Stumpy (album) explained

Stumpy
Type:Album
Artist:Tall Dwarfs
Cover:stumpy-talldwarfs.jpg
Released:1996
Genre:Indie rock, lo-fi
Length:62:30
Label:Flying Nun Records
Prev Title:3 EPs
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Gluey, Gluey and The Ear Friend
Next Year:1998

Stumpy is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs released in 1996. The album is officially credited to the "International Tall Dwarfs", because sounds on cassette by 16 home tapers from around the globe were used to create the music, including CJA.[1] All songs were written by Bathgate and Knox.[2] [3]

Track listing

  1. "Swan Song"
  2. "They Like You, Undone"
  3. "The Green, Green Grass Of Someone Else's Home"
  4. "The Severed Head Of Julio"
  5. "Crocodile"
  6. "Macramé"
  7. "Song Of The Jealous Lover"
  8. "Honey, I'm Home"
  9. "Jesus The Beast"
  10. "Cruising With Cochran"
  11. "Things"
  12. "Mojave"
  13. "Box Of Aroma"
  14. "Ghost Town"
  15. "Deep-Fried"
  16. "Disoriented Bodgie"
  17. "And That's Not All!!"
  18. "Pull The Thread [& Unravel Me]"
  19. "Dessicated"
  20. "Albumen"
  21. "Two Minds"
  22. "Up"

Notes and References

  1. Album notes for Stumpy, CD (1996). Flying Nun Records.
  2. Web site: Taylor . Ken . Stumpy - Tall Dwarfs : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . AllMusic . 1997-02-11 . 2013-01-07.
  3. Web site: International Tall Dwarfs* - Stumpy (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 3 October 1996. 2013-01-07.