Partygoing Explained

Partygoing
Type:	studio
Artist:	Future Bible Heroes
Cover:	Future Bible Heroes Partygoing.jpg
Length:	34:11
Label:	Merge
Prev Title:	Eternal Youth
Prev Year:	2002

Partygoing is the third studio album by American indie pop band Future Bible Heroes. Future Bible Heroes member and lead lyricist Stephin Merritt was inspired by the 1981 B-52's album Party Mix! to create Partygoing, conceived as "a party album that only just happens to be largely about drunk suicide, aging, death, loss, and despair."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Stephin Merritt and Christopher Ewen.

1. "A Drink Is Just the Thing" – 1:26
2. "Sadder Than the Moon" – 3:44
3. "Let's Go to Sleep (And Never Come Back)" – 2:48
4. "Satan, Your Way Is a Hard One" – 2:30
5. "A New Kind of Town" – 1:47
6. "All I Care About Is You" – 3:22
7. "Living, Loving, Partygoing" – 3:22
8. "Keep Your Children in a Coma" – 2:19
9. "How Very Strange" – 2:47
10. "Love Is a Luxury I Can No Longer Afford" – 2:19
11. "Digging My Own Grave" – 3:05
12. "Drink Nothing But Champagne" – 2:06
13. "When Evening Falls on Tinseltown" – 2:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[2]

Future Bible Heroes

• Christopher Ewen – composition, engineering, instrumentation
• Claudia Gonson – vocals
• Stephin Merritt – composition, instrumentation, mixing, vocals

Additional personnel

• Michael English – design
• Jeff Lipton – mastering
• Charles Newman – engineer, mixing
• Maria Rice – assistant mastering engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catching Up With Future Bible Heroes . . April 29, 2013 . September 26, 2015 . Merge Records . Merge Records.
2. Web site: Partygoing – Future Bible Heroes (Credits) . . September 26, 2015.