| Hunkpapa | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Throwing Muses |
| Cover: | HunkpapaUKCD.jpg |
| Alt: | UK edition CD cover |
| Released: | January 23, 1989 |
| Recorded: | June–October 1988 |
| Studio: | Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 38:48 |
| Label: | 4AD, Sire |
| Producer: | Gary Smith |
| Prev Title: | House Tornado |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | The Real Ramona |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
Hunkpapa is the third studio album by Throwing Muses, released in 1989.[1] [2] It peaked at number 59 on the UK Albums Chart.
Trouser Press called the album "a chilly and dull record that could be by any number of contempo jangle-pop bands," and said that lead singer Kristin Hersh’s voice, "no longer possessing any strong character, is ineffectual and a bit strident at times."[3] The New York Times wrote that the band "have edged toward rock convention."[4] The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised the "stronger sense of groove."
NME named it the 33rd best album of 1989.[5]
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Additional musicians
Technical personnel