The Graveyard and the Ballroom
| The Graveyard and the Ballroom | ||||
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Original cassette packaging: orange version | ||||
| Studio album / Live album by | ||||
| Released | January 1980 | |||
| Recorded | September & October 1979 | |||
| Venue | Electric Ballroom in October 1979 | |||
| Studio | Graveyard Studios in September 1979 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 45:38 | |||
| Label | Factory | |||
| Producer | Martin Hannett | |||
| A Certain Ratio chronology | ||||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
The Graveyard and the Ballroom is the debut album by English band A Certain Ratio, released in January 1980 by record label Factory. It was produced by Martin Hannett. It was originally released only as a cassette, designed by Peter Saville. The album has been re-released on CD by Creation Records in 1994 and by Mute Records in 2017. The latter also reissued the album on vinyl, replicating the original PVC pouch of the cassette release.
The reissued album spent five weeks in the UK Independent Chart, peaking at number 29.