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{{Infobox album
| name = Double Bummer
| type = [[Double album]]
| artist = [[Bongwater (band)|Bongwater]]
| cover = Bongwater - Double Bummer.JPG
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1988}}
| recorded = Noise New York<br /> {{small|([[New York City]], NY)}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Art rock]]
| length = 91:50
| label = [[Shimmy Disc]]
| producer = [[Kramer (musician)|Kramer]]
| prev_title = [[Breaking No New Ground!]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Too Much Sleep]]
| next_year = 1989
}}
'''''Double Bummer''''' is a [[Double album|double]]-[[Gramophone record|LP]] by [[Bongwater (band)|Bongwater]], released in 1988.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Alternative Rock |date=2000 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |page=214}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Earles |first1=Andrew |title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 |date=2014 |publisher=Quarto Publishing Group USA |pages=45–46}}</ref> The four-sided album contained songs about people ranging from [[Frank Sinatra]], [[David Bowie]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and a Cantonese version of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]".<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 240</ref> In 1998, the album was [[remaster]]ed by Alan Douches and [[Kramer (musician)|Kramer]] for its inclusion in ''[[Box of Bongwater]]'' set.<ref name="trouserpress">{{cite web |first1=Richard |last1=Gehr |first2=Jay |last2=Pattyn |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bongwater |title=Bongwater |publisher=[[Trouser Press]] |year=2007 |accessdate=August 4, 2015}}</ref> Music videos for the songs "Lesbians of Russia" and "Jimmy" were directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen. The album is referenced in the lyrics to the song "Lariat" by [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks]].

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000199818|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bongwater: ''Double Bummer'' > Review |website=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2015}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 17, 2020|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
In 2009, ''[[Cincinnati CityBeat]]'' called the album "an exquisite and spastic evocation of the confused time that spawned it, and a testament to the state of art rock in the late '80s."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Brian |title=Clearing Out '08 |work=CityBeat |date=January 15, 2009 |department=I Shall Be Released}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one (First Bummer)
| title1 = Lesbians of Russia
| writer1 = [[Kramer (musician)|Kramer]], [[David Licht]], [[Ann Magnuson]], [[Dave Rick]]
| length1 = 1:31
| title2 = Frank
| writer2 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length2 = 1:51
| title3 = [[The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)|We Did It Again]]
| note3 = [[Soft Machine]] cover
| writer3 = [[Kevin Ayers]]
| length3 = 2:17
| title4 = Homer
| writer4 = Kramer
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Joy Ride
| writer5 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson, Dave Rick
| length5 = 2:57
| title6 = Decadent Iranian Country Club
| writer6 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson, Dave Rick
| length6 = 2:48
| title7 = David Bowie Wants Ideas
| writer7 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length7 = 2:14
| title8 = [[Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song)|Rock & Roll Part 2]]
| note8 = [[Gary Glitter]] cover
| writer8 = [[Gary Glitter]]
| length8 = 3:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two (Second Bummer)
| title1 = [[Headquarters (the Monkees album)|Just May Be the One]]
| note1 = [[The Monkees]] cover
| writer1 = [[Michael Nesmith]]
| length1 = 1:53
| title2 = [[Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous|There You Go]]
| note2 = [[Johnny Cash]] cover
| writer2 = [[Johnny Cash]]
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Shark
| writer3 = Kramer
| length3 = 1:24
| title4 = Jimmy
| writer4 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Crime
| writer5 = Kramer
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Pornography
| writer6 = Kramer, Dave Rick
| length6 = 3:42
| title7 = Pew
| writer7 = Kramer
| length7 = 3:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three (Third Bummer)
| title1 = [[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed & Chinese]]
| note1 = [[Led Zeppelin]] cover
| writer1 = [[Jimmy Page]]
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = Bullaby
| writer2 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = So Help Me God
| writer3 = Kramer, Dave Rick
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = His Old Look
| writer4 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = Stone
| writer5 = Coby Batty, Kramer
| length5 = 2:26
| title6 = Number
| writer6 = Coby Batty, Kramer
| length6 = 4:44
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four (Final Bummer)
| title1 = [[Love You To]]
| note1 = [[The Beatles]] cover
| writer1 = [[George Harrison]]
| length1 = 2:16
| title2 = Reaganation
| writer2 = [[Tuli Kupferberg]]
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = Double Birth
| writer3 = Kramer
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = Bruce
| writer4 = Kramer, Ann Magnuson
| length4 = 2:18
| title5 = Pool
| writer5 = Kramer
| length5 = 4:40
| title6 = [[Rain (The Beatles song)|Rain]]
| writer6 = [[John Lennon]]
| note6 = [[The Beatles]] cover
| length6 = 5:45
}}

== Personnel ==
Adapted from the ''Double Bummer'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Double Bummer |others=[[Bongwater (band)|Bongwater]] |year=1988 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Shimmy Disc]] |location=New York City, New York}}</ref>
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;Bongwater
*[[Kramer (musician)|Kramer]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[Musical instrument|instruments]], [[record producer|production]], [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*[[David Licht]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Ann Magnuson]] – vocals, instruments
*[[Dave Rick]] – [[guitar]]
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;Production and additional personnel
*[[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]] – [[trumpet]]
*Michael Macioce – [[photography]]
*[[Gary Windo]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
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==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| [[United States]]
| 1988
|rowspan="2"| [[Shimmy Disc]]
| [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Compact Cassette|CS]], [[vinyl record|LP]]
| shimmy 011
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| 1990
| LP
| SDE 8801
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=95104 |name=Double Bummer+}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Kramer (musician)]]

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