Bob Wiseman
The underground, 1989: In America, Nirvana’s Bleach sells 10,000 copies. Sonic Youth almost breaks up while recording Goo, Negativland is sampling U2, and Husker Du is a Husker don’t. In the UK, acid house is taking over and everyone says rock is dead. In Toronto of that year, multi-instrumentalist Bob Wiseman takes a break from the drama of Blue Rodeo to record his first solo album Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle: In Her Dream for Warner Bros, an album Chart Magazine would eventually list on its top 100 Canadian albums of all time. Unlike most artists at the dawn of the 1990s, Bob decided to mess with his new corporate overlords from the get-go. Wiseman invented reclusive songwriter “Wrench Tuttle” as a front and kept the ruse up for much of time on Warners. While on tour in Europe earl
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Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
14
Albums
1
Total audio
1h 03m 10s
FMA listens
14,485
Favourites
53
Avg bitrate
190 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Folk | 1 |
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 14
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplane on the Highway | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 3m 12s | 3,511 |
| Older Brother | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 3m 57s | 1,613 |
| If I Knew | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 4m 44s | 1,167 |
| In Her Dream | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 5m 00s | 1,007 |
| Rock and Tree | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 5m 21s | 925 |
| No Commotion – Blind Horse | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 8m 58s | 876 |
| All The Trees | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 2m 33s | 833 |
| Ship At Sea | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 3m 10s | 794 |
| Dog On A Leash | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 2m 13s | 695 |
| Cockroach | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 | 4m 07s | 667 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 min | 2 | 14.3% |
| 3–6 min | 10 | 71.4% |
| Over 6 min | 2 | 14.3% |
Artists in the Same Folk Lineage
- 134 Big Blood tracks
- 99 Derek Clegg tracks
- 65 Roger McGuinn tracks
- 57 David Rovics tracks
- 46 Ed Askew tracks
- 42 Night Viking tracks
- 31 Kelly Latimore tracks
- 31 Garm tracks
Track Catalogue
14 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Older Brother [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 3m 57s | 1,613 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| No Commotion – Blind Horse [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 8m 58s | 876 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| If I Knew [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 4m 44s | 1,167 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Bhopal (Driftnet Plan) [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 3m 33s | 545 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Just Tourists [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 4m 11s | 639 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Cockroach [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 4m 07s | 667 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Ship At Sea [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 3m 10s | 794 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Dog On A Leash [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 2m 13s | 695 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| In Her Dream [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 5m 00s | 1,007 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Airplane on the Highway [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 3m 12s | 3,511 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Travel Agent [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 6m 43s | 638 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| All The Trees [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 2m 33s | 833 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| We Got Time [33, 66, 76] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | 5m 28s | 575 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Rock and Tree [94] | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle 1989 | Folk | 5m 21s | 925 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |