Bongwater / Box of Bongwater [disc 2]
Artist Bongwater
Box Set Title: Box of Bongwater
Album Title: Box of Bongwater [disc 2]
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: General Alternative
Format CD
Released 10/20/1998
Label Shimmy Disc
Catalog No SHM-5555-2
Bar Code No 0 35828 55552 4
Remastered Yes
Packaging Box Set (4 Disk)
Tracks
1. His Old Look (2:58)
2. Stone (2:25)
3. Number (4:44)
4. Love You to (2:15)
5. Reaganation (3:04)
6. Double Birth (3:18)
7. Bruce (2:18)
8. Pool (4:40)
9. Rain (5:45)
10. Havana (3:31)
11. Pentagon (2:49)
12. Truth (1:58)
13. You Don'T Love Me Yet (5:13)
14. The Porpoise Song (4:49)
15. The Living End (2:39)
16. The Drum (4:25)
17. Mr. & Mrs. Hell (3:24)
18. Too Much Sleep (3:39)
19. Talent is A Vampire (5:45)
20. The Bad Review (1:51)
21. Ill Fated Lovers Go Time Tripping (1:52)
Date Acquired 12/05/2008
Personal Rating
Acquired from hobochangbar (Amazon)

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Notes

Notes:
The box includes 4 CDs in standard jewel case and a 12-page booklet.

Credits:
Art Direction – Laurie Henzel
Artwork By – Jim Shaw
Design Concept [Concept], Design – Dave Bias
Drums – David Licht
Executive-Producer – Michael Dorf
Guitar – Dave Rick, Randolph A. Hudson III
Hair – Dinah Carone, Mauricio Almerida
Liner Notes – Charles M. Young, David Bias, Kramer
Lyrics By, Vocals – Ann Magnuson
Make-Up – Dinah Carone, Jody Marlock
Photography By – Macioce, Michael Lavine
Producer [Associate Producer] – Stephanie Oxley
Remastered By [Digitally Remastered By] – Alan Douches, Kramer
Stylist – Pilar Limosner
Stylist [Photo-Styling] – Robyn Riecheck
Vocals, Music By, Tape, Producer [Produced By], Engineer [Engineered By] – Kramer

Companies, etc.:
Record Company – KnitMedia
Produced At – Noise New York
Engineered At – Noise New York
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 35828 55552 4
Barcode (Scanned): 035828555524
Matrix / Runout (CD1, mirrored): SHM555/1 : :MASTERED: .BY NIMBUS.
Mastering SID Code (CD1, mirrored, twice): IFPI L124
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 240C
Matrix / Runout (CD2, mirrored): SHM555/2 : :MASTERED: .BY NIMBUS.
Mastering SID Code (CD2, mirrored, twice): IFPI L124
Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 2405
Matrix / Runout (CD3, mirrored): SHM555/3 :⋮: :MASTERED: .BY NIMBUS.
Mastering SID Code (CD3, mirrored, twice): IFPI L124
Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 2406
Matrix / Runout (CD4, mirrored): SHM555/4 : :MASTERED: .BY NIMBUS.
Mastering SID Code (CD4, mirrored, twice): IFPI L124
Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI 2405
Other (CD1 cat.#): SHM-5555-1
Other (CD2 cat.#): SHM-5555-2
Other (CD3 cat.#): SHM-5555-3
Other (CD4 cat.#): SHM-5555-4

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DR13   -0.90 dB   -17.41 dB   03 - Number.flac        
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.21 dB   04 - Love You To.flac    
DR08   -0.30 dB   -09.45 dB   05 - Reaganation.flac    
DR08   -0.30 dB   -10.78 dB   06 - Double Birth.flac  
DR07   -0.30 dB   -07.97 dB   07 - Bruce.flac          
DR07   -0.30 dB   -09.05 dB   08 - Pool.flac      
DR08   -0.30 dB   -11.13 dB   09 - Rain.flac      
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.78 dB   10 - Havana.flac        
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.30 dB   11 - Pentagon.flac      
DR09   -0.30 dB   -13.16 dB   12 - Truth.flac          
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.82 dB   13 - You Don't Love Me Yet.flac
DR06   -0.30 dB   -08.57 dB   14 - The Porpoise Song.flac  
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.34 dB   15 - The Living End.flac      
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.40 dB   16 - The Drum.flac      
DR07   -0.30 dB   -08.75 dB   17 - Mr. & Mrs. Hell.flac    
DR07   -0.30 dB   -09.02 dB   18 - Too Much Sleep.flac      
DR07   -0.30 dB   -10.90 dB   19 - Talent Is a Vampire.flac
DR10   -0.30 dB   -13.21 dB   20 - The Bad Review.flac      
DR08   -0.30 dB   -11.18 dB   21 - Ill Fated Lovers Go Time Tripping.flac
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Number of Files: 21
Official DR Value: DR8
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Lindsay Planer:

This aptly titled Box of Bongwater consists of four CDs aimed at gathering a majority of the duo's recordings -- many of which had been out of print or at the very least difficult to find for several years. Included in this package are the contents of the Breaking No New Ground EP; the albums Double Bummer, Too Much Sleep, The Power of Pussy, and The Big Sell Out; as well as "Love Life," the duo's contribution the Rutles Highway Revisited tribute. Bongwater is personified in the somewhat unlikely team of Mark Kramer and Ann Magnuson. Although arguably diminutive in quantity, their catalog stands as one of the most diverse in popular music. For maximum effect the pair blends their own original sonic sculptures and compositions with a considerate and eclectic mix of cover tunes spanning the entirety of popular music. But rather than emulate their influences, Bongwater tends to wholly reinvent the structure to suit their multimedia pastiche of aural imagery. These remarkable reworkings include the Beatles' "Rain" and "Julia," the 13th Floor Elevators' "You Don't Love Me" and "Splash," the Monkees' "You Just May Be the One" and "The Porpoise Song," and most especially Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" and the brilliant "Dazed and Chinese." Magnuson's obsession with Jimmy Page is in fact a motif running throughout this set, as are her acerbic-tongued slams at some of the most sacred of pop culture cows on "Frank," "David Bowie Wants Ideas," and "What Kind of Man Reads Playboy." The dramatic qualities and inflections that Magnuson offers are ideally matched to Kramer's ability to provide a seemingly endless pallet of sonic platforms. His skills as a producer, multi-instrumentalist, and sonic satirist make him the quintessential musical foil. If any criticism can be leveled at Box of Bongwater, it would concern logistics such as having the contents of an album spread over more than one disc, disrupting the inherent continuity of the original release. Additionally, the 12-page booklet could and should be much more than it is, considering eight of those are full-page photos or graphics. Although it is tempting to call this collection a complete anthology of Bongwater's recordings, it is a few tracks shy of that, presumably because they were not originally issued on the Kramer-owned and operated Shimmy Disc label. The Peel Sessions EP as well as a couple of tracks which surfaced on tribute albums for Neil Young and the 13th Floor Elevators, respectively, are not included in this set. However, in light of what is on the box, these caveats are practically negligible.

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