''A Total Letdown'' is the second

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Babyland Babyland was an American performance-based independent electronic junk punk band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion. The band released six studio albums before disb ...

, released on March 4, 1994, by

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Reception

Ned Raggett of

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says, "

continue the same perfect bland of aggro-electronics, personal/political punk lyrical delivery" and "the few changes there are turn up as understated rather than obvious, especially a continued embrace of careful additional touches to flesh out the songs." ''

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'' also lauded the album, saying "the band literally hit the nail on the head of all the confusion, resentment, anger, and frustration felt by an entire generation."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''A Total Letdown'' liner notes. Babyland *

Dan Gatto Dan Gatto (born Dan Merrick Gatto; September 21, 1970) is an American musician best recognized as the vocalist for synth punk band Babyland. He also collaborated with Vampire Rodents composer Daniel Vahnke on a project called Recliner. After Ba ...

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* Michael Smith –

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Production and design * Aartvark –

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* Rusty Cusick –

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(2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) * Jon Steinhoff – engineering (1, 3, 6, 8, 11)

Release history

References

External links

*
''A Total Letdown''
at

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