Party Store (album)

Party Store
Studio album by The Dirtbombs
Released February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)[1]
Genre Garage punk
Label In The Red
The Dirtbombs chronology
We Have You Surrounded
(2008)		 Party Store
(2011)

Party Store is the fifth studio album by American garage rock band The Dirtbombs, released on February 1, 2011. The album was released on the In The Red Records label.

Contents

Background

Party Store is the fifth full-length LP for The Dirtbombs and their second cover album. The tracks are all covers of classic Detroit techno songs by luminaries of the genre such as Juan Atkins and Derrick May. Comparing it to their 2001 covers album Ultraglide in Black, Mick Collins has said, "The major difference … is that 'Ultraglide' was planned and 'Party Store' was not. 'Ultraglide' was an attempt to show that those were valid rock songs, that it didn’t matter what the source was — anything can be made a rock song. We had set out to prove something. 'Party Store' was actually an experiment to see if those songs could be done in a different context. 'Ultraglide' was a statement, whereas 'Party Store' was a question. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
Pitchfork Media (6.8/10)[5]
PopMatters (9/10)[6]
Rolling Stone [7]

The album received a score of 70 on Metacritic, indicating generally favorable reviews.[8]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Cosmic Cars"   3:39
2. "Shari Vari"   5:35
3. "Good Life"   5:26
4. "Strings Of Life"   6:18
5. "Alleys Of Your Mind"   3:48
6. "Bug In The Bassbin"   21:22
7. "Jaguar"   5:23
8. "Tear The Club Up"   1:42
9. "謎のミスタ-ナイソ(Detoroito Mix)"   6:34
Total length:
 59:41

References

  1. ^ "Dirtbombs: Party Store". Midheaven Mailorder. http://www.midheaven.com/item/party-store-by-dirtbombs-cd. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "L.A. Record: The Dirtbombs: Detroit techno City". http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/the-dirtbombs-detroit-techno-city-1.2921622. 
  3. ^ "The Party Store Reviews and Ratings". http://www.metacritic.com/music/party-store. 
  4. ^ Sendra, Tim. The Dirtbombs: "Party Store" > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ Breihan, Tim. "Album Review: The Dirtbombs - Party Store". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15066-party-store/. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  6. ^ Bahler, Alex. "The Dirtbombs: Party Store". http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/136300-the-dirtbombs-party-store/. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  7. ^ Eddy, Chuck. "Party Store by The Dirtbombs". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/party-store-20110201. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/party-store