Sleep in Safety

Sleep in Safety
Studio album by 45 Grave
Released	1983
Recorded	Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Deathrock, Goth/Punk
Length	41:47
Label	Enigma
Producer	Craig Leon, Paul B. Cutler
45 Grave chronology
Sleep in Safety (1983) Autopsy (1987)

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Sleep in Safety is the 1983 debut album by the American deathrock band 45 Grave. It is the band's only studio album. A remastered edition of the album was released in 1993 on Restless Records, including two additional bonus tracks.

Stylistically, the album contains punk rock and gothic rock influences, and is representative of the deathrock genre. While not straight horror punk, it utilizes tongue-in-cheek lyrics (such as on "Riboflavin") and sound effects and audio excerpts from horror films (evident on "Slice O' Life"). The album is often considered a landmark in deathrock and American gothic rock and one of finest examples of its genre.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written by Dinah Cancer, Paul Cutler and Don Bolles except where noted.

1. "Insurance from God" - 5:04
2. "Evil" - 2:53
3. "Partytime" - 3:17
4. "Violent World" (Mikey Borens) - 2:07
5. "Slice O' Life" - 6:08
6. "Phantoms" - 3:56
7. "Dream Hits II" (Cancer, Cutler) - 1:49
8. "Bad Love" (Cancer, Cutler, Mark Johnson) - 2:46
9. "Surf Bat" - 1:58
10. "Riboflavin" - 2:53
11. "Procession" - 5:17
12. "45 Grave" - 3:49
13. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper) - 3:33
14. "Partytime (Single Version)" - 3:06

Tracks 13 and 14 only appear on the 1993 remaster of this album.

Personnel

• Dinah Cancer - Vocals
• Paul Cutler - Lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
• Paul Roessler - keyboards, backing vocals
• Rob Graves - Bass, backing vocals
• Don Bolles - drums, backing vocals

Production

• Michael Wagener - Producer, Engineer
• Ed Colver - Photography, Cover Photo
• Bob Seidemann - Photography, Insert Photography
• Craig Leon - Producer, Engineer
• Paul Cutler - Producer, Cover Art Concept, Concept

Songs and History

• "Riboflavin" (originally "Riboflavin Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood") was recorded in 1980 for LAFMS's compilation album Darker Skratcher.
• In 1985, a version of "Partytime" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Return of the Living Dead. There are in fact four different versions of the song: the album version (on Sleep in Safety), the single version (slightly shorter than the album version), the soundtrack version (faster and featuring different lyrics) on the The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack, and an early, very different demo version that appears on several 45 Grave compilations.
• "Evil" was the only song from this album to appear on mainstream television, receiving play on MTV.

References

• Artist Direct Album Profile accessed March 3, 2008
• Pandora.com Album Profile accessed March 3, 2008