The Cross and the Switchblade (album)

The Cross and the Switchblade
Studio album by
Bantam Rooster
ReleasedMarch 23, 1999
GenreGarage punk
Length33:54
LabelCrypt
ProducerJim Diamond
Bantam Rooster chronology
Deal Me In
(1997) 		The Cross and the Switchblade
(1999) 		Bless Mess
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Cross and the Switchblade is a studio album by the garage punk band Bantam Rooster.[2][3] The album is heavier and more frantic than their debut album, Deal Me In.

Production

The album was produced by Jim Diamond.[4]

Critical reception

The Province wrote that the band "rocks ridiculously hard."[5] The Detroit News called the album "a 16-track slab of the yowling, ballistic, tag-team R&B."[6] Exclaim! thought that "T. Jackson Potter’s tight, frenzied guitar playing and yelping vocals drive the album along and it’s on winners like 'Safe Cracker', 'Tom Skinner' and 'Outta My Mind' that he really lets loose."[4] Westword deemed it "a downright wicked collection of shifty, soulful garage-blues freakouts."[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Cook and T. Jackson Potter.

  1. "Safe Cracker" - 1:27
  2. "Soul-Phisticate" - 2:04
  3. "Goin' Cold" - 2:20
  4. "Intro Thang" - 1:06
  5. "New Life" - 3:50
  6. "Outta My Mind" - 2:11
  7. "Tom Skinner" - 2:30
  8. "You Ain't the Boss of Me" - 1:44
  9. "She Stalker" - 2:04
  10. "Shot Down" - 2:14
  11. "Cat Fight" - 1:17
  12. "Ghost" - 2:30
  13. "Hey Bartendress" - 2:28
  14. "Pony Up" - 2:24
  15. "Electricity" - 1:24
  16. "Crazy" - 2:11

References

  1. ^ The Cross and the Switchblade at AllMusic
  2. ^ "BANTAM ROOSTER". CRYPT Records.
  3. ^ "Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Bantam Rooster The Cross and the Switchblade". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ Derdeyn, Stuart (1 July 1999). "Grab your dancing shoes". The Province. p. B5.
  6. ^ Case, Wendy (April 30, 1999). "Beat Girl: Spring has sprung -- and so have a bevy of CD releases". The Detroit News. p. 1D.
  7. ^ "Something to Crow About". Westword. Retrieved 8 July 2021.



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