Spend the Night

1	It's on the Rocks 2:54
2	Take It Off 2:40
3	Who Invited You 3:30
4	All Messed Up 3:11
5	Dirty Denim 3:26
6	You Wanna Get Me High 2:55
7	I Don't Care (So There) 2:47
8	Pass It Around 3:27
9	Too Bad About Your Girl 2:50
10	Not the One 2:46
11	Please Don't Tease 2:51
12	Take Me to the Backseat 2:22
13	5 O'Clock in the Morning 4:13

Barnes & Noble

The move to a major label hasn't done much to change rock's favorite gal-gang -- nor has the much-discussed transition into adulthood. Yeah, there are those who'd carp about the Donnas' ever-higher profile, as well as their collective decision to partially shed their pseudonyms, but as Brett Anderson/Donna A. chides, "We don't care if you don't think our party's cool...who invited you?" Their usual mixture of good-humored lust and teasing come-ons plays a lot like the old dollar bill on a string -- suckers keep coming back to pester the girls for more. Hear what awaits on the kiss-off-themed opener, "It's on the Rocks" (which regales a freshly dumped ex with such insults as "Yu'd rather have a mai tai than a tall glass of Bud Dry") and "Too Bad About Your Girl," a harmony-laced glam-pop ditty that's a laundry list of put-downs concerning an uptight romantic rival. Guitarist Alison Robertson (a.k.a. Donna R.) kicks it out with plenty of metal-flake abandon on "Dirty Denim" and "You Wanna Get Me High," but there's not an ounce of excess anywhere on Spend the Night -- making it well worth sticking with into the wee hours. David Sprague

All Music Guide

Fuller and more thought-out than their previous releases, the Donnas' Spend the Night furthers the band's evolution from their "what if the Ramones were chicks" vibe into a really cohesive hard rock band. The straightforward lyrics still revolve around "Tonight we're gonna party," "Let's get high in the backseat of my car," and "I'm gonna steal you away from your girl," but using these tried-and-true rock & roll themes with the Donnas' equally simple song structures, their sound and message achieve a kind of rock purity that seems miles away from all of the Britneys and Christina Aguileras out there. Their allegiance to the sound of simplistic party rock bands that were around in the late '70s/early '80s (Kiss, Cheap Trick, Mötley Crüe) joins forces with the snarl of the tough girl groups of that same era (Blondie, the Pretenders, Joan Jett) in a way that hasn't been heard on a major label in at least a decade. Special recognition deserves to go to guitarist Donna R./Allison Robertson whose Ace Frehley fascination used to be cute and now sounds as though it has erupted into a full-blown obsession, but somehow she still manages to put a heavier Southern rock/Angus Young spin on the riffs, demonstrating a real attention to craft that wouldn't have even occurred to them on their 1998 debut. Despite all of this maturity, Spend the Night ain't no Mantovani; the perpetually teenaged foursome still have their raw edges and sharp teeth, it's just that the edges rip deeper and the teeth bite harder with this more efficient and well-crafted rock assault. Zac Johnson

Rolling Stone

Spend the Night is retro for girls who never heard Kiss. Arion Berger