Editing When in Rome Do as The Vandals

{{Infobox album
| name       = When in Rome Do as The Vandals
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Vandals]]
| cover      = The Vandals - When in Rome Do as The Vandals cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|1984}}
| recorded   = 1984
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Hardcore punk]], [[comedy rock]]
| length     = 30:58
| label      = National Trust
| producer   = [[Thom Wilson]]
| prev_title = [[Peace thru Vandalism]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Slippery When Ill]]
| next_year  = 1989
}}
'''''When in Rome Do as The Vandals''''' is the first album by the American [[punk rock]] band [[The Vandals]], released in 1984 by National Trust Records. Its title is a play on the phrase "[[wiktionary:when in Rome, do as the Romans do|When in Rome, do as the Romans do]]", as the [[Vandals]] were also a Germanic tribe which invaded the [[Roman Empire]] and helped lead to its destruction. The album's cover played on this theme by showing the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] in a state of destruction. It was the band's last recording with vocalist [[Steven Ronald Jensen|Stevo]], who left the band shortly after due to personality conflicts with some of the other members.

On the original LP release Brent Turner is credited as having performed all of the [[bass guitar|bass]] tracks, but by the time of its release Chalmer Lumary had joined the band on bass. Chalmer's name and photo are therefore included on the album sleeve along with those of the other members. The album sleeve also lists the seventh track as being "It's Not Unusual," a cover of a song by [[Burt Bacharach]]. The label on the LP itself, however, correctly lists this track as being a cover of "Hocus Pocus" by the band [[Focus (band)|Focus]]. The sleeve also lists the album's sixth track as being spelled "Viking Suite," although the label again corrects this error by spelling it "Viking Suit" (as it is pronounced in the song's lyrics).

The album was re-released in 1989 on [[CD]], along with the band's debut [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Peace thru Vandalism]]'' as ''[[Peace Thru Vandalism / When in Rome Do as The Vandals]]''. The CD was released by [[Restless Records]] (later reissued by [[Time Bomb Recordings]]) and correctly lists the song titles as described above.

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==Track listing==
All songs written by The Vandals except where indicated
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 30:58

| title1          = Ladykiller
| length1         = 3:44

| title2          = Birthday Bash
| length2         = 2:52

| title3          = Master Race (In Outer Space)
| length3         = 1:43

| title4          = Big Brother vs. Johnny Sako
| length4         = 3:04

| title5          = Mohawk Town
| length5         = 2:49

| title6          = Viking Suit
| length6         = 3:48

| title7          = [[Hocus Pocus (song)|Hocus Pocus]]
| note7           = written and originally performed by [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
| length7         = 2:56

| title8          = I'm a Fly
| length8         = 1:59

| title9          = Slap of Love
| length9         = 2:17

| title10         = Airstream
| length10        = 2:17

| title11         = Rico
| length11        = 3:18
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Steven Ronald Jensen|Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen]] - vocals, scratch box on "Ladykiller"
*Jan Nils Ackermann - [[guitar]], acoustic guitars on "Mohawk Town" and "Rico"
*Brent Turner - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Joe Escalante]] - [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[trumpet]] on "Rico"
*Chalmer Lumary - backing vocals

==Album information==
*Record label:
**original [[Gramophone record|LP]] release: National Trust Records
**[[CD]] re-release: [[Restless Records]] (1989),  [[Time Bomb Recordings]] (1995)
*Produced by [[Thom Wilson]]
*Art & design by Mike Doud
*Cover photos by Alan Newberg
*Sleeve photos by Mike Leczkowski

{{The Vandals}}

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[[Category:1984 debut albums]]
[[Category:National Trust Records albums]]
[[Category:Time Bomb Recordings albums]]
[[Category:The Vandals albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Thom Wilson]]