Short Walk On A Long Pier is the first spoken word album released by Henry Rollins. The content is culled from spoken word performances in Los Angeles, San Diego, Baton Rouge, Denver, New York City and Amsterdam. The one piece of music, "Alienation", is performed with Rowland S. Howard of The Birthday Party and Chris Haskett.
| Short Walk on a Long Pier | ||||
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 2006 Reissue cover | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1985–1988 | |||
| Genre | Spoken word | |||
| Length | 68:02 | |||
| Label | Reissued on Lone Wolf (1989), and 2.13.61 (2006) | |||
| Producer | Henry Rollins Ratman | |||
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Originally, the album was a limited cassette only release of 1000, but it was re-released at least twice. It was first re-released as a vinyl record in 1989 on Lone Wolf Records and again in 2006 on 2.13.61 as a double disc with Big Ugly Mouth. In Rollins' own words, "It's just awful."[1]
Track listing
edit- Pre-Show in Holland
- Standing Still
- Talking to Fool / Alienation
- Do It Alone
- Bus Driver
- JCC
- The Balls Are in Your Court
- What a Gal
- Be Very Quiet
- Olivia
- Madonna
- Bullshitting with the Friendly Dutch
- Football
- Barefoot & Pregnant
- A Friend to All Women
- The Cliff
- It's All Rock and Roll
- Live on Dutch Radio
References
edit- ^ Rollins, Henry. "Big Ugly Mouth / Short Walk On A Long Pier". Henry Rollins. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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