Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events

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Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
Danza3.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 6, 2010
Genre
Length58:57
Label Black Market Activities
Producer Josh Travis
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza chronology
Danza II: Electric Boogaloo
(2007)
Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
(2010)
Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega
(2012)

Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events is the third album by American mathcore band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. The album was released July 6, 2010 via Guy Kozowyk's Black Market Activities. Danza III is noted for being the first TTDTE album to feature its new lineup, most notably guitarist and primary songwriter Joshua Travis from Calico System, a band where he previously played guitar.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The NewReviewStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Skulls N Bones(positive) [4]
Under the Gun Review9/10 [5]

Danza III has received generally positive reception. The NewReview gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stating, "simply put, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza has summoned one of the most vile sounding and entertaining extreme music releases of the year." [3] Skulls N Bones writer Carlos Moreno gave the album an extremely positive review, even going so far as to call it "the best CD of 2010 in [his] professional opinion." [4]

Allmusic's Greg Prato scored the album 2.5 out of 5, commenting that the album was surely one of the most ferocious works to come from a fairly young band. However, he was more critical of the repetitive quality of the nonstop sonic onslaught, which he suggests begins to work against the band as many of the songs become increasingly predictable. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

No.TitleLength
1."Vicki Mayhem"4:17
2."Yippie-Kay-Yay Motherf@#$%^"3:23
3."I Am Sammy Jankis"3:31
4."The Lost & Damned"2:20
5."Passenger 57"2:41
6."There's a Time and a Place for Everything"4:18
7."W.A.L.L.S."2:28
8."Suicide's Best Friend"3:11
9."Hour of the Time"3:38
10."The Union"2:19
11."A Trail of Tears"3:03
12."12-21-12" (song ends at 4:40; a hidden track begins at 14:40 feat. Nick Arthur of Molotov Solution)23:41
Total length:58:57

Personnel

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Production

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