''The Pietasters'', also commonly referred to as ''Piestomp'', is the first album by the

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the Pietasters The Pietasters are an American eight-piece ska/soul band from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia. History In 1990, Stephen Jackson and Chris Watt met at Virginia Tech, through mutual friend Tal Bayer, who was at ...

. It was released in 1993 on Slugtone. Alternative recordings had earlier been released on cassette as ''All You Can Eat'' and ''The Ska-Rumptious 7 Inch''. The CD was reissued in 2000 and made available through the band's website.

Track listing

*All songs by The Pietasters unless noted. #"Intro" (1:09) #"Dollar Bill" (3:26) #"Perfect World" (2:56) #"Little Engine" (3:24) #"Night Owl"(2:43) (Tony Allen; cover of single version by Bad Habits) #"Model Citizen" (4:23) #"Factory Concerto" (" Powerhouse" by

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, from

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) (2:51) #"Ace Miller" (2:19) #"Metro" (2:50) #"Five Days of the Week" (3:16) #"Catalog Bohemian" (2:37) #"Pietaster" (4:26) #"Without You" (3:30) :*"Factory" (4:50) (hidden track)

Personnel

* Stephen Jackson – vocals * Talmage Bayer – vocals * Tom Goodin – guitar * Chris Watt – bass guitar * Ben Gauslin – drums * Eric Raecke – tenor saxophone * Rob French – trombone * Carlos Linares – trumpet * Caroline Boutwell – farfisa * Cool 'Casian Don – vocals on track 6 * Nick Nichols – producer, mixer * Cobb Ervin – producer, mixer * Max Henkel – additional engineering {{DEFAULTSORT:Pietasters 1993 debut albums The Pietasters albums