The Guilt Trip (album)

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The Guilt Trip
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Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedAugust 1991 (1991-08)–October 1992 (1992-10)
StudioNoise New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey
Genre Experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length127:34
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Kramer chronology
Real Men
(1991)
The Guilt Trip
(1992)
Who's Afraid?
(1992)
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The Guilt Trip is the debut triple album by composer and producer Kramer. [2] It was released in 1992 by Shimmy Disc. [3]

Contents

The album's cover is a parody of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Kramer

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Overture"4:13
2."Stupid Summer"4:09
3."Got What I Deserved"4:54
4."Wish I Were In Heaven"3:02
5."Not Guilty"2:34
6."Wisdom Sits"2:48
7."Stubb's Hallucination"2:10
8."The Drowning Heart"1:25
9."Welcome Home"5:06
10."Swallow Up Jonah"2:42
11."Hello Music"4:32
12."The Murder of God"1:56
13."You Don't Know"3:08
14."The Wall of Sleep"2:22
15."The Guilt Trip"4:48
16."Wait for the Hate"3:00
17."Natasha Disappears"1:58
18."Big of You"3:53
19."My Friend Daniel"1:36
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."The Maximus Poems"3:48
2."The Seven Seizures"4:07
3."Thank You Music"6:09
4."Kathleen I'm Sorry"4:28
5."God Will See You"5:36
6."I'm Your Fan"2:24
7."The Bosom Friend"5:23
8."I Love You"1:48
9."Next Time Try Compassion"3:56
10."Charlotte's Brain"2:57
11."Mudd Hutt Four"4:34
12."The Well Hung Jury"3:03
13."Won't Get Far Without Me"4:42
14."Ball Five"4:58
15."She Won't Let Go"3:53
16."I've Seen the End"3:59
17."Coda"1:33

Personnel

Adapted from The Guilt Trip liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1992 Shimmy Disc CD, CS, LP shimmy 055
1998CDSHM-5055

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References

  1. Jansen, Skip. "Kramer: The Guilt Trip > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. Miller, Eric T. (June 24, 2007). "Kramer: Trials And Errors".
  3. Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press . Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  4. The Guilt Trip (booklet). Kramer. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)