| More Sad Hits | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 1992 | |||
| Studio | Noise New Jersey (Jersey City, New Jersey) | |||
| Genre | Slowcore | |||
| Length | 43:57 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
| Damon & Naomi chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10 [2] |
| Q | [3] |
More Sad Hits is the debut studio album by Damon & Naomi, released in 1992 by Shimmy Disc. [4] [5]
In 1991, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had just completed a tour of the US with their band Galaxie 500 supporting Cocteau Twins, when Galaxie 500 guitarist/vocalist Dean Wareham quit the band, forcing the cancellation of an imminent Japanese tour. Krukowski and Yang had recorded three tracks before the split, and these were released as a 12" single under the name Pierre Étoile by Rough Trade in the UK in July 1991. [6] The duo then spent time working on their book publishing company Exact Change with no plans to return to recording, until producer Mark Kramer urged them back into the studio, resulting in the album, More Sad Hits. Kramer, who also played on the album, released it on his Shimmy Disc label in 1992, attributed too the duo Damon & Naomi.
All tracks are written by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang, except "Memories" by Hugh Hopper and "This Changing World" by Jean-Claude Olivier
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "E.T.A." | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Little Red Record Co." | 5:16 |
| 3. | "Information Age" | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Laika" | 3:43 |
| 5. | "This Car Climbed Mt. Washington" | 4:53 |
| 6. | "Memories" | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Astrafiammante" | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Boston's Daily Temperature" | 2:36 |
| 9. | "(Scene Change)" | 1:30 |
| 10. | "Sir Thomas and Sir Robert" | 2:17 |
| 11. | "Once More" | 5:24 |
| 12. | "This Changing World" | 4:07 |
Adapted from More Sad Hits liner notes. [7]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1992 | Shimmy Disc | CD, CS, LP | shimmy 058 |
| 1997 | Sub Pop | CD | SPCD 385 | |
| 1998 | Rykodisc | CD | RCD 10439 | |
| 2008 | 20|20|20 | CD, LP | 202020.06 |
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Mark Kramer known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc. He was a full-time member of the bands New York Gong, Shockabilly, Bongwater, has played on tour with bands such as Butthole Surfers, B.A.L.L., Ween, Half Japanese and The Fugs, and has also performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City's so-called "downtown scene" of the 1980s.
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