Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway, released in 1991.[3]
| Partyball | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 1991 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:19 | |||
| Label | Geffen Records | |||
| Producer | Stan Ridgway | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Critical reception
editTrouser 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
editAll 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
editAdapted from the Partyball liner notes.[6]
- Stan Ridgway - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
- Mark Schulz - guitar
- Joe Ramirez - bass guitar
- Bernard Sauser-Hall, Pietra Wexstun - keyboards
- Joseph Berardi - drums
- Beth Anderson, Evon Williams, John Batdorf, Larry Grennan - background vocals
- Elmo Smith - saxophone
- Don Teshner - steel guitar on "Snaketrain"
- David Sutton - bass guitar on "Right Through You"
- Jeff Boynton - piano on "Right Through You"
Chart positions
editSingles
edit| Year | Title | Peak Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Mod [7] | ||
| 1991 | "I Wanna Be a Boss" | 13 |
References
edit- ^ 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 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Stan Ridgway". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 December 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) - ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Stan Ridgway". Nielsen Company, Billboard. Retrieved 2009-12-03.