Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker's Trump Songs

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Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker’s Trump Songs
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Studio album by
Released2017
Genre Comedy
Length36:09
Label Jagjaguwar
Tim Heidecker chronology
Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker’s Trump Songs
(2017)
Another Year In Hell: Collected Songs from 2018
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]

Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker's Trump Songs is a 2017 album by American musician and comedian Tim Heidecker. [1] [3] The album compiles parody songs critical of Donald Trump released by Heidecker over the course of Trump's presidency. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Trump Tower"2:59
2."Imperial Bathroom"2:40
3."Richard Spencer"2:48
4."For Chan"3:14
5."Mar a Lago"5:11
6."Trump's Private Pilot"1:55
7."MAGA"2:32
8."Wilbur Ross"4:03
9."Cooked Chinese Chicken"2:25
10."Trump Talkin' Nukes"2:40
11."Sentencing Day"2:22
12."Trump's Private Pilot" (Father John Misty Version)3:20
Total length:36:09

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References

  1. 1 2 Masters, Mark (22 November 2017). "Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker's Trump Songs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. "Robert Christgau on Some Serious Anti-Trump Music".
  3. Cook-Wilson, Winston (1 November 2017). "Tim Heidecker Announces Trump Songs LP Too Dumb For Suicide, Releases "Sentencing Day"". Spin. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. Sodomsky, Sam (12 May 2017). "Tim Heidecker Sings About Internet Trolls and Burning Down the White House in New Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 November 2017.