Sleep in Safety

Sleep in Safety
Studio album by
45 Grave
Released1983
RecordedCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreDeathrock, horror punk
Length41:47
LabelEnigma
ProducerCraig Leon, Paul B. Cutler
45 Grave chronology
Sleep in Safety
(1983) 		Phantoms
(1983)

Sleep in Safety is the first studio album by American horror rock band 45 Grave. It was released in 1983 on record label Enigma. The album attempted to bring 45 Grave to a wider audience, crossing over from the band’s punk and deathrock roots with forays into heavy metal with a cover of “School's Out" by Alice Cooper and the song “Partytime”, which later featured in the 1985 film The Return of the Living Dead.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Retrospective critical reception of the album has been generally positive. Ned Raggett of AllMusic praised the album.[1] Trouser Press wrote that the album "contains most of their best songs", calling it "consistently creepy".[2] Spin, on the other hand, opined that the album "never escapes Christian Death's shadow".[3]

Track listing

1983 vinyl release

All tracks are written by 45 Grave (Dinah Cancer, Paul Cutler and Don Bolles), except as noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Insurance from God" 5:03
2."Evil"Cancer, Bolles, Cutler, Rob Graves2:52
3."Partytime" 3:16
4."Dream Hits II"Cancer, Cutler1:48
5."Slice o' Life"Bolles, Cutler6:08
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."45 Grave" 3:30
2."Phantoms" 3:55
3."Violent World"Rev. Mikey Borens2:05
4."Bad Love"Cancer, Cutler2:45
5."Surf Bat"Cutler1:17
6."Procession" 5:16
1993 remastered CD bonus tracks

All tracks are written by 45 Grave (Dinah Cancer, Paul Cutler and Don Bolles), except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Riboflavin" 2:54
13."School's Out"Alice Cooper3:33
14."Partytime" (Single Version) 3:06

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Sleep in Safety – 45 Grave : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira; Fasolino, Greg. "trouserpress.com :: 45 Grave". trouserpress.com. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (April 2005). "66.6: Greatest Moments in Goth". Spin: 72. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
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