The Pietasters (album)

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The Pietasters

Studio album by The Pietasters

Released

1993

Genre

Ska/Soul

Length

44:23

Label

Slugtone
Moon Records

Producer

Nick Nichols
Cobb Ervin
The Pietasters

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

The Pietasters chronology

All You Can Eat
(1992)

The Pietasters
(1993)

Oolooloo
(1995)

The Pietasters, also commonly referred to as Piestomp, is a debut album by ska/soul band The Pietasters. It was released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) on Slugtone. Alternative recordings were earlier released on cassette as All You Can Eat and The Ska-Rumptious 7 Inch.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by The Pietasters unless noted.

"Intro" (1:09)
"Dollar Bill" (3:26)
"Perfect World" (2:56)
"Little Engine" (3:24)
"Night Owl"(2:43) (Bad Habits)
"Model Citizen" (4:23)
"Factory Concerto" (2:51)
"Ace Miller" (2:19)
"Five Days of the Week" (3:16)
"Catalog Bohemian" (2:37)
"Pietaster" (4:26)
"Without You" (3:30)

"Factory" (4:50) (hidden track)

[edit] Personnel

Stephen Jackson - vocals
Talmage Bayer - vocals
Tom Goodin - guitar
Chris Watt - bass
Ben Gauslin - drums
Eric Raecke - tenor saxophone
Rob French - trombone
Carlos Linares - trumpet
Caroline Boutwell - farfisa

Cool 'Casian Don - vocals on track 6
Nick Nichols - producer, mixer
Cobb Ervin - producer, mixer
Max Henkel - additional engineering

[edit] Notes/trivia

At the time of recording this album The Pietasters featured two vocalists. Talmage Bayer sings lead on tracks 2, 4, and 11, Stephen Jackson on 3 and 5, they share lead vocal duties on 6, 8, 10 and 13; the other songs are instrumental.
"Intro" is "Factory Concerto" cut off early, occasionally done this way at the beginning of live shows.
The CD was reissued in 2000 and available through their website. It is once again out of print.