The Make It All Show

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The Make It All Show
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2018 [1] [2]
Genre Punk rock, riot grrrl, indie pop
Length42:21
Label El Camino Media
Producer Brad Wood
Skating Polly chronology
New Trick
(2017)
The Make It All Show
(2018)
Chaos County Line
(2023)
Singles from The Make It All Show
  1. "Queen for a Day"
    Released: February 27, 2018 [3]
  2. "Camelot"
    Released: March 28, 2018
  3. "Hollywood Factory"
    Released: April 27, 2018
Professional ratings
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The Make It All Show is the fifth studio album by Skating Polly. [5] It was released on March 4, 2018. [1] It is the first album with drummer Kurtis Mayo. [6] Brad Wood produced the album. [7]

Contents

Composition

The lyrics to "Queen for a Day", the album's first single, [3] were co-written by Exene Cervenka, who produced the band's second album, Lost Wonderfuls, which was released in 2013. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peyton Bighorse, Kelli Mayo, and Kurtis Mayo, except where noted. [8]

The Make It All Show track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Classless Act"3:32
2."Little Girl Blue and the Battle Envy"6:05
3."Free Will at Ease"2:58
4."Queen for a Day" (featuring Exene Cervenka; Peyton Bighorse, Kelli Mayo, Kurtis Mayo, Exene Cervenka)2:55
5."They're Cheap (I'm Free)"3:43
6."Long Ride"3:52
7."Camelot"3:28
8."Hollywood Factory"2:55
9."This Vacation"3:53
10."Flatwound Strings"4:38
11."Don't Leave Me Gravity"4:00
Total length:42:21
B-sides
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful Stranger" (Madonna cover; Madonna, William Orbit)3:24
2."Mostly Glad" (Bighorse, Kelli Mayo)2:48

Personnel

Skating Polly

Additional musicians

Other personnel

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