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| released = July 23, 1990
| released = 1990
| recorded = 1989-1990
| recorded = 1989–1990
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| genre = [[Punk rock]], [[grunge]]
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| length = 39:06
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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]].

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==Critical reception==
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|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|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 |location=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>
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'''''Babysitters on Acid''''' is the first album by the American [[punk rock]] band the [[Lunachicks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lunachicks-mn0000322383/biography|title=Lunachicks &#124; 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|via=Google Books}}</ref> It was re-released in 2001 by [[Go-Kart Records]].

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==Critical reception==
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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.ca}}</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|first=Sleazegrinder06|last=June 2016|website=Classic Rock Magazine}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

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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