Put Your Hands Down

Put Your Hands Down
Studio album by Penal Colony
Released	February 1994 (1994-02)[1][2]
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 (1994) 5 Man Job (1995)

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

1. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996–1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 139. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
2. Barnhart, Becky (2000). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. 9 (2). Stereophile, Incorporated: 202. ISBN 9781575980782. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
3. "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
4. Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). Alternative Rock: Third Ear – The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 751. ISBN 9780879306076. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
5. Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Penal Colony: Put Your Hands Down". Factsheet Five (54). Mike Gunderloy: 17. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
6. The Dark Man (1995). "Sonic Reviews: Penal Colony – Put Your Hands Down". Industrialnation (10): 71. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
7. Put Your Hands Down (booklet). Penal Colony. Marina Del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1994.

External links

• Put Your Hands Down at Discogs (list of releases)