Batch (album) explained

Batch
Type:	Album
Artist:	Big Drill Car
Cover:	Batch (album).jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	January – February 1991
Genre:	Punk rock pop-punk
Length:	27:38
Label:	Cruz
Producer:	Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton^[1]
Prev Title:	CD Type Thing
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Toured (A Live Album)
Next Year:	1993

Batch is the second album by American punk rock band Big Drill Car.^[2] It was released in 1991.^{[3] [4]}

It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.^[5] "Freedom of Choice" is a cover of the Devo song.^[6]

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."^[7]

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

Notes and References

1. Batch by Big Drill Car . Billboard . Sep 7, 1991 . 103 . 36 . 66.
2. Book: Cogan . Brian . Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture . 2006 . Greenwood Press . 19.
3. Web site: Seminal OC Pop-Punks Big Drill Car Rev Engine Again After 16 Years. August 7, 2008. OC Weekly.
4. Web site: Part 2: 1991: “Crack and divide”. The A.V. Club.
5. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Big Drill Car. www.trouserpress.com.
6. News: Darling . Cary . Reviews . Orange County Register . July 7, 1991 . H19.
7. Web site: From New Age to Space Age : Local Offerings Include Dan Crary Probing Fresh Ground and Vandals Joking on 'Punk Planet'. November 21, 1991. Los Angeles Times.