| Batten the Hatches | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jenny Owen Youngs |
| Cover: | Batten the Hatches.jpg |
| Released: | 2005 (Canada) |
| Genre: | Indie, folk rock |
| Length: | 37:03 41:07 (reissue) |
| Label: | Self-released Nettwerk (reissue) |
| Producer: | Ronen Ben Codor, Dan Romer |
| Prev Title: | The Scrappy Demo |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | The Take Off All Your Clothes EP |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Batten the Hatches is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. Originally self-released in 2005 by Youngs, it was reissued with the bonus track "Drinking Song" two years later by the Nettwerk label.[1]
The track "Fuck Was I" was used in the first episode of the second season of the Showtime series Weeds, to illustrate a scene in which main character Nancy Botwin, a part-time marijuana dealer, discovers that her new lover is in fact a DEA agent. This appearance reportedly led to sales of the album increasing from between five and ten per week to between twenty and thirty per day.[2]
The album was listed as one of Guardian Unlimiteds "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" in a feature in November 2006.[3]
All tracks written by Jenny Owen Youngs.
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2005 | Self-released | CD | ||
| Canada, UK | April 10, 2007 | Nettwerk | CD | 0 6700 30648 2 8 |