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| Partyball | ||||
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| Released | May 1991 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:19 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Stan Ridgway | |||
| Stan Ridgway chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Partyball | ||||
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Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway, released in 1991.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Trouser Press wrote that the album "serves up odes to trigger-happy cops, hopeless love, Harry Truman and the atom bomb, otherworldly chain gangs and plague-ridden dystopias, interrupted by odd instrumental interludes that continue Ridgway’s fascination with soundtrack music for invisible movies."[4] The Los Angeles Times called the songs "mainly about the fearsome distortions that come from dominance, power and an unwillingness to acknowledge weakness and vulnerability as our common human lot."[5]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway
- "Watch Your Step/Jack Talked (Like a Man on Fire)" - 4:19
- "I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52
- "Mouthful of Sand/The Roadblock" - 5:31
- "Snaketrain" - 3:53
- "Right Through You" - 3:45
- "The Gumbo Man" - 3:34
- "Harry Truman" - 3:51
- "Venus Is Hell/Overlords" - 5:39
- "O.K?/Uba's House of Fashions" - 4:36
- "Bad News at the Dynamite Ranch/Beyond Tomorrow" - 7:19
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from the Partyball liner notes.[6]
- Stan Ridgway – vocals, backing vocals (1, 9, 10), keyboards (2–6, 8), acoustic guitar (2, 6, 7), guitars (3–5, 8), harmonica (3)
- Bernard Sauser-Hall – keyboards (1, 7, 9, 10), organ (6)
- Pietra Wexstun – keyboards (1, 7, 9, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
- Jeff Boynton – acoustic piano (5)
- Mark Schulz – guitars (1, 9, 10), electric guitar (2, 7)
- Don Teschner – lap steel guitar (4)
- Joe Ramirez – bass (1, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (1, 9)
- David Sutton – bass (2), fretless bass (5)
- Joseph Berardi – drums (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10), timpani (1), percussion (6, 8, 10)
- Jim Hill – additional drum programming, anvil (8)
- Elmo Smith – saxophone (3, 8)
- Beth Anderson – backing vocals (2)
- John Batdorf – backing vocals (2)
- Larry Grennan – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Evon Williams – backing vocals (2)
Production
- Stan Ridgway – producer
- Jim Hill – engineer, recording, mixing (1.1, 2–9.2, 10.1)
- Joe Chiccharelli – mixing (1.2, 9.2, 10.2)
- Andrew Ballard – second engineer
- Bill Cooper – second engineer
- Mike Green – second engineer
- Alan Yoshida – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Beth Escott – art direction, design
- Kevin Reagan – Geffen art direction
- Rocky Schenck – photography
Chart positions
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak Chart positions |
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| US Mod[7] | ||
| 1991 | "I Wanna Be a Boss" | 13 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Stan Ridgway | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "allmusic ((( Partyball > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 21.
- ↑ "Stan Ridgway". Trouser Press. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ↑ "POP MUSIC REVIEWS : Thought-Provoking Set From Stan Ridgway". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1991.
- ↑ Partyball (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Los Angeles, California: Geffen Records. 1991.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Stan Ridgway Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2009.[dead link]
