Disney BABES IN TOYLAND Vintage 1961 70 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Rating

Album: Disney BABES IN TOYLAND Vintage 1961 70 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bruise Violet	More Info...
2)	Right Now	More Info...
3)	Bluebell	More Info...
4)	Handsome And Gretel	More Info...
5)	Blood	More Info...
6)	Magick Flute	More Info...
7)	Won't Tell	More Info...
8)	Quiet Room	More Info...
9)	Spun	More Info...
10)	Short Song	More Info...
11)	Jungle Train	More Info...
12)	Pearl	More Info...
13)	Real Eyes	More Info...
14)	Mother	More Info...
15)	Gone	More Info...

Album: Disney BABES IN TOYLAND Vintage 1961 70 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bruise Violet	More Info...
2)	Right Now	More Info...
3)	Bluebell	More Info...
4)	Handsome And Gretel	More Info...
5)	Blood	More Info...
6)	Magick Flute	More Info...
7)	Won't Tell	More Info...
8)	Quiet Room	More Info...
9)	Spun	More Info...
10)	Short Song	More Info...
11)	Jungle Train	More Info...
12)	Pearl	More Info...
13)	Real Eyes	More Info...
14)	Mother	More Info...
15)	Gone	More Info...

Performer Notes

Babes In Toyland: Kat Bjelland (vocals, guitar); Lori Barbero (vocals, drums); Maureen Herman (bass).
Recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Sorcerer Sound, New York, New York.
Fontanelle was a revelation on release in 1992, a caustic but compelling extrapolation of the dark side of the female psyche. With Maureen Herman taking over on bass from Michelle Leon, it upped the ante following Babes In Toyland's impressive but less cohesive debut, Spanking Machine. Kat Bjelland (the project's co-producer in tandem with Lee Ranaldo) is the perfect conduit for these abrasive songs, by turns cajoling and accusing. At times you can almost hear Bjelland's vocal chords disintegrate under the strain she puts on them ('Handsome Gretel'). That song is also typical of the Babes' nursery rhymes-gone-sour lyrical thematic. To sustain that intensity over 15 songs without ever descending into metal/punk cliche was quite an achievement.

Professional Reviews

Spin (12/92, p.69) - Ranked #17 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of The Year' - "...an excruciating treat....Venting never felt so good..."

Entertainment Weekly (8/28/92, p.66) - "...a fast, furious, threatening documentary of what girls who just want to have fun really talk about...rip snorting rock & roll that is as angry as it is sexy..." - Rating: A-

Option (Jan.-Feb./93, p.81) - "...The band's lyrics match the quality musicianship...[Babes In Toyland] show off talents for both screaming rants and sweet ruminations..."