The Bobs (album) explained

The Bobs
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Bobs
Cover:	TheBobs_TheBobs.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1983
Recorded:	Russian Hill Recording (San Francisco, California)
Genre:	A cappella, new wave
Length:	35:41 (LP), 44:53 (CD)
Label:	Kaleidoscope
Producer:	Richard Greene
Next Title:	My, I'm Large
Next Year:	1987

The Bobs is the debut studio album by American a cappella vocal group the Bobs, released in 1983 by Kaleidoscope Records. The group's music is sometimes referred to as New Wave A Cappella. The vocal arrangement of "Helter Skelter" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1984.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Gunnar Madsen and Richard Greene except as indicated:

LP

"Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
"Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
"I Hate the Beach Boys" – 3:11
"Bus Plunge" – 2:36
"Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
"Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
"Through the Wall" – 3:55
"Be My Yoko" – 2:20
"Lazy Susan" – 3:04
"Trash" – 3:33
"The Deprogrammer" – 4:43

CD

"Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
"Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
"I Hate The Beach Boys" – 3:11
"Bus Plunge" – 2:36
"Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
"Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
"Through the Wall" – 3:55
"Be My Yoko" (Pritchard) – 2:20
"Lazy Susan" – 3:04
"Nose to Nose" – 2:02
"Trash" – 3:33
"The Deprogrammer" – 4:43
"Eddie the Jinx" – 3:22
"Democratic Process" – 2:23
"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz) – 3:27

Personnel

Credits are adapted from The Bobs liner notes.^[2]

Gunnar "Bob" Madsen – vocals
Matthew "Bob" Stull – vocals
Janie "Bob" Scott – vocals (except "Eddie the Jinx")
Richard "Bob" Greene – vocals
Madsen/Greene – vocoder and keyboards
Brad Bill Horn – drums on "Eddie the Jinx"^[3]

Notes and References

1984 Grammy award nomination, Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices, Richard Greene, Gunnar Madsen - Helter Skelter (The Bobs)LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database, accessed 2010 Jan 13.
The Bobs. the Bobs. 1983. Kaleidoscope Records. CD booklet.
Kaleidoscope K-18 liner notes