Songs from the Pink Death

Songs from the Pink Death
Studio album by Kramer
Released February 17, 1998 (1998-02-17)
Recorded 1996 (1996)
Studio Noise New Jersey
(Jersey City, NJ)
Genre Experimental rock
Length 47:13
Label Knitting Factory/Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Kramer chronology
Let Me Explain Something to You About Art
(1998)
Songs from the Pink Death
(1998)
Money Feeds My Music Machine
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Songs from the Pink Death is the fourth studio album by composer and producer Kramer, released on February 17, 1998 by Shimmy Disc and Knitting Factory Records.[2] The album features backup musicians including drummer Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and guitarist Sean Eden of Luna.[1] The album is replete with obscure and obvious references ("pink death" itself referring to the swine flu) such as to "Sunday Morning" in "Don't Come Around", John Malkovich's character's theory in The Convent in "The Opium Wars Have Long Ceased", and the sample from "Wipe Out (instrumental)" in "The Pink Death Song of Love". The album also includes a cover of The Beatles's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away".

Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Kramer, except "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" by John Lennon. 

No.TitleLength
1."The Funny Scene"  5:12
2."Buddy Holly Will Never Die"  4:30
3."The Opium Wars Have Long Ceased"  2:50
4."Don't Come Around"  3:42
5."The Parasite Song"  5:06
6."The Pink Death Song of Love"  3:00
7."It Never Stops Being Absurd"  5:33
8."Eddie Called Back on the Carphone"  4:56
9."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"  3:42
10."The Hot Dog Song"  4:43
11."It's Alright If She Don't Love You Right"  3:59

Personnel

Adapted from Songs from the Pink Death liner notes.[3]

Musicians

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1998 Shimmy Disc CD shimmy 080
Knitting Factory KFR-502

References

  1. 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Kramer: Songs from the Pink Death > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. Songs from the Pink Death (booklet). Kramer. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1998.
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