L7 (album)

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Studio album by L7

Released

1988

Recorded

1987

Genre

Punk rock, grunge, heavy metal

Length

31:58

L7 chronology

L7
(1988)

Smell the Magic
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]
Piero Scaruffi	(7/10)^[3]

L7 is the first album by the Los Angeles band L7. Recorded in 1987 and released in 1988, the album demonstrates the band's punk rock origins, although there are traces of the heavier grunge sound that dominated their later work.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Bite the Wax Tadpole^[4]"	Gardner	2:16
2.	"Cat-O'-Nine-Tails"	Gardner	2:12
3.	"Metal Stampede"	Sparks	2:25
4.	"Let's Rock Tonight"	Gardner, Sparks	3:12
5.	"Uncle Bob"	L7, Sparks	6:32
6.	"Snake Handler"	Gardner	2:29
7.	"Runnin' From The Law"	Gardner, Sparks	3:10
8.	"Cool Out"	Sparks	2:54
9.	"It's Not You"	Gardner	1:45
10.	"I Drink"	L7, Sparks	2:55
11.	"Ms. 45"	L7, Sparks	2:40
Total length:			31:58

Personnel

L7

Donita Sparks - vocals, guitar
Suzi Gardner - guitar
Jennifer Finch - bass guitar, vocals
Roy Koutsky - drums

Productions

Brett Gurewitz - producer
Jordan Tarlow - guitar technician
Suzy Beal - artwork
Donnell Cameron - engineer
Jeff Campbell - CD layout
Al Flipside - photography, cover photo
Bruce Kalberg photography
Randall Martin - logo
Eddy Schreyer - mastering
N.Todd Skiles - design

Notes

↑ Huey, Steve. "L7 - L7". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 500. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "L7". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
↑ The title of this track is taken from the urban legend which says that it is a Chinese transliteration of "Coca-Cola" .

External links

Album review on Allmusic

v t e L7

Donita Sparks Suzi Gardner Janis Tanaka Demetra Plakas Former members: Jennifer Finch Gail Greenwood Roy Koutsky

Studio albums	L7 Smell the Magic Bricks Are Heavy Hungry for Stink The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum Slap-Happy

Compilation albums	The Slash Years

Live albums	Live: Omaha to Osaka

Singles and EPs	Shove Pretend We're Dead Everglade Monster Andres Stuck Here Again Can I Run Drama Off the Wagon Freeway Mantra Down

Video releases	Fast and Frightening Pretend We're Dead Everglade Monster Andres Stuck Here Again The Beauty Process

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