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Party Girls / Broken Poets marked a partial return to a major label for singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy and was distributed throughout Europe on WEA and in the US on the independent Austin, Texas label Dejadisc. The album was nominated for the 1984 New York Music Award for Album of the year. Special guests included former New York Dolls front man David Johansen who contributed guest vocals on "Blues Responsibility" as well as Violent Femmes member Brian Ritchie contributed a bass solo on the title cut "Party Girls and Broken Poets."