Binge & Purge

Binge & Purge is the second studio album by the American punk band the Lunachicks.[3] It was released in 1992 via Safe House.[4] The album was produced by Mason Temple along with the band. The album was recorded at SST, Weehawken, NJ, mixed at Quad Recording, NYC, and mastered at MDI, Toronto.

Binge & Purge
Studio album by Lunachicks
Released	September 18, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	Punk rock
Length	35:09
Label	Safe House
Producer	Mason Temple
Lunachicks chronology
Babysitters on Acid (1990) Binge & Purge (1992) Jerk of All Trades (1995)
Singles from Binge & Purge
"Apathetic EP" Released: August 14, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "more Poison than punk rock," writing that "the Lunachicks' follow-up to the promising Babysitters on Acid is disjointed and disappointing."[1] Trouser Press wrote that "Binge and Purge, which contains sharply ironic songs about women’s self-image concerns, is the Lunachicks’ great leap forward."[5] Simon Reynolds and Joy Press highlighted the "gleeful revelling in (rather than the repulsion from) the messy murk of female bodiliness."[6] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the album is not without "its simplistic Ramonesy charms," but that "when the 'Chicks upchuck their sense of humor, their monolithic music gets boring fast."[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Apathetic"	Kogan, Becky Wreck	2:35
2.	"Plugg"		3:37
3.	"P.S. Hell"		2:22
4.	"Binge & Purge"		2:36
5.	"Mom"		3:00
6.	"Super Strong"	Wreck	2:26
7.	"This Is Serious"		1:31
8.	"Whole Lotta B.S."		2:21
9.	"2 Bad 4 U"		3:45
10.	"11"		3:14
11.	"Rip U"	Gina Volpe, Kogan	6:25
12.	"C.I.L.L."		2:02

References

1. "Binge & Purge - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 370.CS1 maint: location (link)
3. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781250083623 – via Google Books.
4. "Lunachicks | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. "Lunachicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
6. Reynolds, Simon; Press, Joy (November 10, 1996). The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' Roll. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674802735 – via Google Books.
7. "Pop/Rock". The Philadelphia Inquirer: 28. February 5, 1993.