Partygoing

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Partygoing
Future Bible Heroes Partygoing.jpg
Studio album by
Future Bible Heroes
ReleasedJune 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)
Studio
Genre
Length34:11
Label Merge
Future Bible Heroes chronology
Eternal Youth
(2002)		Partygoing
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
Uncut 7/10 [10]

Partygoing is the third studio album by American indie pop band Future Bible Heroes. Future Bible Heroes member and lead lyricist Stephin Merritt was inspired by the 1981 B-52's album Party Mix! to create Partygoing, conceived as "a party album that only just happens to be largely about drunk suicide, aging, death, loss, and despair." [11]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Stephin Merritt and Christopher Ewen.

  1. "A Drink Is Just the Thing" – 1:26
  2. "Sadder Than the Moon" – 3:44
  3. "Let's Go to Sleep (And Never Come Back)" – 2:48
  4. "Satan, Your Way Is a Hard One" – 2:30
  5. "A New Kind of Town" – 1:47
  6. "All I Care About Is You" – 3:22
  7. "Living, Loving, Partygoing" – 3:22
  8. "Keep Your Children in a Coma" – 2:19
  9. "How Very Strange" – 2:47
  10. "Love Is a Luxury I Can No Longer Afford" – 2:19
  11. "Digging My Own Grave" – 3:05
  12. "Drink Nothing But Champagne" – 2:06
  13. "When Evening Falls on Tinseltown" – 2:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [12]

Future Bible Heroes
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Partygoing by Future Bible Heroes reviews". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Partygoing by Future Bible Heroes". Metacritic . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Partygoing – Future Bible Heroes". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brusie, David (June 4, 2013). "Future Bible Heroes: Partygoing". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Joyce, Colin (June 3, 2013). "Album Review: Future Bible Heroes – Partygoing". Consequence of Sound . Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hogan, Marc (July 26, 2013). "Future Bible Heroes: Partygoing". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Heaton, Dave (June 9, 2013). "Future Bible Heroes: Partygoing". PopMatters . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ Powell, Mike (July 29, 2013). "Partygoing". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ "SPIN's Review Roundup: 100 Lengthy and Tweet-Sized Takes on June 2013's New Releases". Spin . July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Future Bible Heroes: Partygoing". Uncut (195): 71. August 2013.
  11. ↑ Merge Records (April 29, 2013). "Catching Up With Future Bible Heroes". YouTube . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Partygoing – Future Bible Heroes (Credits)". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2015.


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