Purgatory Dance Party

Purgatory Dance Party
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 27, 2007
RecordedWrightway Studios
Baltimore MD
April – October 2007
GenreAvant-garde metal, experimental rock, alternative metal
Length69:58
LabelRotten Records
ProducerDrew Lamonde, Todd Smith, Jasan Stepp
Polkadot Cadaver chronology
Purgatory Dance Party
(2007)
Sex Offender
(2011)

Purgatory Dance Party is the debut album by Polkadot Cadaver released via internet pre-sales on November 17, 2007, with a street date of November 27, 2007. The cover art is a reference to the John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever. Dog Fashion Disco had earlier covered the theme tune to another Travolta film, Grease.

A re-recorded version of the album was released on the Razor To Wrist label in June 2020[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Polkadot Cadaver.

No.TitleLength
1."Haunted Holiday"2:01
2."A Wolf in Jesus Skin"3:50
3."Purgatory Dance Party"4:08
4."Deathwish"3:35
5."Phantom Limb"3:18
6."Long Strange Trip to Paradise"2:35
7."Bring me the Head of Andy Warhol"3:26
8."Chloroform Girl"2:56
9."What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen?"4:32
10."Brainwash"3:53
11."Pure Bedlam for Halfbreeds"3:04
12."Sole Survivor"32:36
Total length:69:58

The song "Sole Survivor" is in fact only 4:30 long; the track then contains 5 minutes of silence, and from 9:30 onwards it consists of a looped voice saying the word "Satan".

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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  • Matt Rippetoe – Saxophone (track 9)
  • Drew Lamonde – Producer, Recording
  • Steve Wright – Mixing, Mastering
  • John Kolbeck – Cover art
  • Shane Tuttle – Graphic design, Logo
  • Dan Edwards – Polkadot Cadaver Logo
  • James Wright – Publicity
  • Jeff Cohen – Legal
  • Adam Mandell – Legal
  • T.J. Barber – Additional art
  • Souleh – Additional art

References

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  1. ^ @RazorToWristRec (10 July 2020). "Polkadot Cadaver — "Purgatory Dance Party" • OUT NOWStream the album in its entirety on o…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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