| Ham Fisted | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Local H |
| Cover: | Local H Ham Fisted.jpg |
| Released: | January 24, 1995 |
| Recorded: | Summer 1994 |
| Studio: | Reflection Studios (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| Genre: | Rock, grunge |
| Length: | 47:52 |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Steven Haigler |
| Prev Title: | Drum |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | As Good as Dead |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Ham Fisted is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Local H.[1] [2] It was released through Island Records in January 1995.[3] Two songs, "Cynic" and "Mayonnaise and Malaise", were released as airplay singles in 1994, though the album failed to chart. A music video for "Cynic" was directed by Jodi Wille and released in February 1995.[4]
Trouser Press wrote that Ham Fisted "offers an entertaining haymaker of cranked- up, stripped-down '95 noise."[5] Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star "honourable mention", comparing it to two releases by Nirvana by calling the album "brighter than Bleach, less fly than Incesticide". Newsday called it "a spell-binding display of neurotic rock and roll at its finest."[6] The Morning Call listed the album among the best of 1995, labeling it "a metallic punk-grunge KO."[7]
All songs written by Scott Lucas and Joe Daniels.
appears on ICON: The Island Years compilation (2011)
demo recording appears on Twenty-Five Years of Skin in the Game compilation (2015)
re-recorded song from Local H's self-titled demo (1992)
live recording appears on Live in Europe (2018)
live recording appears on Alive '05 (2005)
Local H
Production