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]
porgy, album, porgy, second, studio, album, american, band, when, people, were, shorter, lived, near, water, released, 1991, shimmy, disc, contains, covers, songs, from, porgy, bess, porgystudio, album, when, people, were, shorter, lived, near, waterreleased19. 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 PorgyStudio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the WaterReleased1991 1991 RecordedNoise New York New York City GenreExperimental rockLength52 43LabelShimmy DiscProducerKramerWhen People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water chronologyBobby 1989 Porgy 1991 Bill Kennedy s Showtime 1993 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Release history 5 References 6 External linksCritical reception editTrouser 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 editAll lyrics are written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward all music is composed by George GershwinNo TitleLength1 Intro Summertime 4 182 Roll Dem Bones 1 213 A Woman Is a Sometime Thing 3 094 Happy Dust 1 475 Gone Gone Gone 2 056 My Man s Gone Now 2 187 It Takes a Long Pull to Get There 3 018 I Got Plenty o Nuttin 1 349 I Hates Yo Guts 1 0010 Buzzard Song 2 3211 Bess You Is My Woman Now 2 4612 Oh I Can t Sit Down 1 1313 Plenty Reprise 0 3914 I Ain t Got No Shame 0 5515 It Ain t Necessarily So 2 0516 The Rape 2 1417 Serena s Prayer 3 4918 Strawberry Woman 0 3419 Honey Man 1 0820 Crab Man 0 3521 I Loves You Porgy 2 1522 Somebody Knockin on de Door 1 1223 Red Headed Woman 1 3524 Summertime Reprise 1 4125 There s a Boat Dat s Leaving Soon for New York 3 3426 Oh Lawd I m on My Way 3 23Personnel editAdapted from Bobby liner notes 6 When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water David Licht drums Robert Meetsma guitar banjo fiddle cornet saxophone tambourine percussion vocals Kim Rancourt vocals flute David Raymer guitar vocals Dave Rick bass guitar Additional musicians Paul Defilipps vocals trombone Frank London trumpet Tom Varner French horn Production and additional personnel Kramer production Paco Simon cover art Chris Xefos engineeringRelease history editRegion Date Label Format Catalog United States 1991 Shimmy Disc CD CS LP shimmy 044References edit Blush Steve 2016 New York Rock From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB Macmillan p 281 True Everett Sep 14 1991 Porgy by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water Melody Maker 67 37 33 Robins Wayne 15 July 1991 Emerging Bands In the Spotlight Part II Newsday p 41 Greenberger David Schinder Scott 2007 When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water Trouser Press Retrieved March 15 2016 Schoemer Karen 28 Nov 1991 Pop and Jazz in Review The New York Times p C14 Bobby booklet When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water New York City Shimmy Disc 1991 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link author missing External links editPorgy at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Porgy album amp oldid 1187040318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
