Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum

Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum
Studio album by Jennifer Batten
Released	August 5, 1997 (1997-08-05) [1]
Recorded	American Recording; Goodnight L.A.B. in Panorama City, Los Angeles; The Hub
Genre	Instrumental rock progressive rock [2] [3] jazz fusion [2] worldbeat [4]
Length	61:45 [5]
Label	East West
Jennifer Batten chronology
Above Below and Beyond (1992) Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum (1997) Whatever (2007)

Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum is the second studio album by guitarist Jennifer Batten, released on August 5, 1997, through East West Records and reissued in June 2008 through Lion Music. ^{[3] [6]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	Favorable [2]
AllMusic	(No review) [1]

John W. Patterson at All About Jazz gave Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum a glowing review, saying "I've never heard anyone do anything quite like Batten's continuous stream of note-bending, tapping, swells, controlled feedback, harmonics, and lightning-fast riffs." He likened the album to Batten's popular guitarist peers, but also that "She goes beyond [Steve] Vai's insane excursions and tops it off by tipping her hat and then running past [Joe] Satriani's finer weirdness." Praise was also given to her supporting musicians: "There is some seriously cool bass work and severely challenging percussion happening here as well." ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wodaabe Dancer"	8:30
2.	"Elephant Stomp"	7:10
3.	"Zulu Wedding"	9:30
4.	"Scottsman in the Carribean"	8:57
5.	"The Swarm"	9:19
6.	"Glow"	8:45
7.	"Unplug This"	9:34
Total length:		61:45

Personnel

• Jennifer Batten – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard, talk box, background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Glen Sobel – drums, percussion
• Ricky Wolking – bass, banjo, talk box, background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Chris Tervitt – spoken vocals (track 4)
• Sean Wiggins – spoken vocals (track 6), background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Benny Collins – spoken vocals (track 7)
• Bret Helm – background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Janis Massey – background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Sylmarian Pygmee choir – background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
• Bill Cooper – engineering
• Shay Baby – engineering
• Jimmy Crichton – engineering
• DeWayne Barron – engineering
• Rick James, Jr. – engineering
• Pat Thrasher – engineering
• Erik Zobler – mixing
• Steven Stuart Short – mixing
• David Mitson – mastering

References

1. "Momentum - Jennifer Batten". AllMusic . All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
2. Patterson, John W. (2000-04-01). "Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
3. "Momentum by Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage". CD Baby. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
4. Edwards, Owen (2009-01-14). "Jennifer Batten Interview - Octadigital Priestess!". All Out Guitar. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
5. Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum (CD edition "USG 1010-2").
6. "Jennifer Batten - Above, Below & Beyond". Lion Music. Retrieved 2015-03-23.

External links

• Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage "Momentum" at Guitar Nine Records (archived)