- God Bless Tiny Tim
Infobox Album | Name = "God Bless Tiny Tim"
Type =Album
Artist = Tiny Tim
Released = 1968
Recorded = 1968
Genre =Traditional pop Psychedelic pop Psychedelic rock
Length = 46:38
Label = Reprise
Producer =Richard Perry
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:fnfpxqq5ldse link]
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This album = God Bless Tiny Tim 1968
Next album =Tiny Tim's Second Album 1968"God Bless Tiny Tim" was the first album by Tiny Tim. Released in 1968 on the Reprise label, it included "TipToe Through the Tulips" (the song which made him famous), a version of "
I Got You Babe ", and a collection of more obscure songs. Many of the songs have humorous lyrics, are sung for humorous effect, or have an unexpected hook. It is widely praised, but was not released on CD until the late 1990s, and then only inJapan .The album was produced by
Richard Perry , who had producedCaptain Beefheart 's first album, "Safe As Milk", and was to go on to produceDiana Ross ,Rod Stewart andRingo Starr . The arrangements are byArtie Butler .The songs were written by a variety of composers, most from the early 20th century, and most rather obscure, although "
I Got You Babe " was bySonny Bono , and "Stay Down Here Where You Belong " was byIrving Berlin .For some of the album, Tim sings in his unusual
falsetto style. However, on a number of songs, "Stay Down Here Where You Belong", "The Coming Home Party" and others) he singsbaritone , demonstrating his voice's great range. In "On the Old Front Porch", "Daddy, Daddy, What is Heaven Like?" and on "I Got You Babe" he sings both baritone and falsetto, alternating between the two. A joke in "I Got You Babe" is revealed in the last words where both baritone and falsetto voices unexpectedly sing at once, revealing the apparently agile duet is actually himself singing double-tracked.Track listing
#Welcome to My Dream
#Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me
#Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight
#On The Old Front Porch
#The Viper
#Stay Down Here Where You Belong
#Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
#Strawberry Tea
#The Other Side
#Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut)
#Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?
#The Coming Home Party
#Fill Your Heart
#I Got You, Babe
#This Is All I Ask
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