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Call the Doctor
Call the Doctor is the second studio album by the American punk rock band Sleater-Kinney. It was released on March 25, 1996, by Chainsaw Records to critical acclaim.
Recording and release.
"Call the Doctor" was written in three weeks and recorded in four days. According to singer and guitarist Corin Tucker, the writing was inspired by a "crap" job she had and how people are "consumerized and commodified" by society. The album features no bass player. As
copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Critical reception.
"Call the Doctor" received acclaim from music journalists. Charles Taylor of "The Boston Phoenix" compared the album favorably to Heavens to Betsy's "Calculated", stating that "Call the Doctor" "is in no way a mellowed piece of work. What makes it the fullest, most mature album any riot grrrl performer has produced isn't Tucker abandoning her anger (the idea that anger is incompatible with maturity is a facile one),