Smack Bunny Baby

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Smack Bunny Baby
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1993
StudioExcello Recording, Brooklyn, New York
Genre
Length36:07
Label Grass Records
Producer Eli Janney [1]
Brainiac chronology
Smack Bunny Baby
(1993)
Bonsai Superstar
(1994)

Smack Bunny Baby is the debut album from the band Brainiac, released in 1993 via Grass Records. [1] [2] It is the only album by the group to feature founding guitarist Michelle Bodine. The LP edition of the album includes the track "Velveteen" that was not found on the original CD edition. An unknown number of the LP copies were pressed on turquoise-marbled vinyl.

Contents

Along with its successor Bonsai Superstar , as of 2016 Smack Bunny Baby was out-of-print and the copyright was owned by The Bicycle Music Company. [3] However, in December 2023 upon the 30-year anniversary of the original release, the album was reissued on green vinyl (and digital formats) by Craft Recordings, the reissue label of Concord Bicycle Music. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Spin included the album on its 1993 "10 Best Albums of the Year You Didn't Hear" list, calling it "a noisy little devil that benefits greatly from a fondness for Moog synth and a good ear for (buried) melody." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I, Fuzzbot"3:44
2."Ride"2:47
3."Smack Bunny Baby"2:06
4."Martian Dance Invasion"2:16
5."Cultural Zero"2:57
6."Brat Girl"3:47
7."Hurting Me"4:19
8."I Could Own You"2:58
9."Anesthetize"3:09
10."Draag"4:17
11."Get Away"3:47
Total length:36:07
LP Edition Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
12."Velveteen"3:47
Total length:39:54

Personnel

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