Hungry for Stink

1994 studio album by L7

Hungry for Stink

Studio album by

Released| July 12, 1994 (1994-07-12)
Recorded| Winter 1993[1]
Studio|

* A&M (Hollywood)
* Sound City (Los Angeles)
* The Clubhouse (Los Angeles)

Genre|

* Grunge
* alternative metal

Length| 44:43
Label|

* Slash
* Reprise

Producer|

* L7
* GGGarth

L7 chronology
| Bricks Are Heavy
(1992)  | Hungry for Stink
(1994)  | The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
(1997)

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Singles from  Hungry For Stink

1. "Andres"
Released: 1994
2. "Stuck Here Again"
Released: 1994 (promo)
3. "Can I Run"
Released: 1995 (promo)

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide| A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly| A+[4]
Los Angeles Times| [5]
Rolling Stone| favorable[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [7]

Hungry for Stink is the fourth studio album by L7, released in July 1994 by Slash Records. The album peaked at number 117 on the Billboard 200 chart,[8] as well as number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[9]

"Fuel My Fire" was based on the Cosmic Psychos song "Lost Cause",[10] and was covered by The Prodigy on their 1997 album The Fat of the Land.[11] The Independent reported that the album's name Hungry for Stink was derived from an advert the band saw in Bear Magazine, a gay publication "for and about big hairy men".[12]

## Critical reception

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AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that "While L7 sounds tremendous on Hungry for Stink, the band has neglected to write any songs", but added "But when you're caught in the middle of a massive guitar grind this good, songs don't matter much."[2] Rolling Stone stated: "Chief songwriter Donita Sparks and company kick inter-gender butt by means of power chords and grunge abandon."[6]

## Track listing

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Hungry for Stink track listingNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Andres"| Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner| 3:03
2.| "Baggage"| Sparks, Gardner| 3:18
3.| "Can I Run"| Sparks| 3:54
4.| "The Bomb"| Sparks, Jennifer Finch| 2:39
5.| "Questioning My Sanity"| Sparks, Finch| 3:42
6.| "Riding with a Movie Star"| Sparks| 3:19
7.| "Stuck Here Again"| Sparks, Gardner| 4:58
8.| "Fuel My Fire"| Sparks, Cosmic Psychos| 3:46
9.| "Freak Magnet"| Sparks, Gardner| 3:14
10.| "She Has Eyes"| Sparks, Finch| 3:16
11.| "Shirley"| Finch| 3:09
12.| "Talk Box"| Sparks| 6:06
Total length:| 44:43

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

Performers

* Donita Sparks – guitar, lead vocals (on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12)
* Suzi Gardner – guitar, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 7 and 9)
* Jennifer Finch – bass guitar, lead vocals (on tracks 4 and 11)
* Demetra Plakas – drums

Production

* GGGarth – production

## Charts

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Chart (1994)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] | 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 47
UK Albums (OCC)[15] | 26
US Billboard 200[8] | 117
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 2

## References

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1. ^ "L7 Time Line". repriserec.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 1998. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hungry for Stink - L7". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
3. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 184\. ISBN 9780312245603.
4. ^ Sandow, Greg (July 15, 1994). "Hungry for Stink Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
5. ^ ALI, LORRAINE (July 10, 1994). "POP MUSIC : L7 Slides Back to Sludgy Roots : ** 1/2; L7, "Hungry for Stink" ( Slash/Reprise )". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
6. ^ a b Corio, Paul (December 29, 1994 – January 12, 1995). "L7: Hungry For Stink : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone: 185. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
7. ^ 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. "rolling stone l7 album guide."
8. ^ a b "L7 - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
9. ^ a b "L7 - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
10. ^ "Original versions of Fuel My Fire written by Donita Sparks". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
11. ^ "'Fuel My Fire' by L7 covered by The Prodigy – Magnificent Cover Version No.18". Noisecrumbs.com. January 2, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
12. ^ Thompson, Ben (July 10, 1994). "ART / Show People: California screaming: L7". The Independent. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
13. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 159.
14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – L7 – Hungry for Stink". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
15. ^ "L7". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 15, 2018.

## External links

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* Hungry for Stink at Discogs (list of releases)

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* Donita Sparks
* Suzi Gardner
* Jennifer Finch
* Demetra Plakas

* Gail Greenwood
* Janis Tanaka

Studio albums|

* L7
* Smell the Magic
* Bricks Are Heavy
* Hungry for Stink
* The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
* Slap-Happy
* Scatter the Rats

Compilation albums|

* The Slash Years

Live albums|

* Live: Omaha to Osaka

Singles|

* "Shove"
* "Pretend We're Dead"
* "Everglade"
* "Monster"
* "Andres"

Related|

* Discography
* Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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