''13.13'' is the second album by American artist

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, released in June 1982 by record label

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Content

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'' writes that the album " evivesthe grind-and-caterwaul of Teenage Jesus as filtered through ''

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''-era PiL, all deviant guitar and rolling rhythms". UK magazine ''

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'' wrote that "sonically it comes over like a more droning, dissolute Stateside cousin of

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' '' Juju''". The musicians who played on and co-wrote the album had been members of first wave Los Angeles

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band

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Reception

''13.13'' has divided critics. ''

'' wrote that "Like her previous stuff, it manages to be simultaneously fascinating and annoying." In its retrospective review, ''

'' magazine qualified it as a "masterpiece".

Track listing

Personnel

;13.13 *Dix Denney – guitar *

– vocals, piano, production *

Cliff Martinez Cliff Robert Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Since th ...

– drums, percussion *Greg Williams – bass guitar ;Production and additional personnel *13.13 – production *David Arnoff – photography *

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*Steven McDonald – engineering *James Partie – photography *Jeff Price – design *

Thom Wilson Thom Wilson (died February 8, 2015) was an American punk rock record producer and engineer. Career Wilson began his musical career in the mid-1970s, engineering recordings by soft rock artists Burton Cummings and Seals & Crofts. He began worki ...

– engineering

Charts

References

External links

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Lydia Lunch official website
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