The Pietasters, also commonly referred to as Piestomp, is the first album by the ska

Ska

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 band The Pietasters

The Pietasters

The Pietasters are a seven-piece ska/soul band hailing from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia.- History :In 1990, a group of friends were attending college at Virginia Tech in the mountains of Virginia...

. It was released in 1993 (see 1993 in music

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) on Slugtone. Alternative recordings had earlier been released on cassette as All You Can Eat and The Ska-Rumptious 7 Inch. The CD was reissued in 2000 and made available through the band's website. It is once again out of print.

Track listing

• All songs by The Pietasters unless noted.

1. "Intro" (1:09)
2. "Dollar Bill" (3:26)
3. "Perfect World" (2:56)
4. "Little Engine" (3:24)
5. "Night Owl"(2:43) (Bad Habits)
6. "Model Citizen" (4:23)
7. "Factory Concerto" ("Powerhouse
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   ) (2:51)
8. "Ace Miller" (2:19)
9. "Metro" (2:50)
10. "Five Days of the Week" (3:16)
11. "Catalog Bohemian" (2:37)
12. "Pietaster" (4:26)
13. "Without You" (3:30)
    • "Factory" (4:50) (hidden track)

Personnel

• Stephen Jackson – vocals
• Talmage Bayer – vocals
• Tom Goodin – guitar
• Chris Watt – bass guitar
• Ben Gauslin – drums
• Eric Raecke – tenor saxophone
• Rob French – trombone
• Carlos Linares – trumpet
• Caroline Boutwell – farfisa

• Cool 'Casian Don – vocals on track 6
• Nick Nichols – producer, mixer
• Cobb Ervin – producer, mixer
• Max Henkel – additional engineering