Batch (album)

Batch is the second album by American punk rock band Big Drill Car.^[4][2] It was released in 1991.^[5][6]

Batch
Studio album by Big Drill Car
Released	1991
Recorded	January – February 1991
Genre	Punk rock[1] pop-punk[2]
Length	27:38
Label	Cruz
Producer	Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton[3]
Big Drill Car chronology
CD Type Thing (1989) Batch (1991) Toured (A Live Album) (1993)

It was the last studio recording with the original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records.^[2] "Freedom of Choice" is a cover of the Devo song.^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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."^[2] 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."^[8]

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. "TrouserPress.com :: Big Drill Car". www.trouserpress.com.
3. "Batch by Big Drill Car". Billboard. 103 (36): 66. Sep 7, 1991.
4. Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 19.
5. "Seminal OC Pop-Punks Big Drill Car Rev Engine Again After 16 Years". OC Weekly. August 7, 2008.
6. "Part 2: 1991: "Crack and divide"". The A.V. Club.
7. Darling, Cary (July 7, 1991). "Reviews". Orange County Register. p. H19.
8. "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.