| Bill Kennedy's Showtime | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Noise New Jersey (Jersey City, NJ) | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 46:55 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
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Bill Kennedy's Showtime is the third studio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1993 by Shimmy Disc. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Catfish" | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Just Like an Aborigine" | 3:26 |
| 3. | "East Side Story" | 2:19 |
| 4. | "I Who Have Nothing" | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Shoe Salesman" | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Old Time Shimmy" | 1:46 |
| 7. | "Creepin'" | 2:31 |
| 8. | "Sock It to Me Baby!" | 1:33 |
| 9. | "Story of My Life" | 2:22 |
| 10. | "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" | 2:43 |
| 11. | "End of the Light" (Part 1) | 2:26 |
| 12. | "End of the Light" (Part 2) | 3:18 |
| 13. | "I Don't Need Love" | 2:19 |
| 14. | "Up All Night" | 2:52 |
| 15. | "Open Up Your Door" | 3:31 |
| 16. | "Feelin' Lost" | 1:37 |
| 17. | "What a Way to Die" | 1:50 |
| 18. | "Rock & Roll Music" | 2:36 |
Adapted from Bill Kennedy's Showtime liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1993 | Shimmy Disc | CD, LP | shimmy 064 |
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