Put Your Hands Down

Put Your Hands Down
Put Your Hands Down
Studio album by Penal Colony
Released	February 1994
Genre	Electro-industrial
Length	46:46
Label	Cleopatra
Producer	Michael Hateley; Jason Hubbard; Dee Madden; Andy Shaw; Chris Shinkus;
Penal Colony chronology

Put Your Hands Down is the debut studio album of Penal Colony, released in February 1994 by Cleopatra Records.^[3]^[4]

Reception[]

Factsheet Five compared the music of Put Your Hands Down favorably to Hate Dept. and described Penal Colony as being "masters of the genre."^[5] Industrialnation said "Penal Colony have already left several veteran bands in the dust" and "this music is for thos who like their music angst-ridden and dark, with a live feel."^[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Jason Hubbard, Dee Madden, Andy Shaw and Chris Shinkus, except "Warsaw" by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Halidified (Burnt RAM)"	4:15
2.	"Product"	3:29
3.	"Blue 9"	3:15
4.	"Combine"	4:20
5.	"Drawn and Quartered"	4:05
6.	"Reconciled"	4:29
7.	"Organic"	4:02
8.	"Paste"	3:27
9.	"Gout"	2:48
10.	"Scoma"	3:34
11.	"Insemin"	3:09
12.	"Among the Living"	3:07
13.	"Warsaw" (Joy Division cover)	2:46

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Put Your Hands Down liner notes.^[7]

Penal Colony

Jason Hubbard – sampler, programming, drum programming, production, arrangements
Dee Madden – lead vocals, sampler, programming, production, arrangements
Andy Shaw – electric guitar, backing vocals, production, arrangements
Chris Shinkus – bass guitar, backing vocals, production, arrangements

Additional musicians

Tyler Anthony – harmonica (8)

Production and design

John Bergin – cover art
Brent Curtis – editing
Michael Hateley – production, engineering
Ken Jordan – engineering (7, 8, 12)
Brian Mars – design
Penal Colony – production, arrangements

Release history[]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1994	Cleopatra	CD, CS	CLEO 1094

References[]

^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. Winter 1996-1997: 139. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ Barnhart, Becky (2000). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. 9 (2): 202. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
^ Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). Alternative Rock: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 751. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down". Factsheet Five. Mike Gunderloy (54): 17. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
^ The Dark Man (1995). "Sonic Reviews: Penal Colony - Put Your Hands Down". Industrialnation (10): 71. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
^ Put Your Hands Down (booklet). Penal Colony. Marina Del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1994.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[]

Put Your Hands Down at Discogs (list of releases)

[schwannspectrum1-1] Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. Winter 1996-1997: 139. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[schwannspectrum2-2] Barnhart, Becky (2000). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. 9 (2): 202. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[allmusic-3] "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.

[alternativerock-4] Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). Alternative Rock: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 751. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[factsheetfive-5] Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down". Factsheet Five. Mike Gunderloy (54): 17. Retrieved July 19, 2020.

[industrialnation-6] The Dark Man (1995). "Sonic Reviews: Penal Colony - Put Your Hands Down". Industrialnation (10): 71. Retrieved August 29, 2020.

[linearnotes-7] Put Your Hands Down (booklet). Penal Colony. Marina Del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1994.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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