| Bobby | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | Noise New York (New York City, NY) | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 54:29 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
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Bobby is the debut studio album of When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1989 by Shimmy Disc. It was re-issued on CD with six additional songs. [2]
All tracks are written by Bobby Goldsboro, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(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 |
Adapted from Bobby liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1989 | Shimmy Disc | CS, LP | shimmy 024 |
| Europe | CD, LP | SDE 8913 |
Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, The Semibeings, and Uncle Wiggly recorded on the label. The label also released compilations albums such as "Rutles Highway Revisited ", 1990, which featured various artists from the label, and also introduced new artists like Paleface.
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