A City Dressed in Dynamite

Studio album by

Released

2008

Recorded

2006–2008

Genre

Experimental rock, psychobilly, alternative hip hop, jazz-rock, alternative rock

Length

41:42

Label

Modern Savage

Producer

Jeremy Page

That Handsome Devil chronology

That Handsome Devil
(2006)

A City Dressed in Dynamite
(2008)

Enlightenment's For Suckers
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Static Multimedia	^[1]

A City Dressed in Dynamite is the debut album by That Handsome Devil, released in 2008. It was recorded at Cybersound Studios in Boston, Massachusetts. The songs featured on the album are darker in tone and content than those on the band's debut EP, with some dealing explicitly with drug addiction and death. The album includes numerous samples of the 1967 educational video "Narcotics: Pit of Despair". The cover art and illustrations in the album booklet were done by Neil "Women 158" Parkinson.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Godforbid

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Damn Door"	3:01
2.	"Wintergreen"	2:59
3.	"Rob the Prez-O-Dent"	3:21
4.	"Pills for Everything"	4:31
5.	"Cry"	3:40
6.	"Kiss the Cook"	3:23
7.	"Viva Discordia"	4:13
8.	"Squares"	3:21
9.	"Mexico"	3:57
10.	"Reagan's Kids"	3:34
11.	"Treefood"	4:21
12.	"Atom Shell"	2:28

Notes

"Atom Shell" appears as a hidden track on the physical CD.
The iTunes exclusive bonus tracks are "Karaoke Burial" and "Power Drunk".
The eMusic exclusive bonus tracks are "Powderbomb" and "Romance is Dead".

Personnel

Godforbid – lead vocals
Jeremy Page – guitar, bass, keyboard, banjo, pedal steel, glockenspiel, percussion, accordion, synthesizers, kazoo, backing vocals
Naoko Takamoto – backing vocals
Andy Bauer – drums, percussion, accordion, guitar, backing vocals
Evan Sanders – keyboard, trumpet, trombone
Martin Rodriguez – guitar
DJ Beyonder – turntable
Lucas Lajuene – violin
Benjamin Powell – violin
Fabrizio Mazzetta – cello

Appearances

"Rob the Prez-O-Dent" is featured in Rock Band 2.^[3]
A portion of "Mexico" was featured in the seventh episode of Weeds, "Yes I Can".^[4]
"Squares" is featured in Reaper in the episode "Rebellion".^[5]

References

^ "Static Multimedia review". Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
^ "Women 158 official site". Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
^ ""Rob the Prez-O-Dent" - That Handsome Devil // Rock Band®". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
^ "Audio list on Showtime". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
^ "List of music from Reaper". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.