| Jerk of All Trades | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 1, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1995 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 52:34 | |||
| Label | Go-Kart [1] | |||
| Producer | Ray Martin | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [4] |
| Tucson Weekly | [1] |
Jerk of All Trades is a studio album by New York City punk rock band Lunachicks. [5] [6] [7] It was released in 1995 by Go-Kart Records and was produced by Ray Martin.
Entertainment Weekly called Jerk of All Trades "an album of punkoid riffs and comic, melodic choruses." [4] Imbeciles at Trouser Press wrote: "Inoffensive songs of varying seriousness about pets, dolls, adolescent pranks and reproductive rights ... give the album a conceptual variety thoroughly blunted by the stultifying sameness of the music, a relentless barrage that furiously digs itself down a boring hole." [8] The Sun Sentinel wrote that "roaring guitars and screaming vocals make for a noisy full-length disc, but it's fun in an infantile way." [9] The Deseret News deemed the album "filled with image-altering guitars and hyper-intense arrangements." [10]
The A.V. Club called the title track "arguably Lunachicks’ greatest song." [11]
All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Drop Dead" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Fingerful" | 4:13 |
| 3. | "F.D.S." | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Light as a Feather" | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Edgar" | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Dogyard" | 2:22 |
| 7. | "Buttplug" | 1:12 |
| 8. | "Bitterness Barbie" | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Deal with It" | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Brickface + Stucco" | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Jerk of All Trades" | 2:22 |
| 12. | "Spoilt" | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Ring + Run" | 1:46 |
| 14. | "Fallopian Rhapsody" | 4:27 |
| 15. | "Insomnia" | 3:44 |
| 16. | "Why Me?" | 6:12 |
For track 11, "Jerk of All Trades," trumpet is played by Tommy Kennedy.
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