Music for Crying

1995 compilation album by Kramer

Music for Crying

Compilation album by

Kramer

Released| August 1995 (1995-08)
Recorded| 1985 (1985) – 1994 (1994)
Studio|

Various

*     * Noise New York
* (New York City, NY)
* Noise New Jersey
* (Jersey City, NJ)

Genre| Experimental rock
Length| 65:34
Label| Creativeman Disc.
Producer| Kramer
Kramer chronology
| Black Power
(1994)  | Music for Crying
(1995)  | Gunsmoke
(1996)

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Music for Crying is a compilation album by Kramer, released in August 1995 by Creativeman Disc.[1] It comprises recordings made between 1985 and 1994, covering both his solo and collaborative work.

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Artist (recording date)| Length

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1.| "We Can Work It Out" (from A Remark Hugh Made)| Lennon–McCartney| Hugh Hopper & Kramer (1994)| 2:23
2.| "Stupid Summer" (from The Guilt Trip)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1992)| 2:54
3.| "Tears Come Down" (from Black Power)| Ralph Carney, Daved Hild, Mark Kramer| Carney • Hild • Kramer (1994)| 2:26
4.| "The Juliet E-Mail" (from Tattoo of Blood)| Penn Jillette, Mark Kramer| Captain Howdy (1993)| 3:08
5.| "Palm Wine on Palm Sunday" (from Hot Day in Waco)| Dogbowl| Dogbowl & Kramer (1993)| 4:14
6.| "You Don't Know" (from The Guilt Trip)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1992)| 3:06
7.| "Slowly" (from Happiness Finally Came to Them)| Ralph Carney, Mark Kramer| Carney • Hild • Kramer (1987)| 2:31
8.| "Nine Minus Seven Is Two" (from The Secret of Comedy)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1994)| 4:58
9.| "The Raven" (from Egomaniacs)| Kim Fahy, Jamie Harley, Mark Kramer| Fahy • Harley • Kramer (1993)| 3:18
10.| "Thinking Thoughts" (from Who's Afraid?)| Daevid Allen, Mark Kramer| Daevid Allen and Kramer (1993)| 3:14
11.| "Birth" (from The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love 1987-1967)| Coby Batty, Mark Kramer, David Licht| The Moon (1987)| 3:02
12.| "Strings" (from The Secret of Comedy)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1994)| 3:35
13.| "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (from Roll Out the Barrel)| Bob Dylan| Jad Fair and Kramer (1988)| 1:21
14.| "End" (from Happiness Finally Came to Them)| Ralph Carney, Daved Hild, Mark Kramer, Pete Plumbly| Carney • Hild • Kramer (1987)| 2:32
15.| "Rain" (Beatles cover from Double Bummer)| John Lennon| Bongwater (1988)| 5:38
16.| "Next Time, Try Compassion" (from The Guilt Trip)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1992)| 3:53
17.| "Tattoo of Blood" (from Tattoo of Blood)| Lou Reed| Captain Howdy (1993)| 4:24
18.| "Free Will & Testament" (from A Remark Hugh Made)| Mark Kramer, Robert Wyatt| Hugh Hopper & Kramer (1994)| 3:17
19.| "I Can Watch" (from The Secret of Comedy)| Mark Kramer| Kramer (1994)| 5:40

## Personnel[edit]

Adapted from Music for Crying liner notes.[2]

* Kramer – vocals, instruments, production, engineering

## Release history[edit]

Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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Japan  | 1995  | Creativeman Disc.  | CD  | CMDD-00011

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
2. ^ Music for Crying (booklet). Kramer. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1995.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links[edit]

* Music for Crying at Discogs (list of releases)

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Kramer

Discography

Studio albums|

* The Guilt Trip
* The Secret of Comedy
* Let Me Explain Something to You About Art
* Songs from the Pink Death
* The Greenberg Variations
* The Brill Building

Collaborative albums|

* Happiness Finally Came to Them
* Roll Out the Barrel
* Real Men
* Who's Afraid?
* Egomaniacs
* Hot Day in Waco
* A Remark Hugh Made
* Black Power
* Gunsmoke
* Hit Men
* Huge
* Rubber Hair
* Reasons in the Sun
* The Sound of Music

Live albums|

* Still Alive in '95

Compilation albums|

* Music for Crying

Shockabilly|

* Earth vs. Shockabilly
* Colosseum
* Vietnam
* Heaven

Bongwater|

* Double Bummer
* Too Much Sleep
* The Power of Pussy
* The Big Sell-Out

B.A.L.L.|

* Period
* Bird
* Trouble Doll
* Hardball

Captain Howdy|

* Tattoo of Blood
* Money Feeds My Music Machine

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* Shimmy Disc

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