| Tit! An Opera | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | Noise New York (New York City, NY) | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 48:48 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
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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]
All tracks are written by Dogbowl.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Adapted from Tit! An Opera liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1989 | Shimmy Disc | CS, LP | shimmy 023 |
| Europe | 1991 | CD | SDE 9030 CD |
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