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Theatre Is Evil is a studio album by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra produced by John Congleton. It was released on September 7, 2012 in Australia, on September 10, 2012 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and September 11, 2012 in the United States and Canada. The album has been released by Palmer's own record label, 8 Ft. Records, with distribution handled by Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Europe, and Alliance Entertainment in the US.

Palmer's album, also titled "Theatre is Evil," debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart this week with 24,000 sold, according to Neilsen SoundScan, much of which can be attributed to her Kickstarter campaign.

The album has been written over the four years since she made her solo debut with Who Killed Amanda Palmer in 2008, and the recording and release process was funded by a Kickstarter project that raised a total of over $1.2 million.

The song "Do It With a Rockstar" was released on a limited basis to promote the album in June 2012, followed by "Trout Heart Replica", "Want It Back" and "The Killing Type".

An art book, filled with images inspired by the content of this album commissioned to artists Amanda knows, has been released.

The Grand Theft Orchestra is composed of Amanda Palmer, Michael McQuilken on drums, guitarist Chad Raines, and Jherek Bischoff on bass.Thor Harris replaced McQuilken for the second half of the live tour of this album. The band regularly switches instruments during their live performance, including in their version of The Dresden Dolls's song, "Missed Me".

On July 11, 2012, Ben Folds, fellow friend, producer and musician, posted the very first review of Theatre is Evil on his Facebook page, stating that he was "listening to 'Theatre is Evil' everyday, more than once. It's good. It's really good," and in summary that, "This record is as good as it gets. You're going to shit when you hear it. It's going to be around for ages. Otherwise, it's total crap."

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