Velvet Hammer
{{For-multi|The Illinois politician nicknamed "the Velvet Hammer"|Michael Madigan|}}{{Infobox album
| name = Velvet Hammer
| type = studio
| artist = Scrawl
| cover = Velvet Hammer.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 8, 1993{{Cite magazine |last=Jennings |first=Dave |date=October 9, 1993 |title=Velvet Overground |magazine=Melody Maker |publisher=IPC |page=29 |volume=69 |issue=41}}
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| length = 37:11
| label = Simple Machines
| producer = Steve Albini
| prev_title = Smallmouth
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Travel On, Rider
| next_year = 1996
}}
Velvet Hammer is a studio album by the American band Scrawl, released in November 1993{{Cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro/page/544/mode/2up |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |publisher=Canongate Books Ltd |year=1999 |isbn=9780862419134 |page=544 |chapter=Scrawl |author-link=Martin C. Strong |via=Internet Archive}} by Simple Machines.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/28/sharpened-scrawl/6b193780-74d0-4d35-9d40-d43215d1e1bb/|title=SHARPENED SCRAWL - The Washington Post|newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=scrawl|title=TrouserPress.com :: Scrawl|website=www.trouserpress.com}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000110046|title=Velvet Hammer - Scrawl | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=315}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3score = A−{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/17/velvet-hammer/|title=Velvet Hammer|website=EW.com}}
}}
The New York Times wrote: "The music is sparse but strong; Marcy Mays's guitar and Sue Harshe's bass sometimes stand apart, sometimes mesh for buzzing riffs."{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=No Cease-Fire In the Battle Of the Sexes |work=The New York Times |date=12 Dec 1993 |page=A36}}
Track listing
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| title1 = Your Mother Wants To Know
| note1 = Marcy Mays
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Take a Swing
| note2 = Sue Harshe / Scrawl
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Disappear Without a Trace
| note3 = Marcy Mays
| length3 = 6:10
| title4 = See
| note4= Sue Harshe
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Face Down
| note5 = Sue Harshe / Scrawl
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Tell Me Now, Boy
| note6 = Sue Harshe / Marcy Mays
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = Drunken Fool
| note7 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Prize
| note8 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl
| length8 = 2:41
| title9 = Blue Green Sea
| note9 = Marcy Mays
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = Remember That Day
| note10 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl
| length10 = 3:59
}}
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