Butch | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1, 1997 | |||
Recorded | December 1996 | |||
Studio | The Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Alternative country, alternative rock, punk rock | |||
Length | 50:49 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Steve Fisk, The Geraldine Fibbers | |||
The Geraldine Fibbers chronology | ||||
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Singles from Butch | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
NME | 7/10 [6] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Spin | 9/10 [9] |
Butch is the second and final studio album by American alternative country band The Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 1, 1997.
The album was recorded in December 1996 by John Goodmanson at The Sound Factory studios, in Los Angeles, California. The recording was mixed March–April 1997 at Brooklyn Recording, Los Angeles by Sally Browder assisted by Ronnie Rivera. [10]
"California Tuffy" was released as a promotional music video and single. In the music video, Carla Bozulich uses a black cat puppet to lip synch the song while she and the band destroy furniture and set things on fire.
Spin magazine named Butch to their best albums of 1997 list. [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "California Tuffy" | Carla Bozulich | 3:17 |
2. | "Toybox" | Bozulich, William Tutton, Kevin Fitzgerald, Daniel Keenan | 3:11 |
3. | "I Killed the Cuckoo" | Bozulich, Fitzgerald, Tutton | 2:10 |
4. | "Trashman in Furs" | Bozulich, Tutton, Jessy Greene | 3:43 |
5. | "Swim Back to Me" | Bozulich, Fitzgerald | 3:25 |
6. | "Seven or in 10" | Bozulich, Nels Cline | 2:26 |
7. | "Claudine" | The Geraldine Fibbers | 2:19 |
8. | "Folks Like Me" | Bozulich | 3:30 |
9. | "Pet Angel" | Bozulich, Tutton, Greene | 3:39 |
10. | "Butch" | Bozulich, Cline | 6:09 |
11. | "Arrow to My Drunken Eye" | Bozulich, Greene | 6:32 |
12. | "You Doo Right" | Can | 5:20 |
13. | "The Dwarf Song" | Bozulich | 5:12 |
14. | "Heliotrope" | Bozulich | 6:11 |
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Butch | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1, 1997 | |||
Recorded | December 1996 | |||
Studio | The Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Alternative country, alternative rock, punk rock | |||
Length | 50:49 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Steve Fisk, The Geraldine Fibbers | |||
The Geraldine Fibbers chronology | ||||
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Singles from Butch | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
NME | 7/10 [6] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Spin | 9/10 [9] |
Butch is the second and final studio album by American alternative country band The Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 1, 1997.
The album was recorded in December 1996 by John Goodmanson at The Sound Factory studios, in Los Angeles, California. The recording was mixed March–April 1997 at Brooklyn Recording, Los Angeles by Sally Browder assisted by Ronnie Rivera. [10]
"California Tuffy" was released as a promotional music video and single. In the music video, Carla Bozulich uses a black cat puppet to lip synch the song while she and the band destroy furniture and set things on fire.
Spin magazine named Butch to their best albums of 1997 list. [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "California Tuffy" | Carla Bozulich | 3:17 |
2. | "Toybox" | Bozulich, William Tutton, Kevin Fitzgerald, Daniel Keenan | 3:11 |
3. | "I Killed the Cuckoo" | Bozulich, Fitzgerald, Tutton | 2:10 |
4. | "Trashman in Furs" | Bozulich, Tutton, Jessy Greene | 3:43 |
5. | "Swim Back to Me" | Bozulich, Fitzgerald | 3:25 |
6. | "Seven or in 10" | Bozulich, Nels Cline | 2:26 |
7. | "Claudine" | The Geraldine Fibbers | 2:19 |
8. | "Folks Like Me" | Bozulich | 3:30 |
9. | "Pet Angel" | Bozulich, Tutton, Greene | 3:39 |
10. | "Butch" | Bozulich, Cline | 6:09 |
11. | "Arrow to My Drunken Eye" | Bozulich, Greene | 6:32 |
12. | "You Doo Right" | Can | 5:20 |
13. | "The Dwarf Song" | Bozulich | 5:12 |
14. | "Heliotrope" | Bozulich | 6:11 |
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