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, released in April 2005 in Norway and May 2005 in the rest of Europe. It is the final album in the "Apocalypse trilogy". It was released on

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in Sweden, on Bitzcore Records in Germany, and on 23 August 2005 via

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in the United States. Burning Heart Records also released a version with bonus

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Overview

''Party Animals'' is the first Turbonegro album where the band collaborated an external producer. The album was recorded in

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between November and December in 2004, then mixed and mastered in

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in early 2005 together with

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. The album sound appears fierce, blunt and with less focus on studio production refinements in comparison to its predecessor ''

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contribute guest vocals on one song each, while the Norwegian Radio Orchestra features on "City of Satan". Bassist

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stated that the album was inspired by the likes of

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, Black Flag and

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Track listing

Personnel

Turbonegro *

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(Hans Erik Dyvik Husby) – lead vocals * Euroboy (Knut Schreiner) – lead guitar, piano, backing vocals *Rune Rebellion (Rune Grønn) – rhythm guitar *

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(Pål Bottger Kjærnes) – keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals *

(Thomas Seltzer) – bass guitar, Backing vocals * Chris Summers (Christer Engen) – drums, backing vocals Additional musicians *The Norwegian Radio Orchestra on "City of Satan" and "Final Warning" arranged by Gaute Storaas, conducted by Ingar Bergby, recorded by Arne Kristian Dypvik, Morten Hermansen and Inger Kvalvik *Gaute Drevdal – keyboards on "Intro" and "Blow Me (Like the Wind)" *Anders Møller –

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s on "Babylon Forever" *Mathias Eick and Lars Horntveth –

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s *The Artist Formerly Known as the Greatest Beerdrinker in the World, Keith Morris – guest vocals on "Wasted Again" *

– guest vocals on "Final Warning" *Tomas Dahl,

– backing vocals *

– backing vocals on "Wasted Again" Production *Alexander Benjaminsen – photo production *Marius Bodin – engineer *Arne Kristian Dypvik – engineer *Evan Frankfort – mixing *Joe Giron – photo production *Morten Hermansen – engineer *Erin Kredel – make-Up *Inger Kvalvik – engineer *Martin Kvamme – design *Johanna Lacabanne – costume design *Sebastian Ludvigsen – photography *

– producer *Aders Møller – engineer *Chris Sansom – engineer *Pia Simensen – costume design *Gaute Storaas – arranger *Turbonegro – producer *Aleks Tamulis – assistant *Brad Vance – mastering

References

{{Authority control Turbonegro albums 2005 albums Burning Heart Records albums