Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum

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Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 1997 (1997-08-05) [1]
RecordedAmerican Recording; Goodnight L.A.B. in Panorama City, Los Angeles; The Hub
Genre
Length61:45 [5]
Label East West
Jennifer Batten chronology
Above Below and Beyond
(1992)
Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum
(1997)
Whatever
(2007)

Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum is the second studio album by guitarist Jennifer Batten, released on August 5, 1997, through East West Records and reissued in June 2008 through Lion Music. [3] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Favorable [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg (No review) [1]

John W. Patterson at All About Jazz gave Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum a glowing review, saying "I've never heard anyone do anything quite like Batten's continuous stream of note-bending, tapping, swells, controlled feedback, harmonics, and lightning-fast riffs." He likened the album to Batten's popular guitarist peers, but also that "She goes beyond [Steve] Vai's insane excursions and tops it off by tipping her hat and then running past [Joe] Satriani's finer weirdness." Praise was also given to her supporting musicians: "There is some seriously cool bass work and severely challenging percussion happening here as well." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Wodaabe Dancer"8:30
2."Elephant Stomp"7:10
3."Zulu Wedding"9:30
4."Scottsman in the Carribean"8:57
5."The Swarm"9:19
6."Glow"8:45
7."Unplug This"9:34
Total length:61:45

Personnel

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