Batten the Hatches
| Batten the Hatches | ||||
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| Studio album by Jenny Owen Youngs | ||||
| Released | 2005 (Canada) | |||
| Genre | Indie, folk rock | |||
| Length |
37:03 41:07 (reissue) | |||
| Label |
Self-released Nettwerk (reissue) | |||
| Producer | Ronen Ben Codor, Dan Romer | |||
| Jenny Owen Youngs chronology | ||||
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| Original cover | ||||
 2005 self-release artwork |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Marie Claire | [2] |
| PopMatters | [3] |
| Rock Sound | [4] |
Batten the Hatches is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. Originally self-released in 2005 by Youngs, it was reissued with the bonus track "Drinking Song" two years later by the Nettwerk label.[5]
The track "Fuck Was I" was used in the first episode of the second season of the Showtime series Weeds, to illustrate a scene in which main character Nancy Botwin, a part-time marijuana dealer, discovers that her new lover is in fact a DEA agent. This appearance reportedly led to sales of the album increasing from between five and ten per week to between twenty and thirty per day.[6]
The album was listed as one of Guardian Unlimited's "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" in a feature in November 2006.[7]
Track listing
- All tracks written by Jenny Owen Youngs.
- "Porchrail" – 1:45
- "From Here" – 2:16
- "Fuck Was I" – 3:30
- "Lightning Rod" – 3:27
- "Voice on Tape" – 3:03
- Featuring Regina Spektor[8]
- "P.S." – 1:52
- "Bricks" – 5:00
- "Drinking Song" – 3:38
- "Woodcut" – 4:18
- "Coyote" – 3:14
- "Keys Out Lights On" – 5:00
- "Woodcut (The Age of Rockets remix)" – 4:04
- Remix by Andrew Futral
Personnel
Performance
- Jenny Owen Youngs – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bass
- Oscar Chabebe – tabla
- Adam Christgau – drums
- Ronen Ben Codor – harmonium
- James Cucinotta – bass clarinet
- Willie Farr Jr. – electric guitar
- Andrew Futral – synthesizer
- Hawk – viola
- Chris Hembree – piano
- Cicero Jones – French horn
- Jordan McLean – flugelhorn
- Tim Petrochko – violin
- Patrick Petty – cello
- Andrew Platt – bass instrument
- Bess Rogers – flute, voice
- Dan Romer – bass, electric guitar, keys, voice
- Jon Samson – digital kittens
- Bob Pycior – violin
Recording
- Ronen Ben Codor – additional arrangements on track 11
- Andrew Futral – remix (track 12, reissued version), additional arrangements on tracks 3 & 5
- Jay Newland – mastering
- Dan Romer – production, engineering, arrangements, mixing
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Canada | 2005 | Self-released | CD | |
| Canada, UK | April 10, 2007 | Nettwerk | CD | 0 6700 30648 2 8 |