Verve (R. Stevie Moore album)

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Verve
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Studio album by
ReleasedSept 1985
Recorded1976–1984
Genre Psychedelic pop, punk rock, lo-fi
Length50:35
Label Hamster (UK)
Producer RSM
R. Stevie Moore chronology
What's The Point?!!
(1984)
Verve
(1985)
Glad Music
(1986)

Verve is the fifth 12" vinyl record album by DIY home recording pioneer and one-man band R. Stevie Moore. [1] It was released by Terry Burrows' Hamster label in the UK late 1985. Never officially reissued on compact disc, the CD-R version (copied direct from the vinyl) is available by mail from the artist.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I Want You in My Life" (2:21)
  2. "The Most Powerful Statement in History" (6:26)
  3. "Everything" (2:56)
  4. "Feisty Schoolmarm" (3:03)
  5. "Pledge Your Money" (2:56)
  6. "Splem Jeague 3" (1:20)
  7. "I'm Bored" (3:17)
  8. "There Is No God in America (part 1)" (3:08)

Side two

  1. "There Is No God in America (part 2)" (1:40)
  2. "The Crystal Chandelier" (5:30)
  3. "Steve" (3:11)
  4. "Defeating the Purpose" (live) (1:41)
  5. "Just a Little Kid" (0:27)
  6. "Curiously Enough" (excerpt)/ "Kaleidoscopics" (excerpt) (4:37)
  7. "I See Star" (4:35)
  8. "Who Deserves It?" (3:25)

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References

  1. "R. Stevie Moore". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2023-03-09.