Gunsmoke (Dogbowl and Kramer album)

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Gunsmoke
Dogbowl and Kramer - Gunsmoke.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1996 (1996-02-13)
Recorded1995 (1995)
StudioNoise New Jersey
(Jersey City, NJ)
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length40:56
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Dogbowl chronology
Hot Day in Waco
(1994)
Gunsmoke
(1996)
The Zeppelin Record
(1998)
Kramer chronology
Music for Crying
(1995)
Gunsmoke
(1996)
Still Alive in '95
(1996)

Gunsmoke is the second studio album by Dogbowl and Kramer, released on February 13, 1996, by Shimmy Disc. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dogbowl, except "Gunsmoke" co-written by Mark Kramer and "Goin' to the Hashbar" co-written by Mark Blomquist

No.TitleLength
1."Pollyanna Penelope"2:46
2."Gunsmoke"2:52
3."I'm Not Insane"3:25
4."Nothing Better"5:51
5."Huge, Horrible Carrot"2:45
6."She and Me"3:53
7."Paper Man"2:44
8."Cindy on the Sidewalk"3:06
9."Waiting Room"4:26
10."Blue"3:17
11."Fallen Angel of Amsterdam"3:34
12."Goin' to the Hashbar"2:17

Personnel

Adapted from Gunsmoke liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996 Shimmy Disc CDshimmy 083

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References

  1. "Dogbowl: Gunsmoke > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  2. Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. Gunsmoke (booklet). Dogbowl & Kramer. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)