A Total Letdown

A Total Letdown is the second studio album by Babyland, released on March 4, 1994 by Flipside Records.

A Total Letdown
Studio album by Babyland
Released	March 4, 1994
Studio	Various The Bunker (Los Angeles, California Wireworks (Rosemead, California
Genre	Industrial rock synth punk
Length	43:20
Label	Flipside
Dan Gatto chronology
The Dogsnatcher EP (1993) A Total Letdown (1994) Who's Sorry Now? (1995)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic says, "Babyland continue the same perfect bland of aggro-electronics, personal/political punk lyrical delivery" and "the few changes there are turn up as understated rather than obvious, especially a continued embrace of careful additional touches to flesh out the songs."[1] Alternative Press also lauded the album, saying "the band literally hit the nail on the head of all the confusion, resentment, anger, and frustration felt by an entire generation."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Gatto and Michael Smith, except "Pink Frost" by Martin Phillips.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Plain Talk"	4:32
2.	"Worst Case Scenario"	4:42
3.	"Dismissal"	4:31
4.	"Pink Frost" (The Chills cover)	3:28
5.	"Cop-Out"	2:17
6.	"(De)Pressing Plant"	4:38
7.	"The Next Day in the Course of Time"	2:45
8.	"Ramona Moraga"	3:19
9.	"Stomach"	2:15
10.	"Kill Bugs"	3:31
11.	"Suitable for Framing"	7:23

Personnel

Adapted from the A Total Letdown liner notes.[3]

Babyland

• Dan Gatto – lead vocals, keyboards
• Michael Smith – percussion

Production and design

• Aartvark – cover art, photography
• Rusty Cusick – engineering (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
• Jon Steinhoff – engineering (1, 3, 6, 8, 11)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1994	Flipside	CD, CS	FLIP 57
	1999	Mattress	CD	MAT004

References

1. Kavadias, Theo. "Babyland: A Total Letdown > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
2. columnist (November 1994). "Babyland: A Total Letdown". Alternative Press: 80.
3. A Total Letdown (booklet). Babyland. Pasadena, California: Flipside Records. 1994.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• A Total Letdown at Discogs (list of releases)
• A Total Letdown at iTunes