Happiness Finally Came to Them

Happiness Finally Came to Them
Studio album by Carney • Hild • Kramer
Released 1987
Recorded 1985 (1985) – 1987 (1987)
Studio Noise New York
(New York City, NY)
Genre Experimental rock
Length Vinyl: 42:49
CD: 52:16
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Ralph Carney chronology
Happiness Finally Came to Them
(1987)		 Black Power
(1994)Black Power1994
Kramer chronology
Happiness Finally Came to Them
(1987) Happiness Finally Came to Them1987		 Roll Out the Barrel
(1988) Roll Out the Barrel1988
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Allmusic[1]

Happiness Finally Came to Them is a studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, released in 1987 through Shimmy Disc.[2] It was the first album to be issued under any of the three musicians names, serving as both Carney's and Kramer's launching point for their respective solo careers. Although most of the songs are credited to all three musicians, Hild served as the album's primary songwriter and lyricist.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hands"Carney, Hild, Kramer2:28
2."Telephone"Carney, Hild, Kramer1:26
3."Clown"Carney, Hild, Kramer3:35
4."Nothing"Carney, Hild, Kramer3:02
5."Bank"Carney, Kramer3:12
6."Slowly"Carney, Hild1:48
7."Wanda"Carney, Kramer1:48
8."Larry"Carney, Hild, Kramer3:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Name" (The Beatles cover)Lennon–McCartney5:02
2."Barometer"Carney, Hild, Kramer1:10
3."Treefrog"Carney1:36
4."Turkeyfaced"Carney, Hild, Kramer1:58
5."Javalena"Carney2:16
6."Disguise"Carney, Hild, Kramer2:00
7."Lotto"Carney, Hild, Kramer2:14
8."End"Carney, Hild, Kramer, Plumbly2:32
9."3-D"Carney, Hild, Kramer2:49

Personnel

Adapted from Happiness Finally Came to Them liner notes.[4]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1987 Shimmy Disc LP Shimmy-007
Europe 1990 Shimmy Disc CD SDE 9027/CD

References

  1. ↑ "Ralph Carney: Happiness Finally Came to Them > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ Rompers, Terry (2007). "Kramer". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Coley, Byron (May 1988). "Underground: Daved Hild". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. 4 (2): 29. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Happiness Finally Came to Them (sleeve). Carney • Hild • Kramer. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1987.
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