Bricks Are Heavy

by L7

Overview

Though they hailed from sunny L.A., L7 became the poster girls for grunge in 1992, with the meteoric success of their third album, Bricks Are Heavy. While their previous efforts had sounded sloppy and uneven, Nevermind producer Butch Vig helped the girls obtain a tight, compact sound on Bricks, pushing them to focus on their songwriting to boot. After all, great albums need great songs, and that's exactly what you have here. Mosh-pit anthem "Everglade" (sung by bassist Jennifer Finch) will simply knock you on your ass, and big single "Pretend We're Dead" is so good that its tough swagger harks back to seminal bad girl anthems like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock'n'Roll," Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," and even the Go-Go's -- well, maybe not the Go-Go's. The sardonic "Diet Pill" tackles female compulsions with clever irony, and even when they let their mega-riffing take over on such full-throttle stomps as "Wargasm," "Mr. Integrity," and "Shitlist," L7 still manage to imbue their lyrics with humor and substance. Inevitably, a few songs (especially "Slide") tend to push the Nirvana envelope just a tad, but Vig's involvement aside, these four ladies had been doing this kind of thing for as long as the Seattle trio. L7's crowning achievement, Bricks Are Heavy sadly proved to be an impossible act to follow, and the band gradually faded into obscurity thereafter. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2024
Label:	Licorice Pizza
UPC:	0196852941407
Rank:	21757

Album Credits

Performance Credits

L7   Primary Artist
Suzi Gardner   Vocals,Guitar
Demetra Plakas   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Jennifer Finch   Bass,Vocals
Paul Ryan   Bongos
Pauli Ryan   Bongos
Donita Sparks   Guitar,Vocals
Demetra "Dee" Plakas   Drums,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Arlan E. Helm   Photography
Suzi Gardner   Composer
L7   Producer
Jennifer Finch   Composer
Philip Caivano   Composer
Mr. Colson   Engineer
Brett Gurewitz   Composer
Daniel Rey   Composer
Paul Ryan   Musician
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Butch Vig   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Donita Sparks   Composer
Vicki Berndt   Photography
Jeff Price   Art Direction
Elizabeth Hale   Art Direction
Randall Martin   Artwork
Damion Romero   Photography
Steve Marker   Engineer