L7 (album)

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L7
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Studio album by
L7
ReleasedSeptember 1988 [1]
Recorded1987
Genre Punk rock, grunge
Length31:58
Label Epitaph [2]
Producer Brett Gurewitz
L7 chronology
L7
(1988)
Smell the Magic
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 4/10 [7]

L7 is the debut studio album by American rock band L7, released in 1988 by Epitaph Records. [8] [9] It demonstrates the band's punk rock origins, although there are traces of the heavier grunge sound that dominated their later work.

Contents

Production

The album was recorded in Brett Gurewitz's studio, in Hollywood, California. [10] It is the band's only album with drummer Roy Koutsky. [11]

The album's first track, "Bite the Wax Tadpole," refers to the legend that this is a Chinese transliteration of "Coca-Cola." [12]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "is a heady but largely inconsequential introduction; it’s all brute force and speed, grunge as a sheer sonic description." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bite the Wax Tadpole" Suzi Gardner 2:16
2."Cat-O'-Nine-Tails"Gardner2:12
3."Metal Stampede" Donita Sparks 2:25
4."Let's Rock Tonight"Gardner, Sparks3:12
5."Uncle Bob"Gardner, Sparks, Jennifer Finch, Roy Koutsky6:32
6."Snake Handler"Gardner2:29
7."Runnin' from the Law"Gardner, Sparks3:10
8."Cool Out"Sparks2:54
9."It's Not You"Gardner1:45
10."I Drink"Gardner, Sparks, Finch, Koutsky2:55
11."Ms. 45"Gardner, Sparks, Finch, Koutsky2:40
Total length:31:58

Personnel

L7
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