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Album Review: Painkillers

  • Artist: Babes in Toyland
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: June 22, 1993
  • Total Time: 50:44
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Painkillers features four solid new tracks, one re-recording, and one track that is a brutal, 35-minute live performance of the Fontanelle album. It's a good introduction to the intense, loud punk rock of Babes in Toyland. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
He's My Thing Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (2:51)
Laredo Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (2:37)
Istigkeit Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (4:21)
Ragweed Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (3:09)
Angel Hair Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (3:42)
Fontanellette [Live at CBGB's] Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (34:04)

Credits

Babes in Toyland (Main Performer), Lee Ranaldo (Producer), Jack Endino (Producer), Kat Bjelland (Producer), Brian Paulson (Producer), Lori Barbero (Producer), Dave Ogilvie (Mixing), Michael Lavine (Photography), Tom Recchion (Art Direction), Tom Recchion (Design), Tom Baker (Mastering)
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Painkillers
EP by Babes in Toyland
Released June 22, 1993
Recorded Track 1–5 at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, MN 1992, Fontanellette April 1992 at CBGB's in New York
Genre Punk rock, grunge
Length 51:19
Label Reprise Records
Producer Jack Endino (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5), Kat Bjelland (tracks: 1 to 3, 6), Lee Ranaldo (tracks: 2 and 5), Lori Barbero (track: 4)
Professional reviews
Babes in Toyland chronology
Fontanelle
(1992)
Painkillers
(1993)
Dystopia
(1994)

Painkillers is the second EP recorded by Babes in Toyland. It consists of the outtakes from Fontanelle and a live version of Fontanelle called "Fontanellette". It was produced mainly by Jack Endino and Kat Bjelland, and released 22 June 1993 by Reprise Records.

Contents

Track listing

All song by Babes in Toyland

  1. "He's My Thing" - 2:51
  2. "Laredo" - 2:37
  3. "Istigkeit" - 4:21
  4. "Ragweed" - 3:09
  5. "Angel Hair" - 3:42
  6. "Fontanellette" - 34:04

Trivia

  • In early 1993, the band broke up for several days before re-forming to record Fontanellette and then "hit the road" with Lollapalooza 1993.
  • "Fontanellette" is a live recording and contains the songs Bruise Violet, Bluebell, Angel Hair, Pearl, Blood, Magick Flute, Won't Tell, Real Eyes, Untitled Track, Spun, Mother, and Handsome And Gretel.

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