Rubber Hair

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Rubber Hair
Kramer and Daved Hild - Rubber Hair.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1997 (1997-03)
Recorded1996 (1996)
StudioNoise New Jersey
(Demarest, New Jersey, NJ)
Genre Experimental rock
Length41:44
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Kramer chronology
Hit Men
(1996)
Rubber Hair
(1997)
Huge
(1997)
Professional ratings
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Rubber Hair is a studio album by Kramer and Daved Hild, released in March 1997 by Shimmy Disc. [2] It included contributions by cellist Garo Yellin and actor Billy West, who played guitar on "Photograph" and "Rubber Hair".

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Daved Hild; all music is composed by Mark Kramer

No.TitleLength
1."Photograph"4:06
2."The Cat in the Window"3:23
3."Masonic Hardware"3:59
4."The Veronica Building"2:46
5."Bargains Night Bargains"3:37
6."Cold Air"4:11
7."Vegetables Do"2:10
8."Mr. Ryder on the Beach"3:26
9."X Is the Sign"2:53
10."Distress in the Dixie Girls"4:42
11."The Ballad of Veal"3:37
12."Rubber Hair"3:54

Personnel

Adapted from Rubber Hair liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1997 Shimmy Disc CDshimmy 087

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References

  1. Jansen, Skip. "Kramer / Daved Hild: Rubber Hair > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. Charles Strong, Martin (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. ISBN   9781841953359 . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. Hit Men (booklet). Kramer and Daved Hild. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)