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Bone Palace Ballet | ||||
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Released | September 4, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007, at Saint Claire Recording Company, Lexington, Kentucky | |||
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Length | 38:31 54:56 (Reissue) | |||
Label | Equal Vision (US) Warner Bros. Records(UK) | |||
Producer | Casey Bates | |||
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2008 reissue cover | ||||
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Singles from Bone Palace Ballet | ||||
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Absolutepunk.net | (81%) [1] |
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Bone Palace Ballet is the second album by American post-hardcore band Chiodos,released on September 4,2007. The album takes its name from a literary work of Charles Bukowski. It was their last album with vocalist Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost,until they both rejoined the band in 2012.
Following the album's release,it entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 5 and the Top Independent Albums at number 1,selling over 39,000 copies in its first week,making it one of the highest-charting post-hardcore albums to date. By January 2009,the album had sold more than 200,000 copies in the United States alone. [7]
On September 4,2007,Equal Vision Records released an opaque orange vinyl pressing of the album which included the full album on compact disc. It was limited to 2,000 copies. [8]
Warner Bros. Records released Bone Palace Ballet:Grand Coda on January 26,2009,as part of a new distribution deal in the UK. [9] [10] [11] [12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork?" (featuring Jase Korman of The Number Twelve Looks Like You) | 3:26 |
2. | "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)" | 5:22 |
3. | "Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered" (featuring Nick Martin of Underminded and Jase Korman of The Number Twelve Looks Like You) | 3:28 |
4. | "A Letter from Janelle" | 3:16 |
5. | "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard" | 4:13 |
6. | "Teeth the Size of Piano Keys" | 3:23 |
7. | "Life Is a Perception of Your Own Reality" | 3:46 |
8. | "If I Cut My Hair, Hawaii Will Sink" | 2:23 |
9. | "Intensity in Ten Cities" | 4:34 |
10. | "The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)" (featuring Nick Martin of Underminded) | 4:43 |
Total length: | 38:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Two Birds Stoned at Once" | 2:52 |
2. | "Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork?" (featuring Jase Korman of The Number Twelve Looks Like You) | 3:26 |
3. | "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)" | 5:22 |
4. | "Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered" (featuring Nick Martin of Underminded and Jase Korman of The Number Twelve Looks Like You) | 3:28 |
5. | "A Letter from Janelle" | 3:16 |
6. | "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard" | 4:13 |
7. | "...And Then the Liver Screamed "Help!"" | 2:43 |
8. | "We Swam from Albatross, the Day We Lost Kailey Cost" | 4:30 |
9. | "Life Is a Perception of Your Own Reality" | 3:46 |
10. | "If I Cut My Hair, Hawaii Will Sink" | 2:23 |
11. | "Smitten for the Mitten" | 3:14 |
12. | "Intensity in Ten Cities" | 4:34 |
13. | "The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)" (featuring Nick Martin of Underminded) | 4:13 |
14. | "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard" (Acoustic)" | 3:17 |
15. | "A Letter from Janelle" (Acoustic)" | 3:38 |
Total length: | 54:56 |
In the DVD section of this reissue, there is an appearance by the Trailer Park Boys at the Chiodos Madison Square Garden performance, and footage of them shown backstage with the band. There are also live clips of the band at various shows, with the songs "A Letter from Janelle" and "Lexington. (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)" played over the performances. The track "Teeth the Size of Piano Keys" was omitted from the reissue "just to mess with people," according to guitarist Pat McManaman. [13] However, it is unclear why the spoken words at the end of "The Undertakers Thirst for Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)" are missing. It may be due to possible copyright infringement of uncredited works.
The lyrics to "Teeth the Size of Piano Keys" are an adaptation of the Charles Bukowski poem "I'm in Love" and feature several direct quotations from the poem. [14]
The spoken word segment at the end of "The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge is Unquenchable" comes from the poem "Empty Is" by Rod McKuen. [15]
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Top 200 | 5 |
US Independent Albums | 1 |
US Top Internet Albums | 5 |
US Top Rock Albums | 1 |
US Top Alternative Albums | 1 |
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