Lament for the Numb

Lament For The Numb is a 1993 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn and an outfit he named The Stone People—album producer Mitchell Froom on keyboards and bassist and drummer Bruce Thomas and Pete Thomas from Elvis Costello's rhythm section. The album was recorded and mixed by Tchad Blake at the Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood. Dobbyn felt that the album was "edgy", but his record company initially called it 'unreleasable', and its release was delayed by a year.

Lament for the Numb
Studio album by Dave Dobbyn & the Stone People
Released	1993
Genre	Rock
Length	33:29
Label	Trafalgar Records
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Dave Dobbyn chronology
The Dave Dobbyn Collection (1992) Lament for the Numb (1993) Twist (1994)
Singles from Lament for the Numb
"Maybe the Rain" Released: July 1993 "Belle of the Ball" Released: 1993 "Don't Hold Your Breath" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lament for the Numb"	3:32
2.	"Falling Off a Log"	2:45
3.	"Belle of the Ball"	3:58
4.	"The Expert"	3:47
5.	"Palace"	2:20
6.	"Bring The House Down"	2:57
7.	"Buried in the Backyard"	2:36
8.	"Maybe the Rain"	2:50
9.	"Belltower"	3:59
10.	"Love Over All"	3:01
11.	"Don't Hold Your Breath"	4:49

Personnel

• Dave Dobbyn – vocals, guitar, piano
• Mitchell Froom – keyboards
• Bruce Thomas – bass
• Pete Thomas – drums, percussion

External links

• 'The Black Album', Nick Bollanger 1994 NZ Listener review