Butch (album)

ReleasedJuly 1, 1997

RecordedDecember 1996

StudioThe Sound Factory, Los Angeles

GenreAlternative country, alternative rock, punk rock

Butch
Studio album by The Geraldine Fibbers
Released	July 1, 1997
Recorded	December 1996
Studio	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative country, alternative rock, punk rock
Length	50:49
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Fisk, The Geraldine Fibbers
The Geraldine Fibbers chronology
What Part of Get Thee Gone Don't You Understand? (1997) Butch (1997)
Singles from Butch
"California Tuffy" Released: June 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	9/10[9]

Butch is the second and final studio album by American alternative country band The Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 1, 1997.

The album was recorded in December 1996 by John Goodmanson at The Sound Factory studios, in Los Angeles, California. The recording was mixed March–April 1997 at Brooklyn Recording, Los Angeles by Sally Browder assisted by Ronnie Rivera.^[10]

"California Tuffy" was released as a promotional music video and single. In the music video, Carla Bozulich uses a black cat puppet to lip synch the song while she and the band destroy furniture and set things on fire.

Spin magazine named Butch to their best albums of 1997 list.^[11]