{{For-multi|The Illinois politician nicknamed "the Velvet Hammer"|Michael Madigan|}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Velvet Hammer | type = studio | artist = Scrawl | cover = Velvet Hammer.jpg | alt = | released = November 8, 1993<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jennings |first=Dave |date=October 9, 1993 |title=Velvet Overground |magazine=Melody Maker |publisher=IPC |page=29 |volume=69 |issue=41}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 37:11 | label = Simple Machines | producer = Steve Albini | prev_title = Smallmouth | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Travel On, Rider | next_year = 1996 }} '''''Velvet Hammer''''' is a studio album by the American band Scrawl, released in November 1993<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro/page/544/mode/2up |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |publisher=Canongate Books Ltd |year=1999 |isbn=9780862419134 |page=544 |chapter=Scrawl |author-link=Martin C. Strong |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> by Simple Machines.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/28/sharpened-scrawl/6b193780-74d0-4d35-9d40-d43215d1e1bb/|title=Sharpened Scrawl|newspaper=The Washington Post }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=scrawl|title=Scrawl|website=Trouser Press}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000110046|title=Velvet Hammer - Scrawl &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=315}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = A−<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/17/velvet-hammer/|title=Velvet Hammer|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> | rev4 = Sputnikmusic | rev4score = 4.5/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Iai |date=2007-03-22 |title=Scrawl - Velvet Hammer (album review) |website=Sputnikmusic |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11486/Scrawl-Velvet-Hammer/ |access-date=2026-05-11}}</ref> }} ''The New York Times'' wrote: "The music is sparse but strong; Marcy Mays's guitar and Sue Harshe's bass sometimes stand apart, sometimes mesh for buzzing riffs."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=No Cease-Fire in the Battle of the Sexes |work=The New York Times |date=12 Dec 1993 |page=A36}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | title1 = Your Mother Wants to Know | note1 = Marcy Mays | length1 = 3:20 | title2 = Take a Swing | note2 = Sue Harshe / Scrawl | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Disappear Without a Trace | note3 = Marcy Mays | length3 = 6:10 | title4 = See | note4= Sue Harshe | length4 = 3:17 | title5 = Face Down | note5 = Sue Harshe / Scrawl | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = Tell Me Now, Boy | note6 = Sue Harshe / Marcy Mays | length6 = 3:07 | title7 = Drunken Fool | note7 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl | length7 = 3:45 | title8 = Prize | note8 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl | length8 = 2:41 | title9 = Blue Green Sea | note9 = Marcy Mays | length9 = 2:50 | title10 = Remember That Day | note10 = Marcy Mays / Scrawl | length10 = 3:59 }}

== Personnel == '''Scrawl''' *Marcy Mays – guitar, vocals *Sue Harshe – bass, vocals *Dana Marshall – drums

'''Additional musicians''' *Steve Albini – additional guitars

'''Technical''' *Steve Albini – production *Scrawl – engineer

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