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The Bobs is an a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

album by The Bobs

The Bobs

The Bobs were dubbed the first new wave a cappella group in history when they were founded in San Francisco, California in the early 1980s. Now based in Seattle, Washington, this genre-bending, eccentric vocal group has maintained a healthy cult following in the U.S...

, released in 1983. The group's music is sometimes referred to as New Wave A Cappella. The vocal arrangement of "Helter Skelter" was nominated for a Grammy award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

in 1984.

LP

"Art For Art's Sake" – 2:58
"Prisoner Of Funk" – 4:03
"I Hate The Beach Boys" – 3:11
"Bus Plunge" – 2:36
"Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
"Helter Skelter" (Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

, McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

) – 1:52
"Through The Wall" – 3:55
"Be My Yoko" – 2:20
"Lazy Susan" – 3:04
"Trash" – 3:33
"The Deprogrammer" – 4:43

CD

"Art For Art's Sake" – 2:58
"Prisoner Of Funk" – 4:03
"I Hate The Beach Boys" – 3:11
"Bus Plunge" – 2:36
"Cowboy Lips" – 3:26
"Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:52
"Through The Wall" – 3:55
"Be My Yoko" (Pritchard) – 3:04
"Lazy Susan" – 3:04
"Nose To Nose" – 2:02
"Trash" – 3:33
"The Deprogrammer" – 4:43
"Eddie The Jinx" – 3:22
"Democratic Process" – 2:23
"Psycho Killer
Psycho Killer
"Psycho Killer" is a song by American New Wave band Talking Heads from their 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Allmusic calls it a...

" (Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...

, Weymouth
Tina Weymouth
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side. Weymouth was a cheerleader in high school...

, Frantz
Chris Frantz
Chris Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He was the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club.-Career:...

) – 3:27

Personnel

Gunnar "Bob" Madsen – vocals
Matthew "Bob" Stull – vocals
Janie "Bob" Scott – vocals (except "Eddie The Jinx")
Richard "Bob" Greene – vocals

on "Eddie the Jinx" (recorded before The Bobs transcended musical instruments):

Madsen / Greene – vocorder and keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

, Brad Bill Horn – drums

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