Black Power (album)

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Black Power
Ralph Carney and Daved Hild and Kramer - Black Power.jpg
Studio album by
Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer
Released1994 (1994)
Recorded1993 (1993)–1994 (1994)
StudioNoise New Jersey
Demarest, New Jersey
Genre Experimental rock
Length37:59
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Ralph Carney chronology
Happiness Finally Came to Them
(1987)		Black Power
(1994)		 Ralph Sounds
(1997)
Kramer chronology
A Remark Hugh Made
(1994)		Black Power
(1994)		 Music for Crying
(1995)
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Black Power is a studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, released in 1994 by Shimmy Disc. Along with newly recorded work, the album also contains selected tracks from their previous effort Happiness Finally Came to Them . [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tears Come Down" 2:27
2."Speed Shooting" 4:23
3."Speaker of the House" 6:06
4."Sweetheart" 3:42
5."Wish" 1:12
6."Infrared Asylum Green" 3:34
7."The Ballad of Soap" 2:19
8."These Foolish Things" Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey 3:59
9."The Ballad of Jim Jones" 2:19
10."Thanks for the Tinklers" 1:13
11."The Ballad of Florida" 2:52
12."Dangerous Cult Following" 3:47
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Hands" 2:29
14."Telephone" 1:27
15."Clown" 3:34
16."Nothing" 3:03
17."Slowly" 2:32
18."Wanda" 1:49
19."Larry" 2:57
20."Name" Lennon–McCartney 5:01
21."Turkeyfaced" 1:58
22."Javalena" 2:15
23."End" 2:34

Personnel

Adapted from Black Power liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1994 Shimmy Disc CDshimmy 077

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References

  1. ↑ Keefner, Kurt. "Carney/Hild/Kramer: Black Power > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Black Power (booklet). Carney • Hild • Kramer. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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