Fatherfucker

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{{Infobox album

| name = Fatherfucker

| type = studio

| artist = Peaches

| cover = Peaches - Fatherfucker.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2003|9|23}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Studio Rapp (Berlin)

| genre = {{hlist|Electroclash|dance-punk|electropunk}}

| length = {{duration|m=38|s=10}}

| label = XL

| producer = {{hlist|Peaches|Joan Jett}}

| prev_title = The Teaches of Peaches

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Impeach My Bush

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Fatherfucker

| type = studio

| single1 = Operate"/"Shake Yer Dix

| single1date = September 8, 2003

| single2 = Kick It

| single2date = January 5, 2004

| single3 = Shake Yer Dix

| single3date = May 24, 2004

}}

}}

Fatherfucker is the third studio album by Canadian singer Peaches, released on September 23, 2003, by XL Recordings. Cover versions of Electric Six's "Gay Bar" and Berlin's "Sex (I'm a ...)" are included as bonus tracks.

Writing and development

Peaches penned and programmed all the music for Fatherfucker herself. She wrote "Kick It" specifically for Iggy Pop, and the two teamed up in Miami in March 2003 to record it. Peaches told Rolling Stone, "The song is more about rock 'n' roll than sex."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peaches/14090 |title=Pop show! |work=NME |date=April 17, 2003 |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}

Composition

Musically, Fatherfucker is more rock-oriented than The Teaches of Peaches. "I Don't Give A..." samples the Joan Jett song "Bad Reputation" as Peaches yells, "I don't give a fuck!" and "I don't give a shit!" during the song.

Promotion

To promote Fatherfucker, Peaches toured as the opening act on Marilyn Manson's 2003 European tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peaches/15201 |title=Peaches joins the Manson family |work=NME |date=October 2, 2003 |accessdate=July 26, 2010}} Peaches also toured as part of the 2004 State of Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.{{cite web |last=Murison |first=Krissi |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/peaches/7485 |title=State Of EXIT festival : Serbia Novi Sad |work=NME |date=August 3, 2004 |accessdate=July 27, 2010}} "Operate" is played during the Halloween house party scene in the 2004 film Mean Girls.{{cite web |last=Stern |first=Bradley |url=http://www.muumuse.com/2014/04/10-years-later-the-mean-girls-soundtrack-is-still-pretty-fetch-too.html/ |title=10 Years Later, The 'Mean Girls' Soundtrack Is Still Pretty Fetch Too |publisher=MuuMuse |date=April 30, 2014 |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} On May 8, 2005, Peaches performed the song "I U She" in an episode of season two of The L Word, titled "L'Chaim".{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558470/ |title=Peaches – Filmography |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}

Peaches and Maxx Ginnane directed a promotional video for "Tombstone, Baby" that features Ella Ferrante and Billi Lime dancing with knives and cutting each other's clothing.{{YouTube|M_vrf4tqapw|Peaches – 'Tombstone' Official Music Video}} "Tombstone, Baby" was included on the compilation album FM4 Sound Selection 9. "The Inch" was used in the 2007 comedy films Itty Bitty Titty Committee and Young People Fucking, as well as in the 2011 romantic comedy film Getting That Girl.

Singles

"Operate"/"Shake Yer Dix" was released as a limited-edition 12-inch single on September 8, 2003.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peaches/14770 |title=Peaches to turn the air in Heaven Blue! |work=NME |date=July 30, 2003 |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Peaches-Operate/release/212845 |title=Peaches – Operate (Vinyl) |date=September 8, 2003 |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} It peaked at number 112 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls |publisher=Zobbel |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}

"Kick It" was released as the album's second single on January 5, 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Peaches-Feat-Iggy-Pop-Kick-It/release/247767 |title=Peaches Feat. Iggy Pop – Kick It (CD) |date=January 5, 2004 |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} It features Iggy Pop and received positive reviews from the NME.{{cite web |last=Jonze |first=Tim |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/peaches/7274 |title=Peaches featuring Iggy Pop : Kick It |work=NME |date=January 12, 2004 |accessdate=July 26, 2010}} It became Peaches' second top 40 entry in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 39.

