“Shove” by L7

"Shove" kicks off Smell the Magic, L7's second album, which Sub Pop put out in 1990, and it was the first single the band ever released. Suzi Gardner and Donita Sparks wrote it, and Jack Endino recorded it and co-produced.

L7 came up out of the Los Angeles metal scene, one of the few bands Sub Pop signed from outside Seattle, and Smell the Magic first surfaced as a 12-inch EP holding just six songs, with "Shove" leading the charge, before a CD reissue in July 1991 stretched it to album length. The record has aged into a touchstone: Rolling Stone ranked it 37th among the greatest grunge albums, and it is often named as an inspiration by the punk and riot grrrl bands that came after.

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