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| Name = Babysitters on Acid
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = Babysitters on Acid
| Artist = [[Lunachicks]]
| type = Album
| Released = 1990
| artist = [[Lunachicks]]
| Genre = [[punk rock|Punk]]
| cover = Babysitters on Acid.jpg
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| released = 1990
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| Label = [[Blast First Records]]<BR>[[Go Kart Records]]
| Last album =
| recorded = 1989–1990
| venue =
| This album = '''''Babysitters on Acid''''' <br/> (1990)
| studio =
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| Next album = '''''[[Binge & Purge]]'''''(1992)
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| length = 39:06
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| label = [[Blast First Records|Blast First]]<ref name=CL/>
| producer = [[Wharton Tiers]]
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| next_title = [[Binge & Purge]]
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'''''Babysitters on Acid''''' is the first album by the American [[punk rock]] band [[Lunachicks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lunachicks-mn0000322383/biography|title=Lunachicks Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Lunachicks |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/lunachicks/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=9 November 2020}}</ref> It was released in 1990 by [[Blast First Records]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rK7CwAAQBAJ&q=Babysitters+on+Acid+lunachicks+1990&pg=PA334|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|isbn=9781250083623}}</ref> It was re-released in 2001 by [[Go-Kart Records]].


==Critical reception==
'''Babysitters on Acid'''<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Babysitters-Acid-Lunachicks/dp/B000058DVL</ref> is the first album by the [[Lunachicks]]. It was released in 1990 by [[Blast First Records]]<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1359859</ref> and re-released March 20, 2001 by [[Go Kart Records]]<ref>http://www.gokartrecords.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=tv09f0i5can0sqaa6vsk5mocvdunrekg&PAGE=releases&sort=1&sort_value=Lunachicks</ref>.
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|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=370}}</ref>
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[[AllMusic]] wrote that the album "didn't have much to say, but said it with enough base humor and zealous punk antics to keep the spirit of comic anti-revolution alive".<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Exclaim!]]'', reviewing the reissue, called it "a dopey and young record that basically defies serious criticism".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lunachicks-babysitters_on_acid|title=Lunachicks Babysitters on Acid|website=Exclaim!}}</ref> ''[[Louder Sound]]'' deemed the album "a day-glo classic of ramshackle excess and high-concept absurdity".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/flash-metal-suicide-lunachicks-babysitters-on-acid|title=Flash Metal Suicide: Lunachicks' Babysitters on Acid |website=Classic Rock Magazine|date=6 June 2016 }}</ref>


==Track list==
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Theo Kogan]], except where noted.
#"Jan Brady" - 3:09
#"Jan Brady" - 3:09
#"Glad I'm Not Yew" - 2:28
#"Glad I'm Not Yew" - 2:28
#"Babysitters on Acid" - 4:07
#"Babysitters on Acid" - 4:07
#"Makin' It (With Other Species)" - 1:38
#"Makin' It (With Other Species)"- 1:38
#"Mabel Rock" - 3:03
#"Mabel Rock" - 3:03
#"Theme Song" - 6:40
#"Theme Song" - 6:40
#"Born 2B Mild" - 2:22
#"Born 2B Mild" - 2:22
#"Pin Eye Woman 665" - 3:44
#"Pin Eye Woman 665" - 3:44
#"Cookie Core" - 2:18
#"Cookie Core" (Kogan, Silver) - 2:18
#"Octopussy" - 3:35
#"Octopussy" - 3:35
#"Sugar Luv" - 3:47
#"Sugar Luv" (Volpe) - 3:47
#"Complication"
#"Complication" - 2:18


==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 21 July 2024

Babysitters on Acid
Studio album by
Lunachicks
Released1990
Recorded1989–1990
GenrePunk rock
Length39:06
LabelBlast First[1]
ProducerWharton Tiers
Lunachicks chronology
Babysitters on Acid
(1990) 		Binge & Purge
(1992)

Babysitters on Acid is the first album by the American punk rock band Lunachicks.[2][3] It was released in 1990 by Blast First Records.[4] It was re-released in 2001 by Go-Kart Records.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

AllMusic wrote that the album "didn't have much to say, but said it with enough base humor and zealous punk antics to keep the spirit of comic anti-revolution alive".[5] Exclaim!, reviewing the reissue, called it "a dopey and young record that basically defies serious criticism".[6] Louder Sound deemed the album "a day-glo classic of ramshackle excess and high-concept absurdity".[7]

Track listing

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All songs by Theo Kogan, except where noted.

  1. "Jan Brady" - 3:09
  2. "Glad I'm Not Yew" - 2:28
  3. "Babysitters on Acid" - 4:07
  4. "Makin' It (With Other Species)"- 1:38
  5. "Mabel Rock" - 3:03
  6. "Theme Song" - 6:40
  7. "Born 2B Mild" - 2:22
  8. "Pin Eye Woman 665" - 3:44
  9. "Cookie Core" (Kogan, Silver) - 2:18
  10. "Octopussy" - 3:35
  11. "Sugar Luv" (Volpe) - 3:47
  12. "Complication" - 2:18

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 370.
  2. ^ "Lunachicks Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Lunachicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Babysitters on Acid Lunachicks". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Lunachicks Babysitters on Acid". Exclaim!.
  7. ^ "Flash Metal Suicide: Lunachicks' Babysitters on Acid". Classic Rock Magazine. June 6, 2016.
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