Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Studio album by Girls Against Boys
Released August 20, 1993 (1993-08-20)
Recorded February 1993 (1993-02)
Studio Oz Studios, Baltimore, MD
Genre Post-hardcore, indie rock, alternative rock
Length 46:18
Label Touch and Go
Producer Ted Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
Tropic of Scorpio
(1992)
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
(1993)
Sexy Sam
(1994)

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby is the second studio album by the indie rock band Girls Against Boys. It was released in August 1993 on Touch and Go Records.[1]

Production

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby was produced by Ted Niceley, known for his work with Fugazi.

Release

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby was released on August 20, 1993 by record label Touch and Go.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
NME[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "when Girls Against Boys released Venus Luxure, it was clear that the quartet had really turned into something spectacular. Avoiding the clichés of early-'90s indie rock for its own surly, charismatic edge, Girls Against Boys here kicked out the jams like nobody's business."[2]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Girls Against Boys. 

No. Title Length
1. "In Like Flynn"   4:25
2. "Go Be Delighted"   3:57
3. "Rockets Are Red"   5:03
4. "Satin Down"   5:56
5. "Let Me Come Back"   3:24
6. "Learned It"   3:25
7. "Get Down"   4:32
8. "Bulletproof Cupid"   4:51
9. "Seven Seas"   2:55
10. "Billy's One Stop"   2:59
11. "Bug House"   4:51

Personnel

Adapted from the Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby liner notes.[7]

Girls Against Boys

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1993 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG117
2009 LP

References

  1. Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys: Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. columnist (September 1993). "Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby". NME: 39.
  5. Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 332.
  6. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  7. Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1993.

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