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Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)


Solid Citizen (1978)

  1. Free (2:26)
  2. Hot Dog (3:01)
  3. An Observer (2:01)
  4. You Can't Make a Lion Out of a Butterfly (2:40)
  5. Some People (0:59)
  6. The White Poets (2:11)
  7. The Black Poets (2:18)
  8. Looking for a Job (2:21)
  9. Another Academy (1:35)
  10. I Met a Genius (2:02)
  11. The Bones of My Uncle (1:23)
  12. The Fisherman (1:46)
  13. When Hugo Wolf Went Mad (1:08)
  14. Trading Insults (5:30)
  15. The Flower Lover (1:45)
  16. Love & Fame & Death (3:20)
  17. I've Always Had Problems With Money (1:30)
  18. The Place Didn't Look Bad (4:20)
  19. One for the Shoeshine Man (3:00)
  20. A Report on the Consumption of Myself (3:22)
  21. I Was Born to Hustle Roses Down the Avenues of the Dead (2:43)
  22. Cancer (13:53)

20 track collection of recordings of bukowski live in hamburg in 1978. Also include 4 bonus home recordings from 1969. His spoken word lyrics, later inspired 'the streets', with a style unique to the era. Beautifully crafted, poetic album.


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