13.13
Studio album by
Lydia Lunch
ReleasedJune 1982
Recorded
GenrePost-punk
Length39:58
LabelRuby (original US release)
Situation Two (original UK release)
Producer
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Lydia Lunch chronology
The Agony Is the Ecstacy
(1982)		 13.13
(1982)		 In Limbo
(1984)

13.13 is the second album by American artist Lydia Lunch, released in June 1982 by record label Ruby.

Content

Trouser Press writes that the album "[revives] the grind-and-caterwaul of Teenage Jesus as filtered through Metal Box-era PiL, all deviant guitar and rolling rhythms".[1] UK magazine Fact wrote that "sonically it comes over like a more droning, dissolute Stateside cousin of Siouxsie & the Banshees' Juju".[2] The musicians who played on and co-wrote the album had been members of first wave Los Angeles punk band the Weirdos.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Trouser Pressmixed[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[4]

13.13 has divided critics. Trouser Press wrote that "Like her previous stuff, it manages to be simultaneously fascinating and annoying."[1] In its retrospective review, Fact magazine qualified it as a "masterpiece".[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by 13.13 (Dix Denney, Lydia Lunch, Cliff Martinez and Gregg Williams), except as noted

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stares to Nowhere" 4:15
2."3x3" 6:05
3."This Side of Nowhere"Lydia Lunch4:15
4."Snakepit Breakdown"Lydia Lunch4:07
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance of the Dead Children"Lydia Lunch2:49
2."Suicide Ocean" 5:56
3."Lock Your Door" 5:27
4."Afraid of Your Company" 7:04

Personnel

13.13
Production and additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart 19[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Lydia Lunch's 13.13 Reissued – Fact Music: Music News, New Music". Fact. January 27, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "13 13 – Lydia Lunch | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Press, Joy (1995). "Lydia Lunch". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 232–234. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  5. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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