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Released
  
1983

Artist
  
The Bobs

Producer
  
Richard Greene

Genres
  
A cappella, New wave

Length
  
35:41 (LP), 44:53 (CD)

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Kaleidoscope Records

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Recorded
  
Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, California

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The Bobs is an a cappella album by The Bobs, released in 1983. The group's music is sometimes referred to as New Wave A Cappella. The vocal arrangement of "Helter Skelter" was nominated for a Grammy award in 1984.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Gunnar Madsen and Richard Greene except as indicated:

LP

  1. "Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
  2. "Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
  3. "I Hate the Beach Boys" – 3:11
  4. "Bus Plunge" – 2:36
  5. "Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
  6. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
  7. "Through the Wall" – 3:55
  8. "Be My Yoko" – 2:20
  9. "Lazy Susan" – 3:04
  10. "Trash" – 3:33
  11. "The Deprogrammer" – 4:43

CD

  1. "Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
  2. "Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
  3. "I Hate The Beach Boys" – 3:11
  4. "Bus Plunge" – 2:36
  5. "Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
  6. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
  7. "Through the Wall" – 3:55
  8. "Be My Yoko" (Pritchard) – 2:20
  9. "Lazy Susan" – 3:04
  10. "Nose to Nose" – 2:02
  11. "Trash" – 3:33
  12. "The Deprogrammer" – 4:43
  13. "Eddie the Jinx" – 3:22
  14. "Democratic Process" – 2:23
  15. "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz) – 3:27

Personnel

  • Gunnar "Bob" Madsen – vocals
  • Matthew "Bob" Stull – vocals
  • Janie "Bob" Scott – vocals (except "Eddie The Jinx")
  • Richard "Bob" Greene – vocals
  • Madsen/Greene – vocorder and keyboards, Brad Bill Horn – drums - "Eddie the Jinx"

    • Songs

    1Art for Art's Sake3:01
    2Prisoner of Funk4:06
    3I Hate the Beach Boys3:13

    References

    The Bobs (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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