| Torment | ||||
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| Released | December 1989 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 38:01 | |||
| Label | SST (251) | |||
| Producer | Zoogz Rift | |||
| Zoogz Rift chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Torment is the eleventh studio album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in December 1989 by SST Records. [2]
All tracks are written by Zoogz Rift, except "Sweet Surrender" by Tim Buckley
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hi Mom I'm Home" | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Torment" | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Dead Planet Earth" | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Naked on the Mountain (Looking at the Sea)" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "The Secret Marines Sex Kitten Beach Party" | 3:51 |
| 6. | "This Town Sucks" | 1:59 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "United We Fall" | 1:00 |
| 2. | "Sweet Surrender" (Tim Buckley cover) | 6:55 |
| 3. | "Meet Me at Stinky's" | 1:53 |
| 4. | "Defecation Rainbow" | 1:40 |
| 5. | "Bad Risk" | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Popcorn Scumbago" | 3:44 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Candy Girl" (The Four Seasons cover) | Larry Santos | 2:30 |
| 14. | "Medley" (Peripheral Darkness/Boogie Woogie Waltz) | 14:32 | |
| 15. | "Low Life" | 2:24 | |
| 16. | "Let a Man Come in and Eat the Popcorn Parts 47 and 93" | 8:16 | |
| 17. | "Sweet Surrender #2" (Tim Buckley cover) | Tim Buckley | 6:13 |
| 18. | "Let a Man Come in and Eat the Popcorn" | 2:04 |
Adapted from the Torment liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1989 | SST | LP | SST 251 |
| 1994 | CD |
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