''Smoko at the Pet Food Factory'' is the eighth studio album by Australian punk band

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. It was released in Australia on

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on 19 August 2011. The album's title refers to singer Jay Whalley's recording studio located in the Sydney suburb of

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, which is named '
the Pet Food Factory
''. (The studio's name refers to his tongue-in-cheek view that the studio does not create music of very high ''quality'', but it does produce a large ''quantity'' of recordings.) During the demo sessions for the album, the band spent a large amount of time sitting on the balcony outside the studio having a ' smoko break', rather than actually recording the tracks. By contrast, the recording sessions with producer Bill Stevenson at

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were tracked at a rapid pace, with multiple parts of the recording process happening simultaneously. It was nominated at the

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for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, but lost to

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for ''

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''.

Track listing

Charts

References

2011 albums Frenzal Rhomb albums Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician) Fat Wreck Chords albums Shock Records albums {{2010s-punk-rock-album-stub