The Donnas Turn 21

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The Donnas Turn 21
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Studio album by
The Donnas
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2001
RecordedToast Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Punk rock, hard rock
Length40:56
Label Lookout!
Producer Robert Shimp
The Donnas chronology
Get Skintight
(1999)		The Donnas Turn 21
(2001)		 Spend the Night
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 4.9/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 6/10 [11]

The Donnas Turn 21 is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2001 on Lookout!. Their last release on Lookout!, the album marks their transition away from their previous pop punk sound and towards a more hard rock sound.

Contents

As of 2005 it has sold 65,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [12]

Track listing

All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson, except where noted.

  1. "Are You Gonna Move It For Me?" – 2:31
  2. "Do You Wanna Hit It?" – 2:57
  3. "40 Boys in 40 Nights" – 2:32
  4. "Play My Game" – 3:02
  5. "Midnite Snack" – 2:45
  6. "Drivin' Thru My Heart" – 2:38
  7. "You've Got a Crush on Me" – 2:30
  8. "Little Boy" – 1:59
  9. "Don't Get Me Busted" – 2:55
  10. "Police Blitz" – 1:39
  11. "Hot Pants" – 2:36
  12. "Gimme a Ride" – 1:58
  13. "Living After Midnight" (KK Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton) – 3:28
  14. "Nothing to Do" – 7:26 (including hidden track)
  15. "Drivin' Thru My Heart" (alternate version) (hidden track)

Japanese bonus track

  1. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith)

Personnel

The Donnas

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
2001Heatseekers22
2001Top Independent Albums17

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  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Donnas Turn 21 – The Donnas". AllMusic . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Donnas: The Donnas Turn 21". Alternative Press (151): 71. February 2001.
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