Batten the Hatches

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{{Infobox album

| name = Batten the Hatches

| type = studio

| artist = Jenny Owen Youngs

| cover = Batten the Hatches.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2005 (Canada)

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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie, folk rock

| length = 37:03
41:07 (reissue)

| label = Self-released
Nettwerk (reissue)

| producer = Ronen Ben Codor, Dan Romer

| prev_title = The Scrappy Demo

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = The Take Off All Your Clothes EP

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Original cover

| type = studio

| cover = Batten the Hatches (Jenny Owen Youngs album - 2005 cover art).jpg

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| caption = 2005 self-release artwork

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{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r832018|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]

|rev2 = Marie Claire

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/Marie_Claire_music_review_Batten_the_Hatches_by_Jenny_Owen_Youngs_article_151359.html Marie Claire Review]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|rev3 = PopMatters

|rev3score = {{Rating|5|10}}[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/41770/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches1/ PopMatters Review]

|rev4 = Rock Sound

|rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}}[http://www.rock-sound.co.uk/reviews.php?s=150&f=2 Rock Sound Review]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Batten the Hatches is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. Originally self-released in 2005 by Youngs, it was reissued with the bonus track "Drinking Song" two years later by the Nettwerk label.[http://www.discogs.com/release/1061745 Jenny Owen Youngs – Batten The Hatches]

The track "Fuck Was I" was used in the first episode of the second season of the Showtime series Weeds, to illustrate a scene in which main character Nancy Botwin, a part-time marijuana dealer, discovers that her new lover is in fact a DEA agent. This appearance reportedly led to sales of the album increasing from between five and ten per week to between twenty and thirty per day.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715160518/http://www.forbes.com/media/2007/07/13/music-television-radio-biz-media-cx_lh_0713gatekeepers.html Video Kills The Radio Star (Again) – Forbes.com]

The album was listed as one of Guardian Unlimited's "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" in a feature in November 2006.[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1937353,00.html The greatest albums you've never heard | | Guardian Unlimited Arts]