Roll Out the Barrel (album)

Roll Out the Barrel
Studio album by Jad Fair and Kramer
Released	1988
Recorded	Noise New York (New York City, NY)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	51:11
Label	Shimmy Disc
Producer	Kramer
Jad Fair chronology
Best Wishes (1987) Roll Out the Barrel (1988) It's Spooky (1989)
Kramer chronology
Happiness Finally Came to Them (1987) Roll Out the Barrel (1988) Real Men (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Roll Out the Barrel is a studio album by Jad Fair and Kramer, released in 1988 by Shimmy Disc.^[2]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Spex	Germany	Albums of the Year[3]	1988	24

Track listing

All lyrics written by Penn Jillette, except where noted, all music composed by Mark Kramer, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheerleaders Wild Weekend"	Jad Fair, Don Fleming, Mark Kramer	1:13
2.	"Double for Me"		0:59
3.	"Bird of Prey"	Jad Fair, Don Fleming, Mark Kramer	2:41
4.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (Bob Dylan cover)	Bob Dylan	1:22
5.	"If It's O.K."		1:24
6.	"Better Safe Than Sorry"		0:22
7.	"Den of Angels"		1:27
8.	"Blind Hope"		1:07
9.	"California"		4:18
10.	"When Is She Coming"		1:24
11.	"Second Thought"		1:39
12.	"Eye of the Hurricane"		0:54
13.	"Best Left Unsaid"		1:27
14.	"No One Knows"		2:21
15.	"By and By"	Traditional arr.	2:17
16.	"Help!" (The Beatles cover)	Lennon–McCartney	2:37
17.	"Around and Around" (Chuck Berry cover)	Chuck Berry	2:01
18.	"What I've Been Waiting For"		1:53
19.	"Load and Mount"		2:58
20.	"Nosferatu"		0:46
21.	"Twist and Shout"	Phil Medley, Bert Russell	1:15
22.	"King Kong" (Daniel Johnston cover)	Daniel Johnston	4:28
23.	"Rockin' Chair"	Hoagy Carmichael	2:31
24.	"Easy to See"		1:24
25.	"On the Sunny Side of the Street"	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	2:16
26.	"Flower of the North"		1:44
27.	"Paths of Glory"	Traditional arr.	2:23

Personnel

Adapted from Roll Out the Barrel liner notes.^[4]

Musicians Jad Fair – vocals, guitar Don Fleming – guitar Kramer – production, engineering David Licht – drums, percussion Rebby Sharp – vocals, banjo John Zorn – saxophone

Additional musicians Ralph Carney – saxophone (9) Kim Gordon – instruments (22) Scott Jarvis – drums (23) Penn Jillette – vocals (4, 21) Thurston Moore – instruments (22) Production and additional personnel David Fair – illustrations

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1988	Shimmy Disc	CS, LP	shimmy 012
Netherlands			CD, LP	SDE 8802
United States	1999		CD	SHM-5012

References

1. Rovi. "Ralph Carney: Roll Out the Barrel > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
2. Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
3. "Albums of the Year - 1988". Spex. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
4. Roll Out the Barrel (booklet). Jad Fair and Kramer. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1988.

External links

• Roll Out The Barrel at Discogs (list of releases)