The Burdens of Being Upright

Track Listing

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1. Mother Mother
2. Navy Bean
3. Tell It to the Sky
4. Kisses
5. Brain Crack
6. The One
7. One Hit Wonder
8. Sharks Can't Sleep
9. Bulldog
10. Every Breath
11. 30 Seconds
12. The Real

Press

Classically trained violinist Tracy Bonham emerged from Boston with her first major-label release, The Burdens of Being Upright, nominated for the Best Alternative Music Performance at the Grammy Awards and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (for "Mother Mother").

“The full-length debut of the Boston songwriter Tracy Bonham, The Burdens of Being Upright, mightily confirms the poetic promise hinted at on last year’s EP. Comparisons to recent been-around-the-block chick forebears (especially Liz Phair) are sure to abound, but the edgy incisiveness here is eclipsed by Bonham’s pop sparkle. Come for the sexual politics, but stay for the rock.”

-Entertainment, 1996