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Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball (CD)

By: Shel Silverstein (Artist)

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Shel Silverstein Artist Snapshot:

Shel Silverstein was a polymath who sang; wrote songs, plays, books and poems; and drew cartoons. He's best known outside of the music world as the author of numerous successful children's books, but country and rock fans are more likely to know the hits he wrote for Johnny Cash ("A Boy Named Sue") and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ("Cover of the Rolling Stone"). Countless other artists covered Silverstein's light-hearted, sometimes bawdy compositions; Bobby Bare memorably recorded entire albums of Silverstein songs in the '70s. Silverstein's own eccentric recordings were never commercially successful, but in the later years of life his career revolved much more around books than around music, to the point that when he died in 1999, he was equally revered as songwriter and author.

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DISC 1 for Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball (CD) Album By Shel Silverstein (Artist)
1   Thumbsucker
2   I Got Stoned And I Missed It
3   Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
4   Stacy Brown Got Two
5   Polly In A Porny
6   Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball
7   All About You
8   Don't Give A Dose To The One You Love Most
9   Peace Proposal, The
10   Masochistic Baby
11   Liberated Lady 1999
12   Man Who Got Not Sign, The
13   Front Row Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing, A - (bonus track)
14   26 Second Song - (bonus track)
15   Everybody's Making It Big But Me - (bonus track)
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: Shel Silverstein (vocals, piano); Mike Finnegan, Jelly Roll Turner, Turk Murphy, Art Twain, Charles Day, Leon Oakley, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show.

Producer: Ron Haffkine.

Reissue producer: Nick Shaffran.

Engineers include: Glen Kolotkin, Mike Fusaro, Roy Segal.

Recorded in 1973. Originally released on Columbia (31119).

By 1969, Shel Silverstein's star had risen to an unprecedented degree, between his stories and cartoons appearing in places like Playboy magazine and Johnny Cash releasing a hit version of Silverstein's "A Boy Named Sue." Accordingly, the album Silverstein made in the wake of all this popularity proved to be the one that achieved the most lasting renown. While Silverstein was arguably something of a countercultural influence himself, FREAKIN' AT THE FREAKERS BALL nevertheless lambasts the hippie-era lifestyle with Silverstein's characteristically satirical humor. His rough, gravelly voice barks out loose, gonzo tunes that lampoon the let-it-all-hang-out attitudes of the day regarding sex, drugs, and life in general.

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