L7 (album)
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| L7 | ||||
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| Released | September 1988[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Westbeach Recorders (Hollywood) | |||
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| Length | 31:58 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Brett Gurewitz | |||
| L7 chronology | ||||
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L7 is the debut studio album by American rock band L7, released in September 1988, by Epitaph Records.[2][3]
The album was recorded in Brett Gurewitz's studio, in Hollywood, California.[4] It is the band's only album with drummer Roy Koutsky.[5]
The album's first track, "Bite the Wax Tadpole," refers to the legend that this is a Chinese transliteration of "Coca-Cola".[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10[11] |
Trouser Press wrote that the album "is a heady but largely inconsequential introduction; it’s all brute force and speed, grunge as a sheer sonic description."[12] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Steve Huey has stated that the band's "trademark grungy fusion of punk and metal" wasn't fully formed yet.[7]
