Orphan's Tragedy

Orphan's Tragedy is the seventh studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band The Cows.[2][3] It was released on September 9, 1994, by Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Orphan's Tragedy
Studio album by Cows
Released	September 13, 1994
Recorded	Black Box Studios (Noyant-la-Gravoyère, France)
Genre	Noise rock
Length	48:53
Label	Amphetamine Reptile
Producer	Iain Burgess, Cows, Peter Deimel
Cows chronology
Sexy Pee Story (1993) Orphan's Tragedy (1994) Nuggets & Doozies (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cows.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cow Island"	3:08
2.	"Pussy Is a Monarchy"	3:59
3.	"Orphan's Tragedy"	3:16
4.	"Allergic to Myself"	3:08
5.	"Unrefixed"	1:16
6.	"The Bucket"	2:30
7.	"Pickled Garbage Soup"	4:54
8.	"I'm Both"	3:09
9.	"Witch Hunt"	3:29
10.	"Taxi"	2:47
11.	"Baby Love"	2:26
12.	"My Bob"	4:04
13.	"Shot Down"	4:18
14.	"Smell Shelf"	6:23

Personnel

Adapted from the Orphan's Tragedy liner notes.[4]

Cows Thor Eisentrager – guitar Norm Rogers – drums Kevin Rutmanis – bass guitar Shannon Selberg – vocals, bugle

Production and additional personnel Iain Burgess – production, engineering Peter Deimel - production, engineering Tom Hazelmyer – design John Largaespada – cover art Günter Pauler – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1993	Amphetamine Reptile	CD, CS, LP	AMREP 028
Germany			CD, LP	ARR 55/335

References

1. Dougan, John. "Cows: Orphan's Tragedy > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
2. Thompson, Dave (June 20, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
3. Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
4. Orphan's Tragedy (booklet). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1994.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Orphan's Tragedy at Discogs (list of releases)