Porgy (album)

Porgy
Studio album by
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
Released1991 (1991)
RecordedNoise New York
(New York City)
GenreExperimental rock
Length52:43
LabelShimmy Disc
ProducerKramer
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water chronology
Bobby
(1989) 		Porgy
(1991) 		Bill Kennedy's Showtime
(1993)

Porgy is the second studio album by the American band When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc.[1][2] It contains covers of songs from Porgy and Bess.[3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a well-informed piece of work, not simply a cheap parody."[4] The New York Times wrote that the band "specializes in satire ... When People Were Shorter isn't smug; this group's love of bad taste seemed honest and heartfelt."[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward; all music is composed by George Gershwin

No.TitleLength
1."Intro/Summertime"4:18
2."Roll Dem Bones"1:21
3."A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"3:09
4."Happy Dust"1:47
5."Gone, Gone, Gone"2:05
6."My Man's Gone Now"2:18
7."It Takes a Long Pull to Get There"3:01
8."I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"1:34
9."I Hates Yo' Guts"1:00
10."Buzzard Song"2:32
11."Bess, You Is My Woman Now"2:46
12."Oh, I Can't Sit Down"1:13
13."Plenty (Reprise)"0:39
14."I Ain't Got No Shame"0:55
15."It Ain't Necessarily So"2:05
16."The Rape"2:14
17."Serena's Prayer"3:49
18."Strawberry Woman"0:34
19."Honey Man"1:08
20."Crab Man"0:35
21."I Loves You, Porgy"2:15
22."Somebody Knockin' on de Door"1:12
23."Red Headed Woman"1:35
24."Summertime (Reprise)"1:41
25."There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon for New York"3:34
26."Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!"3:23

Personnel

Adapted from Bobby liner notes.[6]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1991 Shimmy Disc CD, CS, LP shimmy 044

References

  1. ^ Blush, Steve (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. p. 281.
  2. ^ True, Everett (Sep 14, 1991). "Porgy by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Melody Maker. 67 (37): 33.
  3. ^ Robins, Wayne (15 July 1991). "Emerging Bands In the Spotlight". Part II. Newsday. p. 41.
  4. ^ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Schoemer, Karen (28 Nov 1991). "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times. p. C14.
  6. ^ Bobby (booklet). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)[author missing]