''Batch'' is the second album by American

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "''Batch'' upholds the group’s stylistic consistency: riffs, tunes and punchy rhythms collide in an enjoyable blend of big rock, vampy thrashfunk and nicely detailed pop that hardly belongs on a punk-rooted indie label." The ''

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'' wrote that "there is no denying the clean, unrelenting crunch that guitarist Mark Arnold, bassist Bob Thomson and drummer Danny Marcroft achieve as they find hard-rocking middle ground between Led Zeppelin and Husker Du."

Track listing

# "Take Away" (Arnold, Daly, Smooth, Thomson) - 2:38 # "Restless Habs" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:51 # "If It's Poison" (Daly) - 2:59 # "Freep" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:30 # "Never Ending Endeavor" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:48 # "In a Hole" (Daly) - 2:23 # "Crust" (Daly, Thomson) - 1:51 # "

" (Mothersbaugh, Casale) - 2:35 # "Ick" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:37 # "Faster" (Daly) - 5:26

Credits

*Frank Daly - Vocals * Mark Arnold - Guitar *Bob Thomson - Bass, album art *Danny Marcroft - Drums, background vocals *Rich Cranium - Guitar solo on 'Ick' Additional personnel * Bill Stevenson - Producer * Stephen Egerton - Engineer, Producer *Anthony Arvizu - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer *Steve McNeil - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer * Recorded and Mixed at Mambo Sound and Recording, Long Beach, CA

References

1991 albums Big Drill Car albums Cruz Records albums Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician) {{1990s-punk-album-stub