Bitchin'

Studio album by The Donnas

Released

September 18, 2007

Recorded

Clear Lake Audio, North Hollywood, CA

Genre

Hard rock

Length

44:47

Label

Purple Feather, RedEye

Producer

Jay Ruston, The Donnas

The Donnas chronology

Gold Medal
(2004)

Bitchin'
(2007)

Greatest Hits Volume 16
(2009)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(54/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
musicOMH	^[3]
The Phoenix	^[4]
Pitchfork Media	(4.0/10)^[5]
PopMatters	^[6]
Robert Christgau	^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Spin	(4/10)^[9]
Stylus Magazine	D^[10]
Uncut	^[1]

Bitchin' is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2007 on their own label Purple Feather and released through RedEye.^[11] It is their first album since leaving Atlantic Records. The record was produced by Jay Ruston (Polyphonic Spree, Metal Skool, Meat Loaf) and The Donnas. Two of the tracks, Wasted and Here For The Party, cowritten with hit songwriter, Holly Knight(Love Is A Battlefield, Obsession, The Warrior) were coproduced with her. It is the last album to feature drummer Torry Castellano.

The iTunes 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 as well as digital download.

As of 2016, this remains the band's last album of all new material.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bitchin'"	The Donnas	2:09
2.	"Don't Wait Up for Me""	The Donnas	3:27
3.	"Wasted"	Holly Knight, The Donnas	3:29
4.	"What Do I Have to Do"	The Donnas	3:07
5.	"Save Me"	The Donnas	3:14
6.	"Like an Animal"	The Donnas	2:42
7.	"Here for the Party"	Knight, The Donnas	2:54
8.	"Better off Dancing""	The Donnas	3:21
9.	"Love You Till It Hurts"	The Donnas	3:32
10.	"Smoke You Out"	The Donnas	3:22
11.	"Girl Talk"	The Donnas	3:14
12.	"Give Me What I Want"	The Donnas	3:13
13.	"Tonight's Alright"	The Donnas	3:16
14.	"When the Show Is Over"	The Donnas	3:43
Total length:			44:40

Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Randi (Wal-Mart Downloadable Bonus Track)"	2:39
16.	"The Safety Dance (Vinyl Bonus Track)"	2:26
17.	"We Own the Night (UK Bonus Track)"	2:49
18.	"Can't Keep It a Secret (Japanese Bonus Track)"	2:52
19.	"New Kid in School (iTunes Bonus Track)"	3:36
20.	"She's Out of Control (Unreleased Track)"	2:33

Singles

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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart Name	Peak Position	Weeks on Chart
2007	Billboard 200	89	4
2007	Top Independent Albums	8	12

Personnel

Brett Anderson – lead vocals
Allison Robertson – guitar, backing vocals
Maya Ford – bass, backing vocals
Torry Castellano – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Joey Minkes – harmonica on "Here for the Party"

References

The Donnas' MySpace
Billboard Article
Pitchfork Media at the Wayback Machine (archived January 15, 2008)
The Donnas' IMEEM
Bitchin' at Metacritic

The Donnas

Brett Anderson Allison Robertson Maya Ford Amy Cesari Torry Castellano

Studio albums	The Donnas (1997) American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine (1998) Get Skintight (1999) The Donnas Turn 21 (2001) Spend the Night (2002) Gold Medal (2004) Bitchin' (2007)

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Volume 16 (2009)

Related	Discography

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