Bobby (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water album)

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Bobby
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Studio album by
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedNoise New York
(New York City, NY)
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length54:29
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water chronology
Bobby
(1989)		 Porgy
(1991)
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Bobby is the debut studio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. [2] It was released in 1989 by Shimmy Disc. It was re-issued on CD with six additional songs. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobby Goldsboro, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Muddy Mississippi Line" 3:41
2."Broomstick Cowboy" 2:35
3."Watching Scotty Grow" Mac Davis 3:10
4."The Straight Life" Sonny Curtis 1:52
5."If You've Got a Heart" 2:34
6."See the Funny Little Clown" 3:31
7."Can You Feel It?" 3:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honey" Bobby Russell 2:21
2."Little Things" 1:39
3."Autumn of My Life" 3:18
4."Voodoo Woman" 1:53
5."With Pen Hand" 4:40
6."It's Too Late" 2:18
7."Me, Japanese Boy" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 2:14
8."I'm a Drifter" 3:12
CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."This Guy's in Love with You" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 2:19
17."Dominique" Jeanine Deckers 3:10
18."A Girl Named Sandoz" Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch 3:35
19."Timothy" Rupert Holmes 2:57
20."Glad She's a Woman" 2:35
21."Watercolor Days" 1:54

Personnel

Adapted from Bobby liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1989 Shimmy Disc CS, LP shimmy 024
EuropeCD, LPSDE 8913

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References

  1. ↑ "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water: Bobby > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Blush, Steven (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 281.
  3. ↑ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bobby (sleeve). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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