The Inflated Tear

The Inflated Tear
The Inflated Tear
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	June 14, 1968
Recorded	November 27–30, 1967
Studio	Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:43
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Roland Kirk chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Inflated Tear is a studio album by Roland Kirk, released on Atlantic in 1968.^[4] It was re-released in 1998 by Rhino featuring a bonus track and extensive liner notes. In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 170 on its list of the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s".^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Roland Kirk, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Black and Crazy Blues"		6:07
2.	"A Laugh for Rory"		2:54
3.	"Many Blessings"		4:45
4.	"Fingers in the Wind"		4:18
5.	"The Inflated Tear"		4:58
6.	"Creole Love Call"	Duke Ellington	3:53
7.	"A Handful of Fives"		2:42
8.	"Fly by Night"		4:19
9.	"Lovellevelliloqui"		4:17

CD edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I'm Glad There Is You"	Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz	2:12

Personnel[edit]

Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexatone
Rahn Burton – piano
Steve Novosel – bass
Jimmy Hopps – drums
Dick Griffin (incorrectly credited on the LP sleeve as Dick Griffith) – trombone (on "Fly by Night")

Charts[edit]

Chart	Peak position
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[6]	19

References[edit]

^ Jurek, Thom. "The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "New Album Releases". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1968-07-13. p. 44.
^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2/10)". Pitchfork. August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ "Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

External links[edit]

The Inflated Tear at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Jurek, Thom. "The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] "New Album Releases". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1968-07-13. p. 44.

[5] "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2/10)". Pitchfork. August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

[6] "Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

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v t e Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Studio albums	Triple Threat (1957) Introducing Roland Kirk (1960) Kirk's Work (1961) We Free Kings (1962) Domino (1962) Reeds & Deeds (1963) The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963) Gifts & Messages (1964) I Talk with the Spirits (1964) Slightly Latin (1965) Rip, Rig and Panic (1965) Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967) The Inflated Tear (1967) Left & Right (1968) Volunteered Slavery (1969) Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971) Blacknuss (1972) A Meeting of the Times (1972) Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (1973) The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975) Other Folks' Music (1976) The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (1976) Kirkatron (1977) Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)
Live albums	Kirk in Copenhagen (1964) Here Comes the Whistleman (1965) Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970) Bright Moments (1973) I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 (1996) Brotherman in the Fatherland (2006)
Compilation albums	Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1997)