Partyball
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Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway
and his last release by Geffen Records
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Stan Ridgway
Stanard 'Stan' Ridgway is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums and was the original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo...
and his last release by Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
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Track listing
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
- Stan Ridgway - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
- Mark Schulz - guitar
- Joe Ramirez - bass
- Bernard Sauser-Hall, Pietra WexstunPietra WexstunPietra Wexstun is an electronic musician and singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She has fronted for the band Hecate's Angels since 1996, and has performed with her husband Stan Ridgway since 1986. She has contributed to all of Ridgway's solo and Drywall albums, performing backing...
- 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 - fretless bass on "Right Through You"
- Jeff Boynton - piano on "Right Through You"
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak Chart positions | ||||||||||
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| 1991 | "I Wanna Be a Boss" | 13 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. | ||||||||||||