Painkillers (EP)

{{Short description|1993 EP by Babes in Toyland}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Painkillers

| type = EP

| artist = Babes in Toyland

| cover = Babes in Toyland Painkillers.JPG

| alt =

| released = June 22, 1993

| recorded = 1992

| venue =

| studio = *Pachyderm, Cannon Falls, Minnesota

• CBGB, New York City, New York

| genre = {{hlist| Alternative rock | punk rock }}

| length = 50:44

| label = Reprise, Southern Records (UK)

| producer = {{hlist|Jack Endino|Kat Bjelland|Lee Ranaldo|Lori Barbero}}

| prev_title = Fontanelle

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Dystopia

| next_year = 1994

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Babes in Toyland - Painkillers|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r183469|pure_url=yes}}|work=AllMusic|author=|accessdate=March 17, 2010}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = A−{{cite web|author=Charles, Aaron|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20294011,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221123813/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20294011,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2009|title=Painkillers|work=Entertainment Weekly|date= July 1993|accessdate=May 17, 2018}}

| rev3 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev3score = 4/10{{cite book|chapter=Babes in Toyland|first=Johnny|last=Hutson|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|page=22}}

}}

Painkillers is the second EP by American alternative rock band Babes in Toyland, released in June 1993. It consists of outtakes from their second studio album, Fontanelle (1992), as well as a 34-minute single-track live recording of the band's April 1992 performance at CBGB in New York City.