| Plastique Valentine | ||||
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| Released | February 11, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996/1997 | |||
| Genre | Punk | |||
| Label | Epitaph Records [1] | |||
| Producer | Sally Browder [2] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
Plastique Valentine is an album by the punk rock band the Humpers, released in 1997. [4] [5]
CMJ New Music Monthly thought that the album "displays a band eye-ball deep in punk tradition that's so thoroughly absorbed its influences that comparisons and parallels are moot." [6] Miami New Times determined that the new songs "swagger with more assurance and confidence than the frantic older stuff." [7] The Bradenton Herald called the album "hot trailer trash punk flavored with searing '50s roadhouse piano." [8]
AllMusic wrote that "though the songwriting is a bit limited—it's hard to find a hook anywhere on the record—its gut-wrenching, visceral rush is harder and more punk than most of the Humpers punk-revivalist contemporaries." [3]
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