Bozo (album)

Bozo
Studio album by Lida Husik
Released	1991
Recorded	1989 (1989)–1991 (1991)
Studio	Various Inner Ear Studios (Arlington, VA) Noise New York (New York City, NY)
Genre	Psychedelic rock, alternative rock
Length	47:32
Label	Shimmy Disc[1]
Producer	Lida Husik, Kramer
Lida Husik chronology
Bozo (1991) Your Bag (1992)

Bozo is the debut studio album of the singer-songwriter Lida Husik, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc.[2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]

Option wrote that the "instrumentation and production here are the stuff of which demos are made, and the promising, disparate numbers ... end up sounding sadly uniform."[6] In 1996, The Village Voice called the album an "obscure [gem] of 1960s-inspired, punkily energetic, whispery songcraft".[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lida Husik, except "Diamond Day," co-written by Jimmy MacCarthy

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bozo"	2:46
2.	"Billboard"	4:30
3.	"California Oregon"	4:04
4.	"Diamond Day"	4:15
5.	"Hitchiker"	4:32
6.	"Hateful Hippy Girls"	4:25
7.	"Halloween"	2:42
8.	"Mom"	3:56
9.	"Farmhouse"	4:28
10.	"Snow"	3:12
11.	"Up"	5:04
12.	"To Virginia"	3:31

Personnel

Adapted from Bozo liner notes.[8]

Lida Husik – lead vocals, instruments, production (7–11) Musicians Brett Ackerman – guitar (5) Reverend Chester Hawkins – additional vocals (11) Melaney Holman – guitar and bass guitar (7) David Licht – drums (3–5)

Production and additional personnel Guy Dove – photography Kramer – production and engineering (1–6, 12), slide guitar (2) Michael Macioce – photography Don Zientara – engineering (3–5)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1991	Shimmy Disc	CD, CS, LP	shimmy 046
Europe	1992		CD, LP	SDE 9040

References

1. "Releases". shimmy-disc.net.
2. Greenberger, David; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Lida Husik". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
3. "Lida Husik | Biography & History". AllMusic.
4. Fennessy, Kathleen C. "Lida Husik: Bozo > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 569.
6. "Reviews". Option. 42–47: 97. 1992.
7. McGonigal, Mike (Apr 30, 1996). "Husikesque: Green Blue Fire". The Village Voice. Vol. 41, no. 18. p. 72.
8. Bozo (booklet). Lida Husik. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1991.

External links

• Bozo at Discogs (list of releases)