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Batch is the second album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car.[2] It was released in 1991.[3][4]

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Batch
Studio album by Big Drill Car
Released	August 6, 1991
Recorded	January - February 1991
Genre	Pop punk, melodic hardcore
Length	27:38
Label	Cruz
Producer	Stephen Egerton Bill Stevenson
Big Drill Car chronology
CD Type Thing (1989) Batch (1991) Toured (A Live Album) (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.[5] Like many Big Drill Car albums, Batch is currently out of print.

Critical reception

Trouser Press 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."[5] The Los Angeles Times 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."[6]

Track listing

1. "Take Away" (Arnold, Daly, Smooth, Thomson) - 2:38
2. "Restless Habs" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:51
3. "If It's Poison" (Daly) - 2:59
4. "Freep" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:30
5. "Never Ending Endeavor" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:48
6. "In a Hole" (Daly) - 2:23
7. "Crust" (Daly, Thomson) - 1:51
8. "Freedom of Choice" (Mothersbaugh, Casale) - 2:35
9. "Ick" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:37
10. "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

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