Tit! An Opera

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Tit! An Opera
Dogbowl Cyclops Tit (An Opera).jpg
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedNoise New York
(New York City, NY)
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length48:48
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Dogbowl chronology
Tit! An Opera
(1989)
Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain
(1991)
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Tit! An Opera is the debut studio album of Dogbowl, released in 1989 by Shimmy Disc. It was re-issued on CD in 1992 with six additional songs. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dogbowl.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."On the Monkeybars"3:27
2."Starving for Love"2:37
3."Obsessed With Girls"2:18
4."Oklahoma"3:15
5."Under the Water"1:48
6."The Girl With the Pelican Hair"3:17
7."Miss You So Much (I Can Die)"2:31
8."Growing Up in a Wheelchair"4:30
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Krystellina"1:32
2."When the Romans Died"2:20
3."Anatasia"4:01
4."Sex Gorrillas"2:19
5."Dolphin"3:24
6."Daytime"2:21
7."I Had a Dream of the Plague"5:45
8."Flowers from Katrinka"3:15
CD issue
No.TitleLength
1."On the Monkeybars"3:27
2."Starving for Love"2:37
3."Obsessed With Girls"2:18
4."Oklahoma"3:15
5."Under the Water"1:48
6."The Girl With the Pelican Hair"3:17
7."Miss You So Much (I Can Die)"2:31
8."Growing Up in a Wheelchair"4:30
9."Volcano"1:50
10."Sad Fellow"3:01
11."Krystellina"1:32
12."When the Romans Died"2:20
13."Anatasia"4:01
14."Sex Gorrillas"2:19
15."Dolphin"3:24
16."Daytime"2:21
17."I Had a Dream of the Plague"5:45
18."Flowers from Katrinka"3:15
19."Marla Sits"1:53
20."One So Black"3:21
21."Head Caves In"2:26
22."Blue Eyes"2:55

Personnel

Adapted from Tit! An Opera liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1989 Shimmy Disc CS, LP shimmy 023
Europe 1991 CD SDE 9030 CD

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "Dogbowl: Tit (An Opera) > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  2. Gehr, Richard; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Dogbowl". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  3. Tit! An Opera (sleeve). Dogbowl. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1989.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)