Porgy (album)
Porgy | ||||
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Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | Noise New York (New York City) | |||
Genre | Experimental rock | |||
Length | 52:43 | |||
Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
Producer | Kramer | |||
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water chronology | ||||
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Porgy is the second studio album by the American band When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc.[1][2] It contains covers of songs from Porgy and Bess.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press called the album "a well-informed piece of work, not simply a cheap parody."[4] The New York Times wrote that the band "specializes in satire ... When People Were Shorter isn't smug; this group's love of bad taste seemed honest and heartfelt."[5]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward; all music is composed by George Gershwin
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Intro/Summertime" | 4:18 |
2. | "Roll Dem Bones" | 1:21 |
3. | "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" | 3:09 |
4. | "Happy Dust" | 1:47 |
5. | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | 2:05 |
6. | "My Man's Gone Now" | 2:18 |
7. | "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There" | 3:01 |
8. | "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" | 1:34 |
9. | "I Hates Yo' Guts" | 1:00 |
10. | "Buzzard Song" | 2:32 |
11. | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" | 2:46 |
12. | "Oh, I Can't Sit Down" | 1:13 |
13. | "Plenty (Reprise)" | 0:39 |
14. | "I Ain't Got No Shame" | 0:55 |
15. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" | 2:05 |
16. | "The Rape" | 2:14 |
17. | "Serena's Prayer" | 3:49 |
18. | "Strawberry Woman" | 0:34 |
19. | "Honey Man" | 1:08 |
20. | "Crab Man" | 0:35 |
21. | "I Loves You, Porgy" | 2:15 |
22. | "Somebody Knockin' on de Door" | 1:12 |
23. | "Red Headed Woman" | 1:35 |
24. | "Summertime (Reprise)" | 1:41 |
25. | "There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon for New York" | 3:34 |
26. | "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!" | 3:23 |
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from Bobby liner notes.[6]
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Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 1991 | Shimmy Disc | CD, CS, LP | shimmy 044 |
References
[edit]- ^ Blush, Steve (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. p. 281.
- ^ True, Everett (Sep 14, 1991). "Porgy by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Melody Maker. 67 (37): 33.
- ^ Robins, Wayne (15 July 1991). "Emerging Bands In the Spotlight". Part II. Newsday. p. 41.
- ^ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ Schoemer, Karen (28 Nov 1991). "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times. p. C14.
- ^ Bobby (booklet). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1991.
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