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The band's second album, Bruiseology, was released by Polydor in May 1983. During that summer, Donahue left the band and was replaced by Holly Beth Vincent, formerly of Holly and the Italians, but Vincent herself left after just two weeks and Donahue returned. [2] [3] The Waitresses split up later in 1983. [4]
Bruiseology is the second and final studio album by the American band the Waitresses, released in 1983. [1] [2] The album was recorded amidst personnel conflict; the band disbanded a year later. [3] Chris Butler intended for the album's lyrics and themes to be darker than the band's earlier work. [4] The album was coproduced by Hugh Padgham. [5]
The Waitresses' version of the song appeared on the soundtrack of the films The Last American Virgin (1982) [citation needed] and Thanksgiving (2023). In the Family Guy episode " Boys Do Cry ", Herbert sings this song while auditioning to be the new church organist, the lyrics doubling as a reference to him being a pedophile.
Patricia Jean Donahue (March 29, 1956 – December 9, 1996) was the lead singer of the American new wave group The Waitresses, most active in the 1980s. She is best known for the band's singles "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping".
AllMusic critic Ben Tausig, writing retrospectively, said that the album "was a unique and fairly important moment in early-'80s new wave", and noted that "lead singer Patty Donahue's singing ranged from a playful sexiness on the well-known hit "I Know What Boys Like" to a half-talk, half-yell with shades of post-punk groups like Gang of Four and the Raincoats on 'Pussy Strut' and 'Go On.'
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Waitresses is a compilation album from the Waitresses.Released by Polydor Records in 2003, it consists of the same tracks and uses the same running order as a previous compilation, The Best of the Waitresses (1990), minus the songs "Jimmy Tomorrow" (from Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?, 1982), "The Smartest Person I Know" (from I ...
The Waitresses; Wale (Polydor UK) Albertina Walker (Polydor Gospel Series) The Wallflowers (Polydor UK) Walk This Way (band) Waterfront; Marti Webb; Weezer (Polydor UK) Tony Joe White; White Lies (Polydor UK) The Who (original recording label) The Wild Magnolias; Ulla Wiesner (Germany) will.i.am (Polydor UK) Tony Williams; Wolfmother; World ...
a− [2] I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts is an EP by the Waitresses . [ 3 ] It includes the singles " Christmas Wrapping " (1981) and "Square Pegs" (1982); the latter was the theme song of the television series of the same name .