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- Artist: Tracy Bonham
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- Release Date: March 19, 1996
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Classically trained violinist Tracy Bonham emerged from Boston with her first major-label release, The Burdens of Being Upright. The album yielded a significant radio hit with the seething message "Mother Mother," which leads off the album. It raises the bar for the rest of the record and, although she doesn't quite match it, The Burdens of Being Upright is a riveting introduction. Bonham and bandmates tear through tracks like "Navy Bean" and "Bulldog" with energetic punk abandon. Bonham's lyrics are intelligent and her voice is powerful, sounding eerily like Liz Phair on songs like "Kisses," "Sharks Can't Sleep," and "Every Breath." ~ Tom Demalon, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Mother Mother (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (3:00) |
| Navy Bean (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (2:49) |
| Tell It to the Sky (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (4:05) |
| Kisses (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (2:20) |
| Brain Crack (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (1:04) |
| The One | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (3:26) |
| One Hit Wonder (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (3:01) |
| Sharks Can't Sleep (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (4:33) |
| Bulldog (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (2:07) |
| Every Breath (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (2:33) |
| 30 Seconds (Lyrics) | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (3:14) |
| The Real | Tracy Bonham | Tracy Bonham | (3:16) |
