Batch (album)

Batch is the second album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car.[2] It was released in 1991.[3][4]

Batch
Studio album by Big Drill Car
Released	August 6, 1991
Recorded	January - February 1991
Genre	Pop punk, melodic hardcore
Length	27:38
Label	Cruz Records
Producer	Stephen Egerton Bill Stevenson
Big Drill Car chronology
CD Type Thing (1989) Batch (1991) Toured (A Live Album) (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.[5] Like many Big Drill Car albums, Batch is currently out of print.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Batch upholds the group’s stylistic consistency: riffs, tunes and punchy rhythms collide in an enjoyable blend of big rock, vampy thrashfunk and nicely detailed pop that hardly belongs on a punk-rooted indie label."[5] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "there is no denying the clean, unrelenting crunch that guitarist Mark Arnold, bassist Bob Thomson and drummer Danny Marcroft achieve as they find hard-rocking middle ground between Led Zeppelin and Husker Du."[6]

Track listing

1. "Take Away" (Arnold, Daly, Smooth, Thomson) - 2:38
2. "Restless Habs" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:51
3. "If It's Poison" (Daly) - 2:59
4. "Freep" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:30
5. "Never Ending Endeavor" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:48
6. "In a Hole" (Daly) - 2:23
7. "Crust" (Daly, Thomson) - 1:51
8. "Freedom of Choice" (Mothersbaugh, Casale) - 2:35
9. "Ick" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 2:37
10. "Faster" (Daly) - 5:26

Credits

• Frank Daly - Vocals
• Mark Arnold - Guitar
• Bob Thomson - Bass, album art
• Danny Marcroft - Drums, background vocals
• Rich Cranium - Guitar solo on 'Ick'

Additional personnel

• Bill Stevenson - Producer
• Stephen Egerton - Engineer, Producer
• Anthony Arvizu - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer
• Steve McNeil - Assistant Engineer, Second Engineer
• Recorded and Mixed at Mambo Sound and Recording, Long Beach, CA

References

1. Batch at AllMusic
2. Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 19.
3. Staff, OC Weekly- (August 7, 2008). "Seminal OC Pop-Punks Big Drill Car Rev Engine Again After 16 Years". OC Weekly.
4. "Part 2: 1991: "Crack and divide"". Music.
5. "TrouserPress.com :: Big Drill Car". www.trouserpress.com.
6. "From New Age to Space Age : Local Offerings Include Dan Crary Probing Fresh Ground and Vandals Joking on 'Punk Planet'". Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1991.