Singing in the Bathtub

Robert Crumb | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000DSP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,566 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #63 in Music > Country > Classic Country > Old-Time Country
  • #80 in Music > Jazz > Dixieland

Track Listings

1. Singing In The Bathtub

2. Chile Blues

3. Dream Of Heaven

4. Suits Crybaby Blues

5. Collier Medley: Ben Hur March & Napoleon March

6. Shopping Mall

7. Yearning And Blue

8. Hula Girl

9. Pedal Your Blues Away

10. La Gima Polka

11. Sing Song Girl

12. Home

13. My Gal Sal

14. Hano Hano Hawaii

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Sensitive guys who play old outdated tunes"; what a treat!, January 17, 2001

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James J. Bloom (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singing in the Bathtub (Audio CD)

I have all three of the original vinyl LP albums and thought I'd never get to hear these wonderful tunes again when my turntable broke and I switched to CDs. Crumb & Company complain in their self-mocking Suits Crybaby Blues: "Nobody likes our music, they all want stuff that's loud". Whatever the market may be, this music makes my soul soar. It's not "Camp", that 60s fad where truly bad pop culture was held up as unconscious self-parody. These multi-talented, multimedia artists lovingly render these obscure, high-spirited and quaintly corny echoes from a more innocent era. Naive, a bit goofy, and even somewhat racist in an innocent way ( "Sing Song Girl" portrays cartoonish orientals)this music evokes the enthusiastic rowdiness of an America on a binge. Much like R. Crumb's comix, the stuff may be a bit politically incorrect and even grotesque, but it is raucously entertaining.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy, heartfelt, tongue-in-cheek .. this is music my friend, December 16, 1998

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This review is from: Singing in the Bathtub (Audio CD)

As if it weren't enough that Robert Crumb was one of the outstanding inventors of the 60's style underground cartoon art (often imitated, never duplicated .. remember Janis Joplin's first album cover?) .. this album has got to be one of the understated works of our time. Robert has an outstanding line up (for example, Brozman who is a slack key style player, and also appears as an instructor in Home Spun Video tape courses). I love this stuff! It makes me happy .. it's sincere and heartfelt .. qualities which are completely absent in so much of today's modern over marketed trend ridden music! This CD actually put me in touch with a part of myself that had been long lost .. experiencing the fun and enjoyment of listening to good music performed with spirit. -- Big Nick

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thugs with jugs, November 29, 1999

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Mr. Motrin (Clarksville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Singing in the Bathtub (Audio CD)

I happen to own the original three records of Robert Crumb and his CSS. Grand is the only word to fill the title on this album.