''Bitchin is the seventh and final

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band

The Donnas The Donnas were an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1993. The band consisted of Brett Anderson (lead vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar, backing vocals), Maya Ford (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Torry Castellano (drums ...

, released in

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on their own label Purple Feather and released through

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. It is their first album since leaving

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. The record was produced by Jay Ruston ( Polyphonic Spree, Metal Skool, Meat Loaf) and

. Two of the tracks, "Wasted" and "Here for the Party", were co-written with songwriter Holly Knight (" Love Is a Battlefield", "

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", " The Warrior"). The

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bonus track, "New Kid in School", is featured in the game '' Rock Band 2''. The album was made available on CD, a double-purple vinyl, and as a digital download.

Critical reception

''Bitchin was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 54 based on 14 reviews. In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer

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wrote: "The Donnas once rocked as if they were tanked to the gills but they now sound like they're playing with ferocious hangovers they just can't shake." At ''

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'', Wes Orshoski noted the songs on the album are "too light on hooks" and "fail to balance irony, nasty shredding and big choruses." Evan Davies of '' Now'' said: "The foursome tend to write the same songs over and over again, this time thinly veiled in arena - and hair-metal swagger, but still too similar structurally to sound like they've challenged themselves." Writing for '' Pitchfork'', David Raposa said the release "sounds like a half-hearted compromise between what the group was and what the group wants to become."

Track listing

Singles

* "Don't Wait Up For Me", released in August 2007.

Charts

Personnel

Band members * Brett Anderson – lead vocals * Allison Robertson – guitar, backing vocals *

Maya Ford Maya Anne Ford (born January 8, 1979, in Oakland, California) is an American musician and the former bass player of rock band The Donnas. She also goes by the name Donna F. Early life Maya Anne Ford, was born on January 8, 1979, in Oakland, C ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Torry Castellano Torrance Heather Castellano (born January 8, 1979) is an American percussionist and the former drummer of The Donnas. She announced her retirement from drumming in July 2010. About Castellano was born in San Francisco, California. She met ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional musicians * Holly Knight − vocals * Joey Minkes – harmonica on "Here for the Party" Production * Jay Ruston – producer, engineer, mixing * Bruce Witkin – engineer

References

External links

* * {{Authority control The Donnas albums 2007 albums