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- Date Released: May 26, 1998
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Kill Rock Stars / Touch and Go
A powerful epitaph from punk pioneers.
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We Say...
Bikini Kill's final release (in 1998 — the year they disbanded) is compiled from three separate 7-inches, contains some of their best tracks and stands midway between the punk caterwaul of Pussywhipped and Reject All-American's pop aspirations. For their third recorded version of "Rebel Girl," the flagship song of the riot grrrl massive, they melded with Joan Jett's steelhardy growl, a historic pairing of feminist punk's forbear and its future on some propulsive, hefty riffs. "Strawberry Julius," a song alluding to physical and sexual abuse, contains Kathleen Hanna's most brilliantly expressive performance of her career; over guitarist Billy Karren's punk bump-and-grind, she taunts, indicts and pants unintelligibly, "I wanna burn baby burn baby black and blue," sounding mixed up and yet vengeful, refusing to be victimized. Singles also contains their best Tobi Vail-sung track, "In Accordance to Natural Law," which whips out with machine-gun velocity, as do fiery gems like "Rah! Rah! Replica" and "I Hate Danger." Bikini Kill were a ferocious band with their mission on laser-lock, and here, the words are the most important part: on "I Like F***ing," Hanna asks "Just cause my world is so full of rape/ Does that mean my body must always be a source of pain?" That fierce growl of purpose is Bikini Kill's legacy — an inextinguishable, bald energy as imperative to punk as it still is to feminism.
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They Say...
The Singles is not a Bikini Kill career overview, but rather a compilation of three 45-rpm-only releases recorded for Kill Rock Stars in between 1994's Pussy Whipped and 1996's Reject All American. All told, this material is some of the band's most accessible, highlighted by the three songs from the Joan Jett-produced "New Radio" single; one is yet another re-recording of "Rebel Girl," which is justified by a driving, kinetic energy that makes the version on Pussy Whipped sound tame and plodding by comparison. There's no noisy, murky meandering at all, and the brighter production and melodic hooks pack a wallop -- so even if Pussy Whipped remains Bikini Kill's most crucial statement, The Singles might actually be a better place to get acquainted with them.
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| 01. |  |
New Radio |
1:33 |  |
| 02. | |
Rebel Girl |
2:37 | |
| 03. | |
Demirep |
2:47 | |
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In Accordance To Natural Law |
0:28 | |
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| 05. | |
Strawberry Julius |
2:17 | |
| 06. | |
Anti-Pleasure Dissertation |
2:29 | |
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Rah! Rah! Replica |
0:58 | |
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I Like Fucking |
2:16 | |
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I Hate Danger |
1:59 | |
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Credits
- Joan Jett - Guitar // Joan Jett - Vocals // Joan Jett - Vocals (Background) // Joan Jett - Producer // Bikini Kill - Producer // Bikini Kill - Main Performer // John Goodmanson - Producer // John Goodmanson - Engineer
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