Word Up (1995 album)

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Name = Word Up
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Various Artists
Released = 1995
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Genre = spoken word
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Label = Virgin-EMI (Canada)/Caroline (US)
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"Word Up" was a Canadian compilation album of spoken word poetry, released in 1995. Released on Virgin-EMI in Canada and Caroline Records in the United States, the album was also accompanied by a series of videos which aired on MuchMusic and Bravo!

The album opened and closed with brief instrumental pieces by jazz musician George Koller.

Track listing

# George Koller, "Introduction" (0:37)
# Reg E. Gaines, "Everybody" (0:56)
# Nancy Dembowski, "Sweets" (1:21)
# Lillian Allen, "So What" (0:39)
# Courtnay McFarlane, "Catharsis" (3:21)
# Jean Smith, "The Dogs" (1:22)
# Sheri-D Wilson, "I Am a Closet New Yorker" (2:10)
# Bob Holman, "Lounge Chair" (0:45)
# Dasez Scott, "The Green" (1:21)
# Jill Battson, "Incident on College Street" (0:41)
# Lillian Allen, "Limbo Dancer" (4:04)
# Tracie Morris, "Observations" (0:59)
# Meryn Cadell, "Roommate" (2:22)
# Dasez Scott, "Pressure on the Heart" (0:28)
# Jill Battson, "The Hanging" (1:16)
# Jean Smith, "Don't Shoot Till You See the Whites of Their Eyes" (2:16)
# John Giorno, "Andy Warhol's Movie Sleep" (1:29)
# SPaZ, "Evening News" (1:16)
# Judy Radul, "Baby, You've Caught the Culture, Now You've Got to Rip Out the Stuffing and Bury the Head" (1:43)
# Anthony Bansfield, "Rows of Photos (Montreal's Most Wanted)" (1:53)
# Robert Priest, "Poem for the Ancient Trees" (2:36)
# Bob Holman, "One Way of Looking at a Blackbird" (0:13)
# Jeannette Armstrong, "Grandmothers" (2:36)
# John B. Lee, "Jimi Hendrix in the Company of Cows" (1:49)
# Darryl Keyes, "Excision" (1:23)
# Ian Stephens, "Diary of a Trademark" (6:11)
# Lisa Buscani, "Counting" (1:08)
# Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, "What Does a Lesbian Look Like?" (1:04)
# Alex Fergusson, "Kitty Cries Revenge" (0:46)
# Todd Colby, "Cake" (0:57)
# Clifton Joseph, "Monk" (4:27)
# John Sobol, "Dynomite" (2:08)
# Geneviève Letarte, "Fragment 75" (0:40)
# Mansa, "And Look What the Future Has Wrought" (1:25)
# Aaron Williamson, "And How Do We Connect Language Up to the Body?" (1:07)
# Sheri-D Wilson, "Sin City" (4:50)
# Jelani, "By the Numbers" (0:57)
# Lori Weidenhammer, "Rescue 119" (1:34)
# Tracie Morris, "So What" (2:29)
# Shafiq, "Message to the People" (1:03)
# Clifton Joseph, "Survival (In the City)" (2:55)
# Nancy Dembowski, "Tenor Sax" (0:43)
# Bob Holman, "The Relationship" (0:06)
# Julie Bruck, "Car Alarm" (1:30)
# Anton, "Say No" (1:04)
# George Koller, "Finale" (0:30)