Gato Negro (Spanish: "Black Cat") is the third 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

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. 7 Year Bitch Production