Partyball

Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway and his last release by Geffen Records.

Partyball
Studio album by
Stan Ridgway
ReleasedMay, 1991
GenreRock
Length47:19
LabelGeffen Records
ProducerStan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway chronology
Mosquitos
(1989)		 Partyball
(1991)		 Songs That Made This Country Great
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway

  1. "Watch Your Step/Jack Talked (Like a Man on Fire)" - 4:19
  2. "I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52
  3. "Mouthful of Sand/The Roadblock" - 5:31
  4. "Snaketrain" - 3:53
  5. "Right Through You" - 3:45
  6. "The Gumbo Man" - 3:34
  7. "Harry Truman" - 3:51
  8. "Venus Is Hell/Overlords" - 5:39
  9. "O.K?/Uba's House of Fashions" - 4:36
  10. "Bad News at the Dynamite Ranch/Beyond Tomorrow" - 7:19

Personnel

Adapted from the Partyball liner notes.[2]

  • 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

Singles
Year Title Peak Chart positions
US
Mod [3]
1991 "I Wanna Be a Boss" 13
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.
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References
  1. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "allmusic ((( Partyball > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  2. Partyball (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Los Angeles, California: Geffen Records. 1991.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Stan Ridgway". Nielsen Company, Billboard. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
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