Tracklist
| Enjoy Your Tea | 2:15 | ||
| Things | 1:18 | ||
| Clarity Transcending Choice | 2:22 | ||
| The Birds | 1:42 | ||
| My Life | 2:17 | ||
| How Much Longer | 1:51 | ||
| Mr. Story | 1:27 | ||
| Wind-Up Toys | 1:40 | ||
| Knowledge | 3:09 | ||
| Garbage Party | 3:44 | ||
| The Spanish Armada | 3:49 | ||
| Hide The Knives | 1:59 | ||
| Shit | 2:23 | ||
| Everybody Screams Inside | 1:13 | ||
| Pain & Pleasure | 2:16 | ||
| The Party | 1:32 | ||
| Colombus Day Weekend | 1:22 | ||
| My Personal Life | 3:24 | ||
| Francis Bacon | 1:08 | ||
| Empty | 1:05 | ||
| The Trees | 1:39 | ||
| The Absolute | 1:12 | ||
| Real Men | 5:13 | ||
| Water | 2:00 |
Credits (13)
Savage PencilArtwork
Timothy Leary*Music By [Musics By]
Henry ManciniMusic By [Musics By]
Johann Strauss*Music By [Musics By]
Kramer (2)Music By [Musics By]
Beethoven*Music By [Musics By]
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Real Men CD, Album | Shimmy Disc – shimmy 042 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Real Men CD | Shimmy Disc Europe – SDE 9136 CD | Netherlands | 1991 | Netherlands — 1991 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Real Men LP, Album | Shimmy Disc – shimmy 043, OK?, Shimmy Disc – shimmy 042 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Real Men Cassette | Shimmy Disc – S-042-CS | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Needs Changes | |||
 | Real Men LP, Album, Test Pressing | Shimmy Disc – shimmy 042, Shimmy Disc – Sh - 043, OK? | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | New Submission |
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Reviews
referencing Real Men (CD, ) SDE 9136 CD
In combination of spoken words soaked in black humour, unholy words from a singer not of this world with music (most samples) from a Genius running a legendary studio (Shimmy-Disc), there is no better album to find worldwide!!!
bongwater
referencing Real Men (CD, Album) shimmy 042
The tracklisting on the back is correct, it's the CD that has the sides reversed.referencing Real Men (LP, Album) shimmy 043, OK?
Hide Those Knives kids!
This is the kind of album to last a lifetime...timeless classics from two clowns. Real men making really short "songs". It's another fantastic album of the 90's to ponder and cherish.
referencing Real Men (LP, Album) shimmy 043, OK?
I like this album a lot. The lyrics by Hall are great, creative and intelligent. The background music works really well.
If you like offbeat, quirky and funny albums then this is for you and available at a reasonable price on vinyl and cd.
Recommended.
referencing Real Men (CD, Album) shimmy 042
Having known John S. Hall for many years and interviewed him several times, he actually confessed that he does not really care for this album (at least half of it). He said that basically he just went into the studio and recorded a shit-load of poetry over some samples that Kramer had personally picked out. John did not think that many of the samples fitted with his poems, but some of them were very good.
Now, personally - I love this album, I think it all works quite well (in a disjointed kind of way), but I understand where John was coming from - some of the samples would've been suited for other poems (or perhaps not suited anywhere at all). For example, I believe that "Water" is absolutely perfect, and the same goes for "Francis Bacon". Although, tracks like Enjoy Your Tea, and Trees really sound off putting.
All in all, I would give this a 8.5 out of 10, very strong release, with some of John's best written words contained within!
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