Tit! (An Opera)

by Dogbowl

Tit! (An Opera) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Shimmy-Disc
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:56
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping out from his role in the avant-garde rock group King Missile, Stephen Tunney (under the moniker Dogbowl) delivered a wonderfully eccentric solo debut on the legendary Shimmy-Disc label. The album is a bizarre, deeply psychedelic conceptual rock opera driven by acoustic guitars and playful, surreal lyricism. Produced by Kramer, it embodies the chaotic, unhinged creativity of the late-80s New York underground.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, eccentric, theatrical, bizarre, suite, male-vocals, acoustic, experimental, melodic

Tracklist

  1. On the Monkeybars (3:27)
  2. Starving for Love (2:37)
  3. Obsessed with Girls (2:18)
  4. Oklahoma (3:15)
  5. Under the Water (1:48)
  6. The Girl with the Pelican Hair (3:17)
  7. Miss You so Much (I Can Die) (2:31)
  8. Growing up in a Wheelchair (4:29)
  9. Volcano (1:49)
  10. Rosemary in Red (4:00)
  11. Sad Fellow (3:00)
  12. Krystellina (1:31)
  13. When the Romans Died (2:19)
  14. Anastasia (4:00)
  15. Sex Gorillas (2:19)
  16. Dolphin (3:24)
  17. Daytime (2:19)
  18. I Had a Dream of the Plague (5:45)
  19. Flowers for Katrinka (3:15)
  20. Marla Sits (1:53)
  21. One so Black (3:21)
  22. Head Caves In (2:25)
  23. Blue Eyes (2:54)

Credits

  • Dogbowl - primary artist, vocals, guitar, drums, cymbal, backing vocals, written-by
  • Charles Curtis - cello
  • Christopher Tunney - clarinet, organ [electric], backing vocals, snare
  • Stephen Tunney - cover
  • Lee Ming Tah - lap steel guitar [hawaiian]

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