Trouble Doll (The Disappointing 3rd LP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Trouble Doll
(The Disappointing 3rd LP)
| type = Album
| longtype = and Live album
| artist = B.A.L.L.
| cover = Ball - Trouble Doll.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = Noise New York, NYC
December 6, 1988 at CBGB
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 68:47
| label = Shimmy Disc
| producer = Kramer
| prev_title = Bird/Period
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Hardball
| next_year = 1990
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000205263|pure_url=yes}}|title=B.A.L.L.: Trouble Doll > Review |website=Allmusic |accessdate=August 7, 2015}}
}}{{italic title|all=yes|noerror}}
Trouble Doll (The Disappointing 3rd LP) is the third album by B.A.L.L., released in 1989 through Shimmy Disc. The first half is a studio album that contains new material, while the second half contain a live performance recorded at CBGB in New York City.{{cite magazine |first1=Glenn |last1=Kenny |url=https://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ball |title=B.A.L.L. |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=August 7, 2015}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Don Fleming
| all_music = B.A.L.L.
| title1 = Should Brothers Kill?
| length1 = 1:33
| title2 = Never Meant to Say
| length2 = 2:40
| title3 = Trouble World
| length3 = 2:17
| title4 = Trouble Doll
| length4 = 2:08
| title5 = This Is War
| length5 = 1:39
| title6 = Little Tex in Trouble
| length6 = 3:06
| title7 = Trashman
| length7 = 2:17
| title8 = Trouble Momma
| length8 = 3:05
| title9 = I Could Always Be With You
| length9 = 2:18
| title10 = The Cracked Life of a Cracked Man
| length10 = 2:45
| title11 = Flowers Grow on the Wall
| length11 = 2:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD bonus tracks
| title12 = Little Tex's Prelude
| length12 = 1:46
| title13 = Reagan's Bush Is on Fire
| length13 = 3:45
| title14 = Amazon
| length14 = 2:34
| title15 = Trouble Baby
| length15 = 1:55
| title16 = Tx-Five
| length16 = 0:44
| title17 = African Sunset
| length17 = 2:45
| title18 = Everywhere
| length18 = 3:15
| title19 = The French
| length19 = 1:07
| title20 = When Is a Man
| length20 = 2:09
| title21 = Bird
| length21 = 2:36
| title22 = Charm
| length22 = 2:50
| title23 = My T.V. Is Broke
| length23 = 1:39
| title24 = The King Will Never Die
| length24 = 2:39
| title25 = If I Breakdown
| length25 = 2:02
| title26 = It Don't Come Easy
| note26 = Ringo Starr cover
| writer26 = Ringo Starr
| length26 = 1:52
| title27 = Love Was the End
| length27 = 2:29
| title28 = Just Like The Last Time
| length28 = 2:07
| title29 = Buick McKane
| note29 = T. Rex cover
| writer29 = Marc Bolan
| length29 = 2:23
| title30 = Trouble Finale
| length30 = 2:15
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Trouble Doll (The Disappointing 3rd LP) liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Trouble Doll (The Disappointing 3rd LP) |others=B.A.L.L. |year=1989 |type=booklet |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}
;B.A.L.L.
- Don Fleming – vocals, guitar
- Kramer – bass guitar, organ, production
- Jay Spiegel – drums
;Production and additional personnel
- Dave Rick – guitar (19–29)
Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United States
|rowspan="2"| 1989 |rowspan="2"| Shimmy Disc | shimmy 022 |
| Netherlands
| CD, LP | SDE 8909 |
References
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External links
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