''The Bobs'' is the debut
studio album
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by American
a cappella
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vocal group
the Bobs
The Bobs were an a cappella vocal group founded in San Francisco, California in the early 1980s. They moved to Seattle, Washington and were active recording and touring throughout the United States, Canada and Europe until their farewell show a ...
, released in 1983 by Kaleidoscope Records. The group's music is sometimes referred to as ''New Wave A Cappella''. The vocal arrangement of "
Helter Skelter" was nominated for a
Grammy Award
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in 1984.
Track listing
All songs written by
Gunnar Madsen and Richard Greene except as indicated:
LP
# "Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
# "Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
# "I Hate the Beach Boys" – 3:11
# "Bus Plunge" – 2:36
# "Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
# "
Helter Skelter" (
Lennon
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,
McCartney
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) – 1:52
# "Through the Wall" – 3:55
# "Be My Yoko" – 2:20
# "Lazy Susan" – 3:04
# "Trash" – 3:33
# "The Deprogrammer" – 4:43
CD
# "Art for Art's Sake" – 2:58
# "Prisoner of Funk" – 4:03
# "I Hate The Beach Boys" – 3:11
# "Bus Plunge" – 2:36
# "Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
# "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
# "Through the Wall" – 3:55
# "Be My Yoko" (Pritchard) – 2:20
# "Lazy Susan" – 3:04
# "Nose to Nose" – 2:02
# "Trash" – 3:33
# "The Deprogrammer" – 4:43
# "Eddie the Jinx" – 3:22
# "Democratic Process" – 2:23
# "
Psycho Killer
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The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song featuring A ...
" (
Byrne '
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,
Weymouth,
Frantz) – 3:27
Personnel
Credits are adapted from ''The Bobs'' liner notes.
* Gunnar "Bob" Madsen – vocals
* Matthew "Bob" Stull – vocals
* Janie "Bob" Scott – vocals (except "Eddie the Jinx")
* Richard "Bob" Greene – vocals
* Madsen/Greene –
vocoder
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The vocoder was ...
and
keyboards
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Music
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* Brad Bill Horn –
drums
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on "Eddie the Jinx"
[Kaleidoscope K-18 liner notes]
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bobs (Album), The
The Bobs albums
1983 albums