Pussy Whipped

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Pussy Whipped
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Studio album by
Bikini Kill
ReleasedOctober 26, 1993 (1993-10-26)
RecordedOctober 1992
Studio Avast!
Genre
Length24:50
Label Kill Rock Stars
Producer Stuart Hallerman
Bikini Kill chronology
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
(1993)		Pussy Whipped
(1993)		 The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
(1994)
Bikini Kill studio album chronology
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
(1993)		Pussy Whipped
(1993)		 Reject All American
(1996)

Pussy Whipped is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Bikini Kill. [1] It was released on Kill Rock Stars on October 26, 1993. [2] It is their most commercially successful album, peaking at number 20 on the UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [8]
Uncut 9/10 [9]
The Village Voice A− [10]

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly called Pussy Whipped "the first great riot-grrrl album". [5] The Guardian wrote that "Hanna is so enraged that words to fetching tunes like 'Hamster Baby' and 'Star-Bellied Boy' are transmuted to wild shrieks." [11]

Heather Phares of AllMusic said, "'Rebel Girl' is a manifesto just waiting to be discovered, and the rest of the album sees the band occasionally adding fun to their recipe for punk chaos." [4] In 2015, Spin placed Pussy Whipped at number 222 on its list of the "300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years". [12] In 2016, Pitchfork placed it at number 10 on its list of the "50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest". [13] Rolling Stone included "Rebel Girl" on its list of the "Most Excellent Songs of Every Year Since 1967", a playlist assembled by the magazine in 2006 to celebrate its 1,000th issue (The version of "Rebel Girl" included here differs from the Joan Jett-produced single version). [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Kathi Wilcox, and Tobi Vail.

No.TitleLength
1."Blood One"1:44
2."Alien She"1:41
3."Magnet"1:26
4."Speed Heart"1:47
5."Lil' Red"2:13
6."Tell Me So"2:20
7."Sugar"2:22
8."Star Bellied Boy"1:33
9."Hamster Baby"2:20
10."Rebel Girl"2:43
11."Star Fish"1:03
12."For Tammy Rae"3:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Charts

Chart performance for Pussy Whipped
Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [3] 20

References

  1. ↑ Reiss, Natalie (September 16, 2015). "Revolution Grrrl Style: Bikini Kill". Clash . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Discography". Kill Rock Stars . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Independent Albums" (PDF). Music Week . November 20, 1993. p. 18. ISSN   0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
  4. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Pussy Whipped – Bikini Kill". AllMusic . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Browne, David (January 28, 1994). "Pussy Whipped". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Ali, Lorraine (December 19, 1993). "Snarrrling From the Frontier of Feminism". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Kot, Greg (2004). "Bikini Kill". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p.  72. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ Powers, Ann (1995). "Bikini Kill". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 42. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  9. ↑ Pattison, Louis (August 2015). "How to Buy... Kathleen Hanna". Uncut . No. 219. p. 93.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January 18, 1994). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (October 22, 1993). "Rock/pop". Features. The Guardian.
  12. ↑ "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)". Spin . May 11, 2015. p. 2. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  13. ↑ "The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest". Pitchfork . September 6, 2016. p. 5. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Most Excellent Songs Of Every Year Since 1967". Rolling Stone . May 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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