Torment (Zoogz Rift album)

Torment
Studio album by Zoogz Rift
Released	December 1989
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	38:01
Label	SST (251)
Producer	Zoogz Rift
Zoogz Rift chronology
Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins (1988) Torment (1989) War Zone: Music for Obnoxious Yuppie Scum (1990)

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Torment is the eleventh studio album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in December 1989 by SST Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zoogz Rift, except "Sweet Surrender" by Tim Buckley

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hi Mom I'm Home"	4:36
2.	"Torment"	2:32
3.	"Dead Planet Earth"	3:47
4.	"Naked on the Mountain (Looking at the Sea)"	3:27
5.	"The Secret Marines Sex Kitten Beach Party"	3:51
6.	"This Town Sucks"	1:59

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"United We Fall"	1:00
2.	"Sweet Surrender" (Tim Buckley cover)	6:55
3.	"Meet Me at Stinky's"	1:53
4.	"Defecation Rainbow"	1:40
5.	"Bad Risk"	2:29
6.	"Popcorn Scumbago"	3:44

CD issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Candy Girl" (The Four Seasons cover)	Larry Santos	2:30
14.	"Medley" (Peripheral Darkness/Boogie Woogie Waltz)		14:32
15.	"Low Life"		2:24
16.	"Let a Man Come in and Eat the Popcorn Parts 47 and 93"		8:16
17.	"Sweet Surrender #2" (Tim Buckley cover)	Tim Buckley	6:13
18.	"Let a Man Come in and Eat the Popcorn"		2:04

Personnel

Adapted from the Torment liner notes.

• Zoogz Rift – vocals, guitar, percussion

Musicians

• Tom Brown – drums, percussion, additional vocals
• Richie Hass – vibraphone
• Willie Lapin – bass guitar, percussion, additional vocals
• Marc Mylar – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Jonathan "Mako" Sharkey – synthesizer, percussion, additional vocals

Production and additional personnel

• John Golden – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	SST	LP	SST 251
	1994		CD

External links

• Torment at iTunes
• Torment at Discogs (list of releases)