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Track List
01) Fragment: Little N.Y. Ode
02) A Day at the Races
03) Times Square's Cage
04) A Child Growing Up With the Sun
05) Tiny Tortures
06) To the National Endowment of the Arts
07) Terrorist Trousers
08) Monologue: The Loss of American Innocence
09) For Elizabeth
10) Sampling Nietzsche
11) Just Visiting
12) Praying Mantis
01) Fragment: Little N.Y. Ode
02) A Day at the Races
03) Times Square's Cage
04) A Child Growing Up With the Sun
05) Tiny Tortures
06) To the National Endowment of the Arts
07) Terrorist Trousers
08) Monologue: The Loss of American Innocence
09) For Elizabeth
10) Sampling Nietzsche
11) Just Visiting
12) Praying Mantis
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First Released
1991
Poetry
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Spokenword
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Not a rock & roll album like his three early-'80s releases with the Jim Carroll Band, 1991's Praying Mantis is a spoken word disc recorded live at St. Marks Church in the Bowery. Taking poems and monologues from his collections Living at the Movies (1973), The Book of Nods (1986), and Forced Entries (1987), as well as some new material and a 14-minute improvised monologue/prose poem/rant called "The Loss of American Innocence," Praying Mantis is like a greatest poetry hits collection. Those who aren't fans of Carroll's Rimbaud/Verlaine-derived poetry will not have their minds changed (indeed, his harsh Noo Yawk accent sometimes obscures the language's power), but it's pretty essential for fans.
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Not a rock & roll album like his three early-'80s releases with the Jim Carroll Band, 1991's Praying Mantis is a spoken word disc recorded live at St. Marks Church in the Bowery. Taking poems and monologues from his collections Living at the Movies (1973), The Book of Nods (1986), and Forced Entries (1987), as well as some new material and a 14-minute improvised monologue/prose poem/rant called "The Loss of American Innocence," Praying Mantis is like a greatest poetry hits collection. Those who aren't fans of Carroll's Rimbaud/Verlaine-derived poetry will not have their minds changed (indeed, his harsh Noo Yawk accent sometimes obscures the language's power), but it's pretty essential for fans.
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