Black Power (album)

Black Power
Studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer
Released	1994 (1994)
Recorded	1993 (1993)–1994 (1994)
Studio	Noise New Jersey Demarest, New Jersey
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	37:59
Label	Shimmy Disc
Producer	Kramer
Ralph Carney chronology
Happiness Finally Came to Them (1987) Black Power (1994) Ralph Sounds (1997)
Kramer chronology
A Remark Hugh Made (1994) Black Power (1994) Music for Crying (1995)

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Black Power is a studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, released in 1994 by Shimmy Disc. Along with newly recorded work, the album also contains selected tracks from their previous effort Happiness Finally Came to Them.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tears Come Down"		2:27
2.	"Speed Shooting"		4:23
3.	"Speaker of the House"		6:06
4.	"Sweetheart"		3:42
5.	"Wish"		1:12
6.	"Infrared Asylum Green"		3:34
7.	"The Ballad of Soap"		2:19
8.	"These Foolish Things"	Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey	3:59
9.	"The Ballad of Jim Jones"		2:19
10.	"Thanks for the Tinklers"		1:13
11.	"The Ballad of Florida"		2:52
12.	"Dangerous Cult Following"		3:47

CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Hands"		2:29
14.	"Telephone"		1:27
15.	"Clown"		3:34
16.	"Nothing"		3:03
17.	"Slowly"		2:32
18.	"Wanda"		1:49
19.	"Larry"		2:57
20.	"Name"	Lennon–McCartney	5:01
21.	"Turkeyfaced"		1:58
22.	"Javalena"		2:15
23.	"End"		2:34

Personnel

Adapted from Black Power liner notes.

Musicians

• Ralph Carney – saxophones, guitars, vocals
• Daved Hild – vocals, cover art
• Kramer – bass guitar, piano, mellotron, Hammond organ, tape, backing vocals, production, engineering

Additional musicians

• Bill Bacon – drums, percussion
• Randolph A. Hudson III – guitar

Production and additional personnel

• DAM – design
• Michael Macioce – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1994	Shimmy Disc	CD	shimmy 077

External links

• Black Power at Discogs (list of releases)