Sleep in Safety

by 45 Grave

Sleep in Safety cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Enigma
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:40
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The sole studio full-length from the Los Angeles group is a foundational text of the American deathrock movement. Dinah Cancer's distinctive vocals soar over Paul B. Cutler's jagged, metallic punk riffs, blending macabre humor with frantic, B-movie horror aesthetics. It remains a legendary, highly influential touchstone of the West Coast gothic punk underground.

Genres

Descriptors: death, halloween, rhythmic, violence, distorted, melodic, lo-fi, female-vocals, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Insurance from God (5:04)
  2. Evil (2:52)
  3. Partytime (3:17)
  4. Violent World (2:07)
  5. Slice O' Life (6:08)
  6. Phantoms (3:56)
  7. Dream Hits Ii (1:49)
  8. Bad Love (2:46)
  9. Surf Bat (1:58)
  10. Riboflavin (2:53)
  11. Procession (5:17)
  12. 45 Grave (3:48)
  13. School's Out (3:33)
  14. Partytime - Single Version (3:06)

Credits

  • 45 Grave - primary artist
  • Rob Graves - bass, vocals, written-by
  • Don Bolles - drums, vocals, written-by
  • Paul Roessler - keyboards, vocals
  • Eddy Schreyer - lacquer cut by
  • Dinah Cancer - vocals, written-by
  • Mikey Borens - written-by

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