Theatre Is Evil

Theatre Is Evil
Studio album by
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
GenreAlternative rock
Length71:16
Label8 Ft. Records
ProducerJohn Congleton
Amanda Palmer chronology
Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under
(2011)
Theatre Is Evil
(2012)
You Got Me Singing
(2016)
Singles from Theatre Is Evil
  1. "Do It with a Rockstar"
    Released: June 2012
  2. "Want It Back"
    Released: July 9, 2012
  3. "The Killing Type"
    Released: September 6, 2012
  4. "The Bed Song"
    Released: February 14, 2013

Theatre Is Evil is the second studio album by Amanda Palmer, and first with her band The Grand Theft Orchestra. It was released on September 7, 2012 in Australia,[1] on September 10, 2012 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and September 11, 2012 in the United States and Canada.[2] The album has been released by Palmer's own record label, 8 Ft. Records, with distribution handled by Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Europe, and Alliance Entertainment in the US.[3][4]

The album debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart with 24,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, much of which can be attributed to her Kickstarter campaign.[5]

The album was written over the four years since her solo debut album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, in 2008. The recording and release process was funded by a Kickstarter project that raised a total of over $1.2 million.[6][7][8][9]

An art book, filled with images inspired by the content of this album commissioned to artists Amanda knows, has been released.

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  2. ^ Amanda Palmer (June 28, 2012). "Next We Take Manhattan...London Is Left Burning. (Plus: Tracklist Revealed! Tour Dates Coming!)". Amanda Palmer. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "Amanda Palmer signs distribution and services deal with Cooking Vinyl". Music Week. June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Alliance Entertainment to Distribute New Album from Amanda Palmer, Social Media's Musical Queen; Theatre Is Evil to be Released September 11, 2012". The Sacramento Bee. June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Amanda Palmer Agrees to Pay Guest Musicians". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Amanda Palmer: The new RECORD, ART BOOK, and TOUR". Kickstarter. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Amanda Palmer Raises Over 1.1 Million Via Kickstarter, Announces New Album Title Theatre is Evil". mxdwn.com. June 3, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  8. ^ Price, Simon (June 24, 2012). "Amanda Palmer, Village Underground, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  9. ^ "Busking for millions". The Economist. June 5, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.