''Excuse Seventeen'' is the debut studio

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. It was released in 1994 on

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by Atlas Records and CD by

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Critical reception

Jimmy Draper, reviewer of

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, awarded the album 3 stars, stating that ''Excuse Seventeen'' is an "impressive debut, surging forward with a live-wire energy and stark honesty that helped make the

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scene so compelling in the first place." However, he also felt that the album can sound dated at times, with the exception of the tracks "Carson", "Imaginary Friend", "Hope You Feel Bad", and "Code Red", which were said to have "wonderfully withstood the test of time."

Track listing

# "Vanishing Act" – 3:03 # "Two Faced" – 2:03 # "Cut and Dry" – 2:58 # "Hope You Feel Bad" – 2:51 # "Despise" – 2:17 # "Carson" – 3:19 # "Code Red" – 2:59 # "We're the Seniors (And We Rule the School)" – 2:42 # "Imaginary Friend" – 2:26 # "Groundhog's Day" – 3:28 # "Break and Enter" – 2:03

Personnel

*Becca Albee (vocals, guitar) *

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(guitar, vocals) *Curtis James (drums)

References

{{Authority control 1994 debut albums Excuse 17 albums