"Shake Yer Dix" was remixed by Tiga and re-released as the album's third and final single on May 24, 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Peaches-Shake-Yer-Dix-Tiga-Remixes/release/258465 |title=Peaches – Shake Yer Dix (Tiga Remixes) (Vinyl) |date=May 24, 2004 |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fatherfucker/peaches |title=Reviews for Fatherfucker by Peaches |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=April 19, 2010}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fatherfucker-mw0000324073 |title=Fatherfucker – Peaches |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=September 26, 2016}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = 3/5{{cite journal |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |journal=Alternative Press |issue=185 |page=158 |date=December 2003}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/09/26/fatherf-er |title=Father----er |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 26, 2003 |accessdate=September 26, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205003239/http://ew.com/article/2003/09/26/fatherf-er/ |archivedate=February 5, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/sep/12/popandrock.shopping3 |title=Peaches, Fatherfucker |work=The Guardian |date=September 12, 2003 |accessdate=June 30, 2019}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |journal=Mojo |issue=119 |page=118 |date=October 2003}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 3.5/10{{cite web |last=LeMay |first=Matt |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6204-fatherfucker/ |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |work=Pitchfork |date=October 29, 2003 |accessdate=January 9, 2011}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |journal=Q |issue=207 |page=99 |date=October 2003}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Walters |first=Barry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peaches/albums/album/308708/review/5945766/fatherfucker |title=Peaches: Fatherf*cker |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 2, 2003 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305044009/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peaches/albums/album/308708/review/5945766/fatherfucker |archivedate=March 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 22, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = B{{cite journal |last=Sinagra |first=Laura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ4ej5RmWFUC&pg=PA116 |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |journal=Spin |volume=19 |issue=11 |page=116 |date=November 2003 |issn=0886-3032 |accessdate=September 26, 2016}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |journal=Uncut |issue=77 |page=126 |date=October 2003}}

}}

Fatherfucker received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Heather Phares of AllMusic described Fatherfucker as "neither the triumph or the disaster that it could've been." Similarly, Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club wrote that "nearly all of Fatherfucker falls back into ostensibly bracing anthems that sound plain stupid in such abundance."{{cite web |last=Battaglia |first=Andy |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/peaches-emfatherfuckerem-11784 |title=Peaches: Fatherfucker |work=The A.V. Club |date=September 29, 2003 |accessdate=September 26, 2016}} Robert Christgau named "I Don't Give A..." as a "Choice Cut".{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Peaches |title=CG: Peaches |publisher=robertchristgau.com |accessdate=May 10, 2010}}

The NME ranked Fatherfucker at number 29 on its 50 Best Albums of 2003 list.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/a-decade-in-music--50-best-albums-of-2003/159218 |title=A decade in music – 50 best albums of 2003 |work=NME |date=November 25, 2009 |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} The album was ranked at number 49 on Q magazine's list of The 50 Best Albums of 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104040314/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#2003 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 4, 2006 |title=2003: Q magazine Recordings Of The Year |publisher=Rocklist.net |accessdate=July 23, 2010}} Drowned in Sound placed it at number 73 on its list of the Top 75 Albums of 2003.{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Sean |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/8603-dis-staff-top-75-albums-of-2003 |title=DiS Staff Top 75 Albums of 2003 |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=December 9, 2003 |accessdate=July 23, 2010 |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820203526/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/8603-dis-staff-top-75-albums-of-2003 |url-status=dead }} The Village Voice ranked Fatherfucker at number 157 on its Pazz & Jop critics' poll of 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/villagevoice2003.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622055205/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/villagevoice2003.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 22, 2006 |title=Village Voice – Pazz & Jop Lists: Albums 2003 |publisher=Rocklist.net |accessdate=July 23, 2010}} The Wire included Fatherfucker on its 50 Records of the Year list for 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/charts/2003-rewind |title=50 Records Of The Year plus specialist charts |work=The Wire |date=January 2004 |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} In October 2009, Gigwise placed the album cover at number 40 on The 50 Best Album Covers of the 2000s.{{cite web |url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/53079/11/The-50-Best-Album-Covers-of-the-2000s |title=The 50 Best Album Covers of the 2000s! |publisher=Gigwise |date=October 22, 2009 |accessdate=July 23, 2010}} Fatherfucker earned Peaches a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards,{{cite web |last=Maldonado |first=Ryan |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/glaad-unveils-04-noms-1117896749/ |title=GLAAD unveils '04 noms |work=Variety |date=December 7, 2003 |accessdate=September 29, 2016}} but lost out to Rufus Wainwright.{{cite web |url=http://www.glaad.org/media/release_detail.php?id=3637&PHPSESSID=85aa222bb4c8d2b8780aa36bd1e82098 |title=Antonio Banderas, John Waters, "Bend it Like Beckham," "Angels in America," Honored at 15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by ABSOLUT VODKA in Los Angeles |publisher=GLAAD |date=March 28, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119203029/http://www.glaad.org/media/release_detail.php?id=3637&PHPSESSID=85aa222bb4c8d2b8780aa36bd1e82098 |archivedate=November 19, 2005 |accessdate=September 29, 2016}}

