Black Power (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Black Power
| type = Album
| artist = Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer
| cover = Ralph Carney and Daved Hild and Kramer - Black Power.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1994}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1993}}–{{Start date|1994}}
| venue =
| studio = Noise New Jersey
Demarest, New Jersey
| genre = Experimental rock
| length = 37:59
| label = Shimmy Disc
| producer = Kramer
| chronology = Ralph Carney
| prev_title = Happiness Finally Came to Them
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Ralph Sounds
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Kramer
| type = album
| prev_title = A Remark Hugh Made
| prev_year = 1994
| title = Black Power
| year = 1994
| next_title = Music for Crying
| next_year = 1995
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Kurt |last=Keefner |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000066675|pure_url=yes}}|title=Carney/Hild/Kramer: Black Power > Review |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=February 18, 2013}}
}}
Black Power is a studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, released in 1994 by Shimmy Disc. Along with newly recorded work, the album also contains selected tracks from their previous effort Happiness Finally Came to Them.{{cite web |first=Terry |last=Rompers |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=kramer |title=Kramer |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, except where noted
| title1 = Tears Come Down
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = Speed Shooting
| length2 = 4:23
| title3 = Speaker of the House
| length3 = 6:06
| title4 = Sweetheart
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Wish
| length5 = 1:12
| title6 = Infrared Asylum Green
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = The Ballad of Soap
| length7 = 2:19
| title8 = These Foolish Things
| writer8 = Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = The Ballad of Jim Jones
| length9 = 2:19
| title10 = Thanks for the Tinklers
| length10 = 1:13
| title11 = The Ballad of Florida
| length11 = 2:52
| title12 = Dangerous Cult Following
| length12 = 3:47
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = CD bonus tracks
| title13 = Hands
| length13 = 2:29
| title14 = Telephone
| length14 = 1:27
| title15 = Clown
| length15 = 3:34
| title16 = Nothing
| length16 = 3:03
| title17 = Slowly
| length17 = 2:32
| title18 = Wanda
| length18 = 1:49
| title19 = Larry
| length19 = 2:57
| title20 = Name
| writer20 = Lennon–McCartney
| length20 = 5:01
| title21 = Turkeyfaced
| length21 = 1:58
| title22 = Javalena
| length22 = 2:15
| title23 = End
| length23 = 2:34
}}
Personnel
Adapted from Black Power liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Black Power |others=Carney • Hild • Kramer |year=1994 |type=booklet |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}
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;Musicians
- Ralph Carney – saxophones, guitars, vocals
- Daved Hild – vocals, cover art
- Kramer – bass guitar, piano, mellotron, Hammond organ, tape, backing vocals, production, engineering
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;Additional musicians
- Bill Bacon – drums, percussion
- Randolph A. Hudson III – guitar
;Production and additional personnel
- DAM – design
- Michael Macioce – photography
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Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
United States
| 1994 | CD | shimmy 077 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=457775 |name=Black Power}}
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Category:1994 collaborative albums
Category:Albums produced by Kramer (musician)