''Reality Is Bad Enough'' is the third album by

Patrick Sky Patrick Sky (born Patrick Linch; October 2, 1940May 26, 2021) was an American musician, folk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was noted for his album ''Songs That Made America Famous'' (1973). He was of Irish and Native American anc ...

, and his first for the

Verve Forecast Verve Forecast is a record label formed as a division of Verve Records to concentrate on pop, rock, and folk music. Founding Jerry Schoenbaum of Verve and Moe Asch of Folkways created Verve Folkways in 1964 to take advantage of the popularity ...

label.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Patrick Sky; except where indicated

Side one

#"She's Up for Grabs" – 2:46 #"Children's Song" – 2:37 #"Silly Song" – 2:18 #"Sometimes I Wonder" – 3:39 #"I Don't Feel That's Real" – 3:27 #"Enjoy, Enjoy" * – 2:47

Side two

#"Follow the Longhaired Lady" – 2:51 #"The Loving Kind" – 3:22 #"The Dance of Death" – 3:21 #" Modern Major General" ( W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan; adapted by Patrick Sky) – 3:35 #"Jimmy Clay" – 4:31

Personnel

*Produced and arranged by Barry Kornfeld *(*) Arranged by

Stuart Scharf Stuart Scharf (1941 – November 8, 2007) was an American composer, guitarist, and record producer. Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School. Scharf graduated, with honors, from CCNY in 1962 (mathematics majo ...

*Recording Engineer: Richard Anderson *Director of Engineering:

Val Valentin Luis Pastor "Val" Valentin (January 6, 1920 – March 24, 1999) was an American recording engineer with six decades of work in the music industry. Much of his work was done for MGM Records and Verve Records. His large discography includes Jazz al ...

*Cover Photo: Bob Campbell *Art Direction: David Krieger *All selections composed by Patrick Sky, except "Modern Major General" (adapted from a

Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian era, Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which ...

song) *All, selections published by Rabelaisian Music, Inc. (BMI)

References

{{Authority control 1968 albums Patrick Sky albums Verve Forecast Records albums