Partyball

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

Partyball
Studio album by Stan Ridgway
Released	May, 1991
Genre	Rock
Length	47:19
Label	Geffen Records
Producer	Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway chronology
Mosquitos (1989) Partyball (1991) Songs That Made This Country Great (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.

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.