Porgy (album)

Porgy
Studio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
Released 1991 (1991)
Recorded Noise New York
(New York City, NY)
Genre Experimental rock
Length 52:43
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
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 When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc.[1][2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward; all music 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.[3]

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
Additional musicians
Production and additional personnel

Release history

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

References

  1. ↑ "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water: Porgy > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bobby (booklet). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1991.
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