Bone Palace Ballet
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| Studio album by Chiodos | ||||
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Publication |
September 4, 2007 |
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| Label (s) | Equal Vision Records , Warner Bros. Records | |||
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CD , download , vinyl record |
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Title (number) |
10 (standard CD) |
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running time |
38 min 31 s |
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Guest musicians:
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Casey Bates , Dan Korneff , Tim Price, Brian Beeler, David Bendeth , Ue Nastasi |
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Studio (s) |
Saint Claire Recording Company , Lexington , Kentucky (Production) |
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Bone Palace Ballet is the second studio album by the US post-hardcore / alternative rock band Chiodos and was released worldwide on September 4, 2007 via Equal Vision Records .
The name of the album goes back to the collection of poems published in 1998 by the author Charles Bukowski . It was also the band's final album with singer Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost, both of whom rejoined the group later in 2012.
Bone Palace Ballet became a financial success in the United States , which was confirmed by its high ranking in the national album charts . By January 2009, the album had sold nearly 200,000 copies in the States alone.
It was reissued on January 26, 2009 under the title Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda with additional songs and an accompanying DVD. In the UK , the reissue of the album was released exclusively through Warner Bros. Records as part of a distribution deal.
Track list
Regular album
| # | title | length | Remarks |
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| 1. | Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork? | 3:26 | feat. Jase Korman ( The Number Twelve Looks Like You ) |
| 2. | Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face) | 5:22 | |
| 3. | Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered | 3:28 | feat. Nick Martin (ex- Underminded ) and Jase Korman |
| 4th | A Letter from Janelle | 3:16 | |
| 5. | I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard | 4:13 | |
| 6th | Teeth the Size of Piano Keys | 3:23 | |
| 7th | Life Is a Perception of Your Own Reality | 3:46 | |
| 8th. | 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) | 4:43 | feat. Nick Martin |
Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda
| # | title | length | Remarks | |
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| 1. | Two Birds Stoned at Once | 2:52 | Bonus song | |
| 2. | Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork? | 3:26 | feat. Jase Korman ( The Number Twelve Looks Like You ) | |
| 3. | Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face) | 5:22 | ||
| 4th | Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered | 3:28 | feat. Nick Martin (ex- Underminded ) and Jase Korman | |
| 5. | A Letter from Janelle | 3:16 | ||
| 6th | I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard | 4:13 | ||
| 7th | ... And Then the Liver Screamed "Help!" | 2:43 | Bonus song | |
| 8th. | We Swam from Albatross, the Day We Lost Kailey Cost | 4:30 | Bonus song | |
| 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 | Bonus song | |
| 12. | Intensity in Ten Cities | 4:34 | ||
| 13. | The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle) | 4:43 | feat. Nick Martin | |
| 14th | I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard | 3:17 | Acoustic version | |
| 15th | A Letter from Janelle | 3:38 | Acoustic version |
success
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Bone Palace Ballet became a financial success for both the band and their label Equal Vision Records . In the first week of sales, a total of 39,000 copies of the album were sold, which meant number 5 in the US album charts . The album was able to stay in the charts for a total of seven weeks before it left them again. In January 2009 it was announced that the album had sold nearly 200,000 copies in the States alone, making it the band's most commercially successful album.
Reviews
Thomas Eberhardt from Ox-Fanzine writes that the group had come up with a lot, as the competitors and the high demands as musicians never slept. Then show Lexington (Joey Tea-Pot With A Monkey Face) together with Concert , staccato riffing and the falling semitone echoes of Tragic Kingdom of Depeche Mode , the production in the song while Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered the Metal - I deliberately turned elements down. He describes the musical development of the band as considerable but also as too fast and unhealthy.
Tristan Staddon of the American Alternative Press describes the album as a postmodern work of art of music. Lexington (Joey Tea-Pot With A Monkey Face) is said to have influenced piano pop and ragtime . The band's sound on the album is described as melodramatic and bombastic. The critic is of the opinion that Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered are a mixture of My Chemical Romance and Between the Buried and Me .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Adrien Gründand: Popmatters : Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet Review
- ↑ a b Chart tracking: US
- ↑ Likemusic.com : Chiodos Bone Palace Ballet UK Feb Tour Dates
- ↑ Thomas Eberhardt: Ox-Fanzine : Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda Review
- ^ Tristan Staddon: Alternative Press : Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet