The Inflated Tear

The Inflated Tear
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released June 14, 1968
Recorded November 27–30, 1967
Genre Jazz
Length 37:43
Label Atlantic
Producer Joel Dorn
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Roland Kirk chronology
Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
(1967)		 The Inflated Tear
(1968)		 Left & Right
(1968)

The Inflated Tear is an album by Roland Kirk released in 1968. One of his most popular albums and sometimes regarded as his magnum opus, it established his reputation as a jazz composer and earned him a modicum of respect in music circles who had previously written him off as a sideshow.

It was re-released in 1998 by Rhino featuring a bonus track and extensive liner notes.

Track listing

All songs written by Roland Kirk, except where noted
  1. "The Black and Crazy Blues - 6:07
  2. "A Laugh for Rory" - 2:54
  3. "Many Blessings" - 4:45
  4. "Fingers in the Wind" - 4:18
  5. "The Inflated Tear" - 4:58
  6. "The Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 3:53
  7. "A Handful of Fives" - 2:42
  8. "Fly by Night" - 4:19
  9. "Lovellevellilloqui" - 4:17
CD bonus track
  1. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey/Paul Mertz) - 2:12

Personnel