Orphan's Tragedy

{{Infobox album

| name = Orphan's Tragedy

| type = studio

| artist = Cows

| cover = Cows Orphans Tragedy.JPG

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1994|9|13}}

| recorded = Black Box Studios
{{small|(Noyant-la-Gravoyère, France)}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Noise rock

| length = 48:53

| label = Amphetamine Reptile

| producer = Iain Burgess, Cows, Peter Deimel

| prev_title = Sexy Pee Story

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Nuggets & Doozies

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=John |last=Dougan |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000121655|pure_url=yes}}|title=Cows: Orphan's Tragedy > Review |website=Allmusic |accessdate=July 4, 2015}}

| rev2 = Kerrang!

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=October 22, 1994 |title=Albumz |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=517|page=46}}

}}

Orphan's Tragedy is the seventh studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band The Cows.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=Orphan%27s+Tragedy+cows+1994&pg=PA290|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=June 20, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}{{cite magazine |first1=Robin |last1=Edgerton |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=https://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=cows |title=Cows |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 4, 2015}} It was released on September 9, 1994, by Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Cows

| title1 = Cow Island

| length1 = 3:08

| title2 = Pussy Is a Monarchy

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Orphan's Tragedy

| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Allergic to Myself

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = Unrefixed

| length5 = 1:16

| title6 = The Bucket

| length6 = 2:30

| title7 = Pickled Garbage Soup

| length7 = 4:54

| title8 = I'm Both

| length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Witch Hunt

| length9 = 3:29

| title10 = Taxi

| length10 = 2:47

| title11 = Baby Love

| length11 = 2:26

| title12 = My Bob

| length12 = 4:04

| title13 = Shot Down

| length13 = 4:18

| title14 = Smell Shelf

| length14 = 6:23

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Orphan's Tragedy liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Orphan's Tragedy |title-link=Orphan's Tragedy |others=Cows |year=1994 |type=booklet |publisher=Amphetamine Reptile Records |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

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