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Taking the Rough with the Smooch

 
Album Review: Taking the Rough with the Smooch

  • Artist: Huggy Bear
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: September 24, 1993
  • Total Time: 22:03
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Far and away the definitive British riot grrrl album, Taking the Rough with the Smooch is as much a record as a manifesto; compiling tracks from early 7"s like Kiss Curl for the Kid's Lib Guerrillas and Her Jazz, it's a blistering musical vendetta which crams a dozen songs into just 22 minutes, exploiting each moment to its maximum potency. Songs steeped in violence and vitriol, "Shaved Pussy Poetry," "Pansy Twist," and "Concrete Life" are grenades lobbed at the establishment, darkly romanticized fantasies of illicit sex, cop killings, and teenage terrorism; frenetic and disjointed, Huggy Bear's music nevertheless captures the bleak spirit of its times with incendiary eloquence, its intensity and aggression a call to arms for listeners of all genders and sexual orientations. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Dissthentic Penetration Huggy Bear (:50)
Sizzlemeet Huggy Bear (1:24)
Shaved Pussy Poetry Huggy Bear (2:01)
Pansy Twist Huggy Bear (2:13)
Concrete Life Huggy Bear (1:48)
Pro No from Now Huggy Bear (2:22)
Prayer Huggy Bear (1:52)
Herjazz Huggy Bear (2:53)
Teen Tighterns Huggy Bear (2:05)
Derwin Huggy Bear (1:58)
No Sleep Huggy Bear (:35)
Carn't Kiss Huggy Bear (1:55)

Credits

Ian Shaw (Engineer), Huggy Bear (Engineer)
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