The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get

The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get
	CD edition cover art
Studio album by My Dad Is Dead
Released	July 24, 1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Studio	The Beat Farm (Cleveland, Ohio)
Genre	Post-punk
Length	82:58 (LP); 72:04 (CD)
Label	Homestead
Producer	Chris Burgess
My Dad Is Dead chronology

The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get is an album by the American post-punk band My Dad Is Dead, released in 1989 through Homestead Records.[2][3][4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Production

Aside from some bass and accordion, Mark Edwards played all of the instruments on the album.[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Edwards veers relatively close to the musical mainstream ... with considerable success. His lyrics, meanwhile, have grown less morose and more philosophical, and he sings them with new-found expressiveness."[6] Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the album "covers everything from pretty, jangly guitar instrumentals to Joy Division- and Devo-referencing New Wave numbers."[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Lack of a Better Word"	Mark Edwards	5:10
2.	"The Big Picture"	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	6:24
3.	"Seven Years"	Mark Edwards	5:10
4.	"Too Far Gone"	Mark Edwards	4:29

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Planes Crashing"	Mark Edwards	4:30
2.	"Boundaries"	Mark Edwards	3:53
3.	"Can't Get Started"	Mark Edwards	5:26
4.	"The Only One"	Mark Edwards	4:54

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"World on a String (CD edition cuts lengthy instrumental intro)"	Mark Edwards	5:27
2.	"Meep - Meep (Absent on CD edition)"	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	5:25
3.	"What Can I Do"	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	6:26

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whirlpool"	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	3:00
2.	"Nothing Special"	Mark Edwards	4:49
3.	"A Man Possessed"	Mark Edwards	5:11
4.	"Sweet Company" (Absent on CD edition)	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	5:29
5.	"So Much to Lose"	Jeff Curtis/Mark Edwards	5:33

Personnel

My Dad Is Dead

Mark Edwards – vocals, instruments
Jeff Curtis – bass guitar

Additional musicians and production

Chris Burgess – production, engineering, mixing
Tim Gilbride – photography
James Wilson – accordion on "Sweet Company"

References

Jeffries, David. "The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
"My Dad Is Dead | Biography & History". AllMusic.
Parker, Chris (July 20, 2011). "Five essential My Dad is Dead records". INDY Week.
Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
"LPS". Option. 30–35: 112.
"My Dad Is Dead". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
n/a (2013-09-06). "My Dad Is Dead - The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get". tinymixtapes.com. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

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[allmusic-1] Jeffries, David. "The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

[2] "My Dad Is Dead | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[3] Parker, Chris (July 20, 2011). "Five essential My Dad is Dead records". INDY Week.

[4] Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.

[OP-5] "LPS". Option. 30–35: 112.

[TP-6] "My Dad Is Dead". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[TMT-7] /a (2013-09-06). "My Dad Is Dead - The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get". tinymixtapes.com. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2017-05-05.