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Bone Palace Ballet

Bone Palace Ballet
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Studio album by Chiodos
Released September 4, 2007
(reissued October 28, 2008)
Recorded 2007, at Saint Claire Recording Company, Lexington, Kentucky
Genre Post-hardcore, alternative rock, neo-classical rock
Length 38:31 (Re-issue: 54:56)
Label Equal Vision (US)
Warner Bros. Records(UK)
Producer Casey Bates
Chiodos chronology
All's Well That Ends Well
(2005)
Bone Palace Ballet
(2007)
Illuminaudio
(2010)
2008 reissue cover
Re-release Cover
Singles from Bone Palace Ballet
  1. "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)"
    Released: 2007
  2. "The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Absolutepunk.net (81%)
Alternative Press 4.5/5 stars
Mammothpress.com 7/10 stars
Kerrang! 4/5 stars
NME 7/10 stars
Punknews.org 2/5 stars
Sputnikmusic 2.5/5 stars
Rocklouder 3/5 stars
Tuned Magazine 4/5 stars

Bone Palace Ballet is the second album by American post-hardcore band Chiodos, released on September 4, 2007. The album takes its name from a literary work of Charles Bukowski. It was their last album with vocalist Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost, until they both rejoined the band in 2012.

Following the album's release, it entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 5 and the Top Independent Albums at number 1, selling over 39,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the highest-charting post-hardcore albums to date. By January 2009, the album had sold more than 200,000 copies in the United States alone.

On September 4, 2007, Equal Vision Records released an opaque orange vinyl pressing of the album which included the full album on compact disc. It was limited to 2,000 copies.

Warner Bros. Records released Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda on January 26, 2009, as part of a new distribution deal in the UK.

In the DVD section of this reissue, there is an appearance by the Trailer Park Boys at the Chiodos Madison Square Garden performance, and footage of them shown backstage with the band. There are also live clips of the band at various shows, with the songs "A Letter from Janelle" and "Lexington. (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)" played over the performances. The track "Teeth the Size of Piano Keys" was omitted from the reissue "just to mess with people," according to guitarist Pat McManaman. However, it is unclear why the spoken words at the end of "The Undertakers Thirst for Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)" are missing. It may be due to possible copyright infringement of uncredited works.

The lyrics to "Teeth the Size of Piano Keys" are an adaptation of the Charles Bukowski poem "I'm in Love" and feature several direct quotations from the poem.

The spoken word segment at the end of "The Undertaker's Thirst for Revenge is Unquenchable" comes from the poem "Empty Is" by Rod McKuen.


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