Ham Fisted
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Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that Ham Fisted "offers an entertaining haymaker of cranked- up, stripped-down '95 noise."[6] Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star "honourable mention", comparing it to two releases by Nirvana by calling the album "brighter than Bleach, less fly than Incesticide".[7] Newsday called it "a spell-binding display of neurotic rock and roll at its finest."[8] The Morning Call listed the album among the best of 1995, labeling it "a metallic punk-grunge KO."[9]
Track listing
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Personnel
Local H
Production
- Steven Haigler – producer, engineering, mixing at The Carriage House (Stamford, Connecticut)
- Dave Cozzie – assistant mix engineer
- Tracy Schroeder – additional engineering
- Janet DeMatteis – art coordination
- Jana Leòn – photography
- David Calderley – design
- Joe Bosso – A&R
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc. (Portland, Maine)
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