The Graveyard and the Ballroom

by A Certain Ratio

The Graveyard and the Ballroom cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1979
  • Label: Factory
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:45
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Hannett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally issued as a cassette-only release, this crucial document splits its runtime between jagged studio recordings and a ferocious live set. The Manchester outfit aggressively fused austere post-punk aesthetics with skeletal, repetitive funk rhythms, laying the blueprint for the burgeoning dance-punk movement. Produced in part by Martin Hannett, it perfectly captures the bleak, industrial paranoia of their early era.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, rhythmic, lo-fi, repetitive, funky, dance, minimal, polyrhythm, live, guitars, bassy, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Do The Du (Casse) (2:54)
  2. Faceless - The Graveyard (2:22)
  3. Crippled Child - The Graveyard (2:54)
  4. Choir - The Graveyard (3:21)
  5. Flight - The Graveyard (3:30)
  6. I Fail - The Graveyard (2:11)
  7. Strain - The Graveyard (2:28)
  8. All Night Party - The Ballroom (3:37)
  9. Oceans - The Ballroom (3:55)
  10. Choir - The Ballroom (3:32)
  11. The Fox - The Ballroom (3:25)
  12. Suspect - The Ballroom (2:24)
  13. Flight - The Ballroom (5:32)
  14. Genotype-Phenotype - The Ballroom (3:33)

Credits

  • A Certain Ratio - primary artist, written-by
  • Donald Johnson - written-by
  • Jez Kerr - written-by
  • Martin Moscrop - written-by
  • Peter Terrell - written-by
  • Simon Topping - written-by

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