| Double Bummer | |
| Type: | Double album |
| Artist: | Bongwater |
| Cover: | Bongwater - Double Bummer.JPG |
| Recorded: | Noise New York |
| Genre: | Art rock |
| Length: | 91:50 |
| Label: | Shimmy Disc |
| Producer: | Kramer |
| Prev Title: | Breaking No New Ground! |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Too Much Sleep |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Double Bummer is a double-LP by Bongwater, released in 1988.[1] [2] The four-sided album contained songs about people ranging from Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, Ronald Reagan, and a Cantonese version of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused".[3] In 1998, the album was remastered by Alan Douches and Kramer for its inclusion in Box of Bongwater set.[4] Music videos for the songs "Lesbians of Russia" and "Jimmy" were directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen. The album is referenced in the lyrics to the song "Lariat" by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.
In 2009, Cincinnati CityBeat called the album "an exquisite and spastic evocation of the confused time that spawned it, and a testament to the state of art rock in the late '80s."[5]
Adapted from the Double Bummer liner notes.[6]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1988 | Shimmy Disc | CD, CS, LP | shimmy 011 |
| Netherlands | 1990 | LP | SDE 8801 |