The C.D. Version of the First Two Records

The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
Compilation album by Bikini Kill
Released	March 4, 1994
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Kill Rock Stars
Bikini Kill chronology
Bikini Kill compilation album chronology

The C.D. Version of the First Two Records (released on cassette as The Tape Version of the First Two Records) is a compilation by punk rock band Bikini Kill, collecting their 1992 eponymous EP and their half of the 1993 EP Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, an album they shared with the band Huggy Bear.^[1] It was released in 1994 on Kill Rock Stars and was the first Bikini Kill release on CD. The album was re-released by Bikini Kill Records on June 23, 2015 as simply The First Two Records and featured additional tracks from the expanded re-release of Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.^[2]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10^[5]

In its review, AllMusic suggests that the album and its "even noisier follow-up, Pussy Whipped, might be all the Bikini Kill one needs".^[3] 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".^[1] Rolling Stone described it as "caustic, daring, and shamelessly didactic, a two-by-four to the chops of patriarchy".^[4]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Double Dare Ya"	2:40
2.	"Liar"	2:35
3.	"Carnival"	1:30
4.	"Suck My Left One"	2:24
5.	"Feels Blind"	3:21
6.	"Thurston Hearts the Who"	3:45
7.	"White Boy"	2:26
8.	"This Is Not a Test"	1:59
9.	"Don't Need You"	1:27
10.	"Jigsaw Youth"	1:55
11.	"Resist Psychic Death"	1:40
12.	"Rebel Girl"	2:47
13.	"Outta Me"	2:22

Re-release expanded tracks edit

No.	Title	Length
14.	"George Bush is a Pig"	1:52
15.	"I Busted in Your Chevy Window"	0:58
16.	"Get Out"	1:34
17.	"Why"	2:22
18.	"Fuck Twin Peaks"	1:58
19.	"Girl Soldier"	4:15
20.	"Not Right Now"	3:30

Personnel edit

Performance edit

Production edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Buckley, Peter. (November 20, 2003) The Rough Guide to Rock, 3rd ed. revised. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-84353-105-4. pp 93–94.
^ "BIKINIKILL". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mason, Stewart. "The First Two Records – Bikini Kill". AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kot, Greg (2004). "Bikini Kill". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 72. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

[rough-1] Buckley, Peter. (November 20, 2003) The Rough Guide to Rock, 3rd ed. revised. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-84353-105-4. pp 93–94.

[2] "BIKINIKILL". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.

[allmusic-3] Mason, Stewart. "The First Two Records – Bikini Kill". AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

[rsag-4] Kot, Greg (2004). "Bikini Kill". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 72. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[5] Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

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