| Frustration Plantation | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Rasputina |
| Cover: | Frustration Plantation.jpg |
| Released: | March 16, 2004 |
| Recorded: | The Blah-Blah Institute, Threshold Music, The Mummy's Tomb |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 44:18 62:45 (with bonus disc) |
| Label: | Instinct |
| Producer: | Joseph Bishara, Melora Creager |
| Prev Title: | The Lost and Found, 2nd Edition |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | A Radical Recital |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Frustration Plantation is the fourth studio album by American rock band Rasputina, released by Instinct Records on March 16, 2004.[1] While not strictly a concept album, Frustration Plantation does have many songs darkly relating to women's lives in the Old South.
In a review for AllMusic, Heather Phares said of the album, "The idea of mixing eerie, Deliverance-style Southern ambience with Rasputina's aesthetic is an inspired one, and it results in their strongest work to date."[2] Andy Hermann of PopMatters praised Melora Creager's songwriting, and said, "Eccentric instrumentation aside, Rasputina are ultimately just a great pop band with an immensely talented frontwoman, and Frustration Plantation is their most entertaining, consistent work to date."[3] Jamie Kiffel of Lollipop Magazine said of the album, "While it might be easy to call Rasputina’s product a gimmick, Creager’s genuine fascination with her subject matter keeps her death and occult sound, for the loss of a better word, fresh."[4]