Sick 'Em

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Sick 'Em
7 Year Bitch - Sick Em.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 1992
RecordedJune 1990 – June 1992
Genre
Length33:35
Label C/Z
Producer Scott Benson
7 Year Bitch chronology
Sick 'Em
(1992)
¡Viva Zapata!
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Vox 7/10 [6]

Sick 'Em is the debut compilation album by Seattle punk rock band 7 Year Bitch. [7] [8] [9] It was released in October 1992 on the local C/Z Records label and collected all of the band's previous releases up to that point. [3] The album was originally slated for an earlier release date but was delayed following the death of guitarist Stefanie Sargent in June 1992.

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a fairly primitive and monochromatic burst of punk rage." [1]

Track listing

All songs by Selene Vigil and Elizabeth Davis, except where noted.

  1. Chow Down - 3:03
  2. Tired of Nothing - 2:14
  3. Knot - 5:08
  4. In Lust You Trust (Vigil/Stephanie Sargent/Davis) - 3:25
  5. Sink (Vigil/Sargent) - 3:19
  6. Gun (Davis/Sargent) - 2:16
  7. Lorna - 1:56
  8. You Smell Lonely - 2:03
  9. No Fucking War (Vigil/Sargent/Davis/Valerie Agnew) - 1:53
  10. Dead Men Don't Rape (Vigil/Agnew/Davis) - 2:47
  11. 8-Ball Deluxe - 2:52
  12. Can We Laugh Now? (Thatcher on Acid) - 2:32

Personnel

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