Fat of the Land . [10] The Independent reported that the album's name Hungry for Stink was derived from an advert the band saw in Bear Magazine, a gay publication "for and about big hairy men". [11]

Critical reception

AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that "While L7 sounds tremendous on Hungry for Stink, the band has neglected to write any songs", but added "But when you're caught in the middle of a massive guitar grind this good, songs don't matter much." [1] Rolling Stone stated: "Chief songwriter Donita Sparks and company kick inter-gender butt by means of power chords and grunge abandon." [5]

Track listing

Hungry for Stink track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Andres" Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner 3:03
2."Baggage"Sparks, Gardner3:18
3."Can I Run"Sparks3:54
4."The Bomb"Sparks, Jennifer Finch 2:39
5."Questioning My Sanity"Sparks, Finch3:42
6."Riding with a Movie Star"Sparks3:19
7."Stuck Here Again"Sparks, Gardner4:58
8."Fuel My Fire"Sparks, Cosmic Psychos 3:46
9."Freak Magnet"Sparks, Gardner3:14
10."She Has Eyes"Sparks, Finch3:16
11."Shirley"Finch3:09
12."Talk Box"Sparks6:06
Total length:44:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Performers
Production

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 26
US Billboard 200 [7] 117
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 2

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References

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  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 184. ISBN   9780312245603.
  3. ↑ Sandow, Greg (July 15, 1994). "Hungry for Stink Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ ALI, LORRAINE (July 10, 1994). "POP MUSIC : L7 Slides Back to Sludgy Roots : ** 1/2; L7, "Hungry for Stink" ( Slash/Reprise )". Los Angeles Times . ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Corio, Paul (December 29, 1994 – January 12, 1995). "L7: Hungry For Stink : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone : 185. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  500. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone l7 album guide.
  7. 1 2 "L7 - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "L7 - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Original versions of Fuel My Fire written by Donita Sparks". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ "'Fuel My Fire' by L7 covered by The Prodigy – Magnificent Cover Version No.18". Noisecrumbs.com. January 2, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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