Commercial performance

Fatherfucker became Peaches' first album to chart in the United States. Despite debuting at number 35 on the Top Heatseekers chart and at number 33 on the Independent Albums chart, the album spent only one week on both charts. Nevertheless, Fatherfucker peaked at number five on the Top Electronic Albums chart, where it spent a total of eight weeks. As of July 2006, Fatherfucker had sold 40,000 copies worldwide.{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/24/electronicmusic.urban |title=Filth and fury |work=The Guardian |date=July 24, 2006 |accessdate=September 26, 2016}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = I Don't Give A...

| writer1 = {{hlist|Peaches|Joan Jett}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Peaches|Jett}}

| length1 = 1:22

| title2 = I'm the Kinda

| length2 = 3:31

| title3 = I U She

| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = Kick It

| note4 = featuring Iggy Pop

| length4 = 2:31

| title5 = Operate

| writer5 = {{hlist|Peaches|Sticky Henderson}}

| length5 = 3:29

| title6 = Tombstone, Baby

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Shake Yer Dix

| note7 = featuring Mignon

| writer7 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| length7 = 3:34

| title8 = Rock 'n' Roll

| note8 = featuring Feedom

| writer8 = {{hlist|Peaches|Feedom}}

| length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Stuff Me Up

| note9 = featuring Taylor Savvy

| writer9 = {{hlist|Peaches|Taylor Savvy}}

| length9 = 3:13

| title10 = Back It Up, Boys

| length10 = 3:59

| title11 = The Inch

| length11 = 3:21

| title12 = Bag It

| length12 = 3:05

| all_writing = Peaches, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Peaches, except where noted

| total_length =

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{{Track listing

| headline = Limited edition bonus EP

| title1 = Get Me Off

| note1 = vs. Basement Jaxx

| writer1 = {{hlist|Peaches|Felix Buxton|Simon Ratcliffe}}

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Gay Bar

| writer2 = Tyler Spencer

| length2 = 2:02

| title3 = Sex (I'm a ...)

| writer3 = {{hlist|John Crawford|Terri Nunn|David Diamond}}

| length3 = 3:40

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fatherfucker.{{cite AV media notes |title=Fatherfucker |others=Peaches |year=2003 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=XL Recordings |id=XLCD171}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • Peaches – vocals, production
  • Cornelius Rapp – engineering {{small|(all tracks)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}}
  • Feedom – performer {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Janice Gaffney – photography
  • Gonzales – additional drums {{small|(tracks 4, 5)}}
  • Hadley Hudson – photography
  • Iggy Pop – vocals {{small|(track 4)}}

{{col-2}}

  • Joan Jett – production {{small|(track 1)}}
  • Renaud Letang – mixing {{small|(tracks 1–5, 7–12)}}
  • Mignon Baer – additional vocals {{small|(track 7)}}
  • Thomas Moulin – mixing assistance
  • Nilesh Patel – mastering
  • Walter Schönauer – artwork
  • Conrad Ventur – photography

{{col-end}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)Peak chart positions for albums in Australia:

{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/jIw62Kv |title=Peaches ARIA chart history, received in December 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=December 13, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

| 132

{{album chart|France|132|artist=Peaches [US]|album=Father Fucker|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2016}}
{{album chart|UK|93|artist=Peaches|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2016|refname="uk"}}
scope="row"| UK Dance Albums (OCC){{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |title=Top 40 Dance Albums |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |date=September 28, 2003 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031001183935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |archivedate=October 1, 2003 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}}

| 3

{{album chart|UKIndependent|14|date=September 21, 2003|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|5|artist=Peaches|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|33|artist=Peaches|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 55, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|35|artist=Peaches|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 55, 2016}}

References

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