Gato Negro

Gato Negro (Spanish: "Black Cat") is the second and final studio album by American rock band 7 Year Bitch, released on March 12, 1996. It was the band's only album released through Atlantic Records, after signing to the label in 1994.

The record spawned three singles: "The History of My Future", "24,900 Miles Per Hour" and "Miss Understood", as well as a video for "24,900 Miles Per Hour".

Critical reception
Gato Negro received mixed reviews from critics. Eric Bensel of Alternative Press wrote that while the album was "at times a generic grunge [sic] fronted by the predictable riot grrrl snarl", it provided a "refreshing foil to the testosterone-laden cock-rock that has dominated AOR radio stations for the past 25 years". Entertainment Weekly critic Mike Flatherty dismissed the album as "a humorless clutch of tough-grrrl conventions and abrasive bluster". In her review of Live at Moe (2016), Pitchfork Estelle Tang called Gato Negro "simultaneously less scrappy and less compelling" than the band's previous albums. In a positive review for Trouser Press, Grant Alden called the album 7 Year Bitch's "most varied, accomplished and coherent outing", praising its instrumentation.

Track listing

 * All songs written by Vigil/Davis


 * 1) "The History of My Future" 2:14
 * 2) "Crying Shame" 4:09
 * 3) "Disillusion" 3:05
 * 4) "Deep in the Heart" 3:02
 * 5) "The Midst" 3:29
 * "24,900 Miles Per Hour" 3:27
 * 1) "Whoopie Cat" 3:02
 * 2) "Miss Understood" 3:07
 * 3) "Sore Subject" 2:06
 * 4) "Rest My Head" 2:57
 * 5) "2nd Hand" 1:44
 * 6) "Jack" 2:36

Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.

7 Year Bitch Production
 * Selene Vigil — vocals
 * Roisin Dunne — guitar
 * Elizabeth Davis — bass
 * Valerie Agnew — drums


 * 7 Year Bitch — production
 * Billy Anderson — production, mixing, engineering
 * Mike Bogus — assistant engineer
 * Adam Munaz — mixing assistant, pre-mastering
 * Stephen Marcussen — mastering
 * Don C. Tyler — digital editing