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Albums compilations with lyrics by Brookings:

Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings
LP and cassette (Shimmy-Disc, 1989)

Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings Volume 2: Place of General Happiness CD and cassette (ESD, 1991)

Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings Volume 3: Delicacy & Nourishment CD (ESD, 1992)

Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings Volume 4: Outstandingly Ignited CD (ESD, 1995)

Ernie: Songs of Ernest Noyes Brookings CD (Gadfly, 2001)


Brookings’ songs on releases by other artists:

Amazing Delores, The
“Coal” on the CD Stop Messin’ With My Mind (Upstart Records, 1995)

Bennett, Samm & Chunk
“Shut Up” on the CDs Life of Crime (Knitting Factory Works, 1991) and the compilation Knitting Factory Tours Europe 1991 (Knitting Factory Works, 1991)

Between Meals
“John Lennon and The Beatles” on the EP On No, I Knocked Over a Cup of Coffee (Iridescence, 1985)

Bim Skala Bim
“Fifty” on the CD How’s It Goin’? (Unsigned Records, 1990)

Brave Combo
“Skin” on the CD Mood Swing Music (Rounder, 1996)

Cartwright, George
“Baby” on the CD Dot (Cuneiform Records, 1994). This is a slightly shorter version than on Ernie: Songs of Ernest Noyes Brookings

Christmas
“Hot Dog” on the LP/CD Ultraprophets of Thee Psykick Revolution (IRS, 1989)

Dryer
“May” the final, hidden track on the CD, Out of the Loop (Paint Chip Records, 1998)

Dugans, The
“Seattle, Washington” split 45 RPM record with The Young Fresh Fellows (Kranepool Records, 1995)

Dump
“White Worms” on the CD A Plea for Tenderness (Brinkman, 1999)

Enormous Richard
“Second Month” (original poem title “February”) on the CD Warm Milk on the Porch (Hush Hush, 1992)
“Fifteen” on the CD Warm Milk on the Porch (Hush Hush, 1992). Subsequently released under the name Eleanor Roosevelt of Outstandingly Ignited

Fair, Jad
“Baseball,” “Cha Cha,” “Chairs,” “Checkers,” “Cheese,” “The Eiffel Tower,” “Frankenstein Monster,” “Hillbillies,” “Horses,” “Hot Dog,” “Pajamas,” “Rocket Ship,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Shakespeare,” “Shoe Strings,” “Snakes,” “Speed of Sound,” “Vampire,” “Water,” on the CD Greater Expectations (TEC Tones, 1991)
“Frankenstein Monster,” “Horses,” “Hot Dog,” “Pajamas,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Shakespeare,” “Shoe Strings,” “Vampire,” on the CD The Best of Jad Fair Vol 1 (Meldac, Japan, 1995)
“Baseball,” “The Eiffel Tower,” “Speed of Sound,” on the CD The Best of Jad Fair Vol 2 (Meldac, Japan, 1995)

Fair, Jad & Naofumi Ishimaru
“April,” “Brigham’s Ice Cream and Coffee Shop,” “Candy,” “Charlie Chaplin,” “Forty Monsters,” “Haircuts,” “Hope/Bogart,” “Intuition,” “Pepper and Salt,” “Sleep,” “Taking a Bath,” “Time,” “Typewriter,” “Water,” on the CD Half Robot (Sakura, Japan, 1992)

Figgs, The
“Citizen’s Band” on the split 45 RPM record with The Incredible Casuals (Kranepool Records, 1997)

Half Japanese
“Ear” on We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love (Ralph Records, 1990)

Incredible Casuals, The
“Ape” on the split 45 RPM record with The Figgs (Kranepool Records, 1997)

Judas & Natasha Experiments
“A Wedding” on their self-titled CD (Hair of the Dog, 1991)

Laughing Academy
“Umbrella” on the cassette Of Rhyme & Reason (Camaraderie Music, 1985)

Little Jack Melody & His Young Turks
“Fashion Parade” on the CD World of Fireworks (Carpe Diem, 1994). This is a rerecorded version from what’s on Delicacy & Nourishment.

Magnapop
“Ear” on their self-titled CD (Play It Again Sam, Holland, 1991)

Morphine
“Mail” on the CD B-Sides and Otherwise (Rykodisc, 1997)

Mr. Curt
“Chairs” on the CD The Prodigal Muse (Camaraderie Music, 1999). Same version was released under the name of The Exis on Outstandingly Ignited

Only A Mother
“Vegetables” on the CD Naked Songs for Contortionists (TEC Tones, 1996)

Pale Nudes, The
“Duplex Nursing Home” on the CD Wise to the Heat (RecRec Music, Switzerland, 1995)

Partridge, Andy
“Rocket” on the cassette The Bull With the Golden Guts (Little Express, 1992). Same song released under the name XTC on Volume 2: Place of General Happiness

Sharp, Rebby
“The Harmfulness of Tobacco” on the CD In One Mouth and Out the Other (Shimmy-Disc, 1990)

Space Negroes
“Robot” the CD Dig Archaeology (ARF! ARF!, 1992). This same song was credited to Erik Lindgren on Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings

Splatter Trio
“Cha Cha” on the CD Splatterarities (Limited Sedition, 1998)

XTC
“Rocket” on XTC Demos 2 (bootleg CD)

Yo La Tengo
“Artificial Heart” (from Delicacy & Nourishment), on the CD Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (Matador, 1996)

Young Fresh Fellows
“Yankee Magazine” on the compilation CD Hit the Hay (Sweden, 1995) and on the split 45 RPM single with The Dugans (Kranepool Records, 1995)

Many of these titles are available in the Ernest Noyes Brookings' section of the giftshop.

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