Bitchin'
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bitchin'
| type = studio
| artist = The Donnas
| cover = Bitchin.png
| alt =
| released = September 18, 2007
| recorded = Clear Lake Audio, North Hollywood, CA
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 44:47
| label = {{plainlist |
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| producer = Jay Ruston, The Donnas
| prev_title = Gold Medal
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Greatest Hits Vol. 16
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Music ratings
|MC = 54/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bitchin/the-donnas|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bitchin-mw0000492504|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev2 = musicOMH
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-donnas-bitchin|title=MusicOMH Review|website=MusicOMH|last=Jones|first=Neil|date=October 1, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev3 = Now
|rev3score = {{Rating|2|5|full=Red N.png|empty=Blank N.PNG|rating=N}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-09-20/music_discs5.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011081122/https://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-09-20/music_discs5.php|title=Now Review|work=Now|last=Davies|first=Evan|archive-date=October 11, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev4 = The Phoenix
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite web|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/48361-DONNAS-BITCHIN/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707004708/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/48361-DONNAS-BITCHIN/|title=The Donnas - CD Reviews|work=The Phoenix|date=October 1, 2007|archive-date=July 7, 2016|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev5 = Pitchfork
|rev5score = 4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10726-bitchin/|title=Pitchfork Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Raposa|first=David|date=October 8, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev6 = PopMatters
|rev6score = 4/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-donnas-bitchin-2496200732.html|title=PopMatters Review|website=PopMatters|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|date=November 15, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev7 = Robert Christgau
|rev7score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=the+donnas|title=Robert Christgau Review|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev8 = Rolling Stone
|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedonnas/albums/album/16259583/review/16266051/bitchin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118004134/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedonnas/albums/album/16259583/review/16266051/bitchin|title=Rolling Stone review|work=Rolling Stone|last=Hoard|first=Christian|date=September 5, 2007|archive-date=November 18, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev9 = Spin
|rev9score = 4/10{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2007/10/donnas-bitchin-purple-feather/|title=Spin review|work=Spin|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=October 17, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
|rev10 = Stylus Magazine
|rev10score = D{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-donnas/bitchin.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014114324/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-donnas/bitchin.htm|title=Stylus Magazine Review|work=Stylus Magazine|last=Weber|first=Theon|date=September 25, 2009|archive-date=October 14, 2012|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
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Bitchin' is the seventh and final studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2007 on their own label Purple Feather and released through RedEye.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1050614/the-donnas-prep-bitchin-new-album|title=The Donnas Prep 'Bitchin' New Album|work=Billboard|last=Hasty|first=Katie|date=July 23, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}} It is their first album since leaving Atlantic Records. The record was produced by Jay Ruston (Polyphonic Spree, Metal Skool, Meat Loaf) and The Donnas. Two of the tracks, "Wasted" and "Here for the Party", were co-written with songwriter Holly Knight ("Love Is a Battlefield", "Obsession", "The Warrior").
The iTunes bonus track, "New Kid in School", is featured in the game Rock Band 2.
The album was made available on CD, a double-purple vinyl, and as a digital download.
Critical reception
Bitchin' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 54 based on 14 reviews.
In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "The Donnas once rocked as if they were tanked to the gills but they now sound like they're playing with ferocious hangovers they just can't shake." At Billboard, Wes Orshoski noted the songs on the album are "too light on hooks" and "fail to balance irony, nasty shredding and big choruses."{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ib1b99da9d9b5d7e27fd85cb9a84e383a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017210005/https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ib1b99da9d9b5d7e27fd85cb9a84e383a|title=Billboard Magazine Review|work=Billboard|last=Orshoski|first=Wes|archive-date=October 17, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2021}} Evan Davies of Now said: "The foursome tend to write the same songs over and over again, this time thinly veiled in arena - and hair-metal swagger, but still too similar structurally to sound like they've challenged themselves."
Writing for Pitchfork, David Raposa said the release "sounds like a half-hearted compromise between what the group was and what the group wants to become."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = The Donnas, except where noted
| title1 = Bitchin'
| length1 = 2:09
| title2 = Don't Wait Up for Me
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = Wasted
| note3 = The Donnas, Holly Knight
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = What Do I Have to Do
| length4 = 3:07
| title5 = Save Me
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = Like an Animal
| length6 = 2:42
| title7 = Here for the Party
| note7 = The Donnas, Knight
| length7 = 2:54
| title8 = Better off Dancing
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Love You Till It Hurts
| length9 = 3:32
| title10 = Smoke You Out
| length10 = 3:22
| title11 = Girl Talk
| length11 = 3:14
| title12 = Give Me What I Want
| length12 = 3:13
| title13 = Tonight's Alright
| length13 = 3:16
| title14 = When the Show Is Over
| length14 = 3:43
|total_length = 44:40
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title15 = Randi
| note15=Wal-Mart downloadable bonus track
| length15 = 2:39
| title16 = The Safety Dance
| note16 = Ivan Doroschuk - vinyl bonus track
| length16 = 2:26
| title17 = We Own the Night
| note17=UK bonus track
| length17 = 2:49
| title18 = Can't Keep It a Secret
| note18=Japanese bonus track
| length18 = 2:52
| title19 = New Kid in School
| note19=iTunes bonus track
| length19 = 3:36
| title20 = She's Out of Control
| note20=unreleased track
| length20 = 2:33
}}
Singles
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Bitchin' |
| Chart (2007)
! Peak |
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| {{album chart|Oricon|249|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/116559/products/726241/1/|title=The Donnas - Bitchin'|publisher=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=April 23, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|89|artist=The Donnas|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|9|artist=The Donnas|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2021}} |
Personnel
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Band members
- Brett Anderson – lead vocals
- Allison Robertson – guitars, backing vocals
- Maya Ford – bass, backing vocals
- Torry Castellano – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Holly Knight − vocals
- Joey Minkes – harmonica on "Here for the Party"
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Production
- Jay Ruston – production, engineering, mixing
- Bruce Witkin – engineering
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|124081|type=album}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|a2662089-6905-3330-af18-36f1b62753fd|Bitchin'}}
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