Ham Fisted

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[2]
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Ham Fisted is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Local H.[7][8] It was released through Island Records in January 1995.[9] Two songs, "Cynic" and "Mayonnaise and Malaise", were released as airplay singles in 1994, though the album failed to chart. A music video for "Cynic" was directed by Jodi Wille and released in February 1995.[10] In 2025, for its 30th anniversary, the band released a re-recorded version titled reFISTED.[11]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that Ham Fisted "offers an entertaining haymaker of cranked- up, stripped-down '95 noise."[12] Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star "honourable mention", comparing it to two releases by Nirvana by calling the album "brighter than Bleach, less fly than Incesticide".[2] Newsday called it "a spell-binding display of neurotic rock and roll at its finest."[13] The Morning Call listed the album among the best of 1995, labeling it "a metallic punk-grunge KO."[14]

Track listing

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Personnel

Local H

Production

  • Steven Haigler – producer, engineering, mixing at The Carriage House (Stamford, Connecticut)
  • Dave Cozzie – assistant mix engineer
  • Tracy Schroeder – additional engineering
  • Janet DeMatteis – art coordination
  • Jana Leòn – photography
  • David Calderley – design
  • Joe Bosso – A&R
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc. (Portland, Maine)

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ham Fisted Local H". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local H: Ham Fisted". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. pp. 287–288.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Arnopp, Jason (March 18, 1995). "Albumz". Kerrang!. No. 536. EMAP. p. 48.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 682.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kot, Greg (2004). "Local H". In Brackett, Nathan (ed.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 492–493. ISBN 9780743201698.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local H Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cover Story: Local H". Illinois Entertainer.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shehori, Steven (November 27, 2018). "Local H's Cautionary Major-Label Tale Is Actually a Success Story". Vulture.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local H - Cynic". YouTube. June 2, 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."reFISTED Local H". Bandcamp. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local H". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Young, Jon (February 19, 1995). "Recordings". Fanfare. Newsday. p. 23.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Righi, Len (December 30, 1995). "The Year in Review – Discs". The Morning Call. p. A33.

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