The C.D. Version of the First Two Records

Infobox Album
Name = The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
Type = compilation
Artist = Bikini Kill


Released = 1993
Recorded = 1991-1992
Length =
Label = Kill Rock Stars
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifixqwhldfe~T0 link]
Last album = "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"
(1992)
This album = "The C.D. Version of the First Two Records"
(1993)
Next album = "Pussy Whipped"
(1994)

"The C.D. Version of the First Two Records" is the 1993 first CD release of punk rock band Bikini Kill, collecting their 1991 eponymous EP and their half of the 1992 EP "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah", an album they shared with the band Huggy Bear.Buckley, Peter. (November 20 2003) "The Rough Guide to Rock", 3rd ed. revised. Rough Guides. ISBN=1843531054. pp 93–94.] The album includes the track "Rebel Girl", which song made #27 on the "Rolling Stone" list of "Most Excellent Songs Of Every Year Since 1967", a playlist assembled by the magazine in 2006 to celebrate its 1000th issue. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/1000thsongs/1/most_excellent_songs_of_every_year_since_1967 Most Excellent Songs Of Every Year Since 1967] "Rolling Stone" (May 5 2006). Accessed October 16 2007.]

Critical reception

In its review, Allmusic suggests that the album and its "even noisier follow-up, "Pussy Whipped", might be all the Bikini Kill one needs". [allmusicguide |id=10:fifixqwhldfe] Characterizing the compilation as " [a] ggressive, lippy, and none-too-disciplined", "Rough Guides" reviewer Owen James noted that it "nonetheless managed to sound like a triumph of female bonding against the odds". "Rolling Stone", which gave the compilation 4 stars, described it as "caustic, daring, and shamelessly didactic, a two-by-four to the chops of patriarchy".cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition= 4th ed. |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside |location=New York |isbn=0-7432-0169-8, p.72]

Track listing

"All tracks composed by Kathleen Hanna."

#"Double Dare Ya" – 2:40
#"Liar" – 2:35
#"Carnival" – 1:30
#"Suck My Left One" – 2:24
#"Feels Blind" – 3:21
#"Thurston Hearts the Who" – 3:45
#"White Boy" – 2:26
#"This Is Not a Test" – 1:59
#"Don't Need You" – 1:27
#"Jigsaw Youth" – 1:55
#"Resist Psychic Death" – 1:40
#"Rebel Girl" – 2:47
#"Outta Me" – 2:22

Personnel

Performance

*Kathleen Hanna – vocals
*Bill Karren – guitar
*Tobi Vail – drums vocals
*Kathi Wilcox – bass guitar

Production

*Pat Graham — photography
*Tim Green — engineer
*Ian MacKaye — engineer
*Patrick Maley — engineer
*Don Zientara — engineer

References