Girls Get Busy
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}{{Infobox album
| name = Girls Get Busy
| type = studio
| artist = Bratmobile
| cover = Bratmobile Girls-Get-Busy 2002.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2002|05|07}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = * Punk rock
| length = {{Duration|m=32|s=06}}
| label = Lookout!
| producer =
| prev_title = Ladies, Women and Girls
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Girls Get Busy is the third and final studio album by Bratmobile, released in 2002 on Lookout! Records.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{allMusic |id=R586878 |label=Girls Get Busy }}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2Score = 7/10{{Cite magazine |last=Maerz |first=Jennifer |date=August 2002 |title=Music Reviews |magazine=Alternative Press |volume=17 |issue=169 |pages=69-70}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev3score = 4.9/10{{Cite web |last=Fields |first=Alison |date=May 1, 2002 |title=Bratmobile: Girls Get Busy |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/919-girls-get-busy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020611054939/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/bratmobile/girls-get-busy.shtml |archive-date=June 11, 2002 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
| rev4 = Robert Christgau
| rev4score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}{{cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=189&name=Bratmobile |title=CG: Bratmobile |publisher=Robert Christgau |date= |accessdate=2020-05-30}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea0000unse |title=The new Rolling Stone album guide |date=2004 |location=New York |publisher= Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8 |page=103}}
}}
Girls Get Busy features a more polished production than the band's previous releases, and even introduces keyboards to many songs, but the album still represents a clear continuation of the group's original punk sound and riot grrrl spirit.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2002/08/07/girls-get-busy |title=Bratmobile: Girls Get Busy |author=Handyside, Chris |year=2002 |publisher=Detroit Metro Times |work=Metrotimes.com |accessdate=5 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219000358/https://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2002/08/07/girls-get-busy |archivedate=February 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/919-girls-get-busy/ |title=Bratmobile: Girls Get Busy |author=Alison Fields |year=2002 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |work=Pitchfork.com |accessdate=11 June 2012 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 32:06
| all_writing =
| title1 = I'm in the Band
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Shop for America
| length2 = 2:20
| title3 = Shut Your Face
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Don't Ask Don't Tell
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = That's Happening
| length5 = 2:12
| title6 = Cryin' Tryin' Lyin'
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = What's Wrong with You?
| length7 = 2:05
| title8 = Idiot Lover
| length8 = 3:03
| title9 = Are You a Lady?
| length9 = 2:25
| title10 = Pagan Baby
| length10 = 2:08
| title11 = Chicken or the Egg
| length11 = 1:46
| title12 = United We Don't
| length12 = 2:06
| title13 = Take the Pain and Use It
| length13 = 2:06
}}
Personnel
;Bratmobile
- Molly Neuman – drums
- Erin Smith – guitar
- Allison Wolfe – vocals
;Contributing artists
Filmmaker Audrey Marrs contributed keyboards and background vocals. Additional background vocals were provided by Joey Karam and Andy Peterson; record producer Marty Key is credited for additional guitar and bass.
=Production=
The album was produced by Marty Key, Aaron Prellwitz, and Bratmobile. Prellwitz and Brian Barnes served as engineers and mixers. The album cover design was created by Chris Appelgren.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bratmobile}}
{{Authority control}}