The Art of Partying

Infobox Album
Name = The Art of Partying
Type = studio
Artist = Municipal Waste

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Released = June 11 2007
Recorded = Planet Z Studios
Genre = Crossover thrash
Length = 35:06 (Limited Edition)
Label = Earache Records
Producer = Zeuss
Municipal Waste
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fbfoxze5ldse link]
* Terrorizer Magazine rating-10|8
* Kerrang! Rating|4|5
* Revolver Rating|4.5|5
* Metal Hammer rating-10|8
* Punknews.org Rating|4|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/6560 link]
Last album = "Hazardous Mutation"
2005
This album = "The Art of Partying"
2007
Next album =

"The Art of Partying" is the title of Virginia crossover thrash band Municipal Waste's third full-length release, released on June 11 2007, through Earache Records. A limited edition version was also released at the same time, containing two bonus tracks and including a free woven patch.

Track listing

#"Pre-Game" – 0:39
#"The Art of Partying" – 2:04
#"Headbanger Face Rip" – 1:51
#"Mental Shock" – 1:48
#"A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Destroyer)" – 2:12
#"The Inebriator" – 2:07
#"Lunch Hall Food Brawl" – 1:58
#"Beer Pressure" – 2:37
#"Chemically Altered" – 2:21
#"Sadistic Magician" – 2:09
#"Open Your Mind" – 1:54
#"Radioactive Force" – 2:27
#"Septic Detonation" – 1:20
#"Rigorous Vengeance" – 2:12
#"Born to Party" – 4:20
#"Thrashing's My Business... And Business Is Good" – 1:43
#"I Just Wanna Rock" – 2:09

All songs written by Municipal Waste. Tracks 16 & 17 are bonus tracks on the limited edition version of the album. The track "Mental Shock" is subtitled "(Death Ripper Part II)" in the liner notes, and is presumably a continuation of the song "Death Ripper" from "Hazardous Mutation". "Born to Party" is a rerecorded version of the song that appeared on an early split 7", and is probably intentionally long. Much like the previous two Municipal Waste albums, the last song (on the regular version), "Born to Party", contains a joke hidden track after a period of silence; a recording of the band performing a song in a radically different genre from the rest of their output.

The cover is a visual representation of the song Chemically Altered.

The band released a video for "Headbanger Face Rip," which was filmed with independent b-movie house, Troma Entertainment. The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=BSXCogYvQlw video] features footage from Troma Films, including The Toxic Avenger and its sequels.

Personnel

*Tony "Guardrail" Foresta – Vocals
*Dave Witte – Drums
*Philip "LandPhil" Hall – Bass, Vocals
*Ryan Waste – Guitar, Vocals, Logo
*Zeuss – Recording, Mixing, Producer
*Alan Douches – Mastering
*Andrei Bouzikov – Front and back cover painting
*Mark Reategui – Layout
*Jim "Barf" Callahan – Additional logo and album font
*David Kenedy – Band photos

External links

* [http://www.kvltsite.com/kvlt-slantings/music/municipal-waste-%11-the-art-of-partying.html kvltsite.com review]