1980 studio album and live album by A Certain Ratio
The Graveyard and the Ballroom
Original cassette packaging: orange version
Studio album and live album by
A Certain Ratio
Released
January 1980 (1980-01)
Recorded
September & October 1979
Venue
Electric Ballroom in October 1979
Studio
Graveyard Studios in September 1979
Genre
Post-punk[1][2]
dance-punk[3][4]
Length
45:38
Label
Factory
Producer
Martin Hannett
A Certain Ratio chronology
The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1980)
To Each... (1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[5]
The Graveyard and the Ballroom is the debut album by English band A Certain Ratio, released in January 1980 by record label Factory.[6] It was produced by Martin Hannett. It was originally released only as a cassette, designed by Peter Saville. The album has been re-released on CD by Creation Records in 1994 and by Mute Records in 2017. The latter also reissued the album on vinyl, replicating the original PVC pouch of the cassette release.[7][8][9]
The reissued album spent five weeks in the UK Independent Chart, peaking at number 29.[10]
^ abValdivia, Victor W. "The Graveyard and the Ballroom – A Certain Ratio | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^Heumann, Michael (24 February 2004). "A Certain Ratio – The Graveyard and the Ballroom – Review – Stylus Magazine". Stylus. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^Farley, Keith. "To Each... – A Certain Ratio | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016. the group dropped much of the bleak dance-punk of early material in place of what sounds like a shallow attempt to seize the baton dropped by gloom giants Joy Division after the death of Ian Curtis
^Flashner, Graham; Sheridan, David. "TrouserPress.com :: A Certain Ratio". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. an exciting and original post-punk dance record
^Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
^Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, pp. 192–3
^"Mute Records • A Certain Ratio • New Series Of Reissues". Mute Records. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^Ediriwira, Amar (4 October 2016). "A Certain Ratio announce reissue project with Mute". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^Golembeski, Bill. "[19474] A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard and the Ballroom - Albums - Reviews". Soundblab. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980–1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p. 1
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