Today Wonder is the fourth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints...

 recorded in 1990 and released on the Hot label.. The album was re-released in 2002 with eight bonus tracks recorded for a Dutch radio station.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4 stars and states "Today Wonder in many ways was the release that helped determine part (if not all) of Ed Kuepper's future work. Specifically, it's the way around close, quiet, but still tense and strong performances... The end result's a beauty of a record".

Track listing

All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated

1. "Horse Under Water" - 6:04
2. "Always the Woman Pays" - 3:13
3. "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" - 4:33
4. "What You Don't Know" - 4:01
5. "I'd Rather Be the Devil" (Skip James
   Skip James
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   ) - 4:24
6. "There's Nothing Natural" - 3:45
7. "Today Wonder Medley: Today Wonder/Hey Gyp/White Houses" (Kuepper, Donovan Leitch
   Donovan Leitch
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   , Eric Burdon
   Eric Burdon
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   ) - 4:32
8. "Pretty Mary" - 3:41
9. "Eternally Yours" - 5:33
10. "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin
    Tim Hardin
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    ) - 3:57
11. "Intermission" - 0:18
12. "Always the Woman Pays" [Live] - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "What You Don't Know" [Live] - 4:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Pretty Mary" [Live] - 4:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Today Wonder Medley" [Live] (Kuepper, Leitch, Burdon) - 4:14 Bonus track on CD reissue
16. "Horse Under Water" [Live] - 5:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
17. "I Am Your Prince/Told Myself" [Live] - 7:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
18. "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" [Live] - 4:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
    • Recorded at Electric Avenue Studio, Rozelle, Sydney, Australia (tracks 1-10) and Holland (tracks 11-18).

Personnel

• Ed Kuepper
  Ed Kuepper
  Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints...
  
   - vocals, 12 string guitar, elastic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Mark Dawson - drums
  Drum kit
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  , cardboard box
  Cardboard box
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