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To Mother by Babes In Toyland
To Mother is an EP by Babes In Toyland, released in 1990. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Catatonic”, on 1 list with a best position of #30.
To Mother, the first EP from Minneapolis punks Babes in Toyland, came out on Twin/Tone Records, and it's a fistful of outtakes from their debut album Spanking Machine, re-recorded in London in 1990 with John Loder producing. Kat Bjelland handles vocals and guitar, Lori Barbero pounds the drums, and Michelle Leon plays bass on a record that doesn't so much play as lunge.
This is the trio at its rawest and most cathartic, Bjelland howling over guitars that grind like broken machinery while Barbero keeps it all lurching forward. Britain took to it in a big way, where it went to number 1 on the UK Indie Chart and stayed there for ten weeks. The band often gets filed alongside riot grrrl, and the next full album, Fontanelle, would be a commercial success.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from To Mother on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catatonic | 1 | #30 | – | 1991 | |
| 2 | Laugh My Head Off | 1 | #31 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Primus | 1 | #39 | – | 1991 | |
| 4 | Ripe | 1 | #42 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.