Batten the Hatches

Batten the Hatches
Studio album by
Jenny Owen Youngs
Released2005 (Canada)
GenreIndie, folk rock
Length37:03
41:07 (reissue)
LabelSelf-released
Nettwerk (reissue)
ProducerRonen Ben Codor, Dan Romer
Jenny Owen Youngs chronology
The Scrappy Demo
(2004) 		Batten the Hatches
(2005) 		The Take Off All Your Clothes EP
(2007)
Original cover
2005 self-release artwork
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Marie Claire[2]
PopMatters[3]
Rock Sound[4]

Batten the Hatches is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. Originally self-released in 2005 by Youngs, it was reissued with the bonus track "Drinking Song" two years later by the Nettwerk label.[5]

The track "Fuck Was I" was used in the first episode of the second season of the Showtime series Weeds, to illustrate a scene in which main character Nancy Botwin, a part-time marijuana dealer, discovers that her new lover is in fact a DEA agent. This appearance reportedly led to sales of the album increasing from between five and ten per week to between twenty and thirty per day.[6]

The album was listed as one of Guardian Unlimited's "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" in a feature in November 2006.[7]

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Marie Claire Review[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ PopMatters Review
  4. ^ Rock Sound Review[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Jenny Owen Youngs – Batten The Hatches
  6. ^ Video Kills The Radio Star (Again) – Forbes.com
  7. ^ The greatest albums you've never heard | | Guardian Unlimited Arts