Put Your Hands Down

Put Your Hands Down is the debut studio album of Penal Colony, released in February 1994 by Cleopatra Records.

Reception
Factsheet Five compared the music of Put Your Hands Down favorably to Hate Dept. and described Penal Colony as being "masters of the genre." Industrialnation said "Penal Colony have already left several veteran bands in the dust" and "this music is for thos who like their music angst-ridden and dark, with a live feel."

Personnel
Adapted from the Put Your Hands Down liner notes.

Penal Colony
 * Jason Hubbard – sampler, programming, drum programming, production, arrangements
 * Dee Madden – lead vocals, sampler, programming, production, arrangements
 * Andy Shaw – electric guitar, backing vocals, production, arrangements
 * Chris Shinkus – bass guitar, backing vocals, production, arrangements

Additional musicians
 * Tyler Anthony – harmonica (8)

Production and design
 * John Bergin – cover art
 * Brent Curtis – editing
 * Michael Hateley – production, engineering
 * Ken Jordan – engineering (7, 8, 12)
 * Brian Mars – design
 * Penal Colony – production, arrangements