It Came from Pier 13! (1997)

About this title: At 14 tracks in just under 27 minutes, the Bomboras' It Came from Pier 13! is the perfect length for an all-instrumental surf album, avoiding the often tiresome repetitive padding that plagues many similar records. The Bomboras understand that brevity is the soul of surf, and each of these songs is only long enough to introduce a cool, reverb-soaked riff or kitsch-exotica rhythm, let leader Jake Bombora's greasy Farfisa organ or Gregg Hunt's Dick Dale-style leads solo over it for a while (with occasional blasts of saxophone for good measure, as on the blowout "Kamikaze"), and then gracefully ... read more

Tracks:

1. It Came from Pier 13 (Main Theme) [Davies/Page]
2. Kamikaze [Johnson]
3. The Tomb [Bomboras]
4. Guitar Grinder [Bomboras]
5. Pier Thirteen [Bomboras]
6. The Creeper [Wilson/Edwards/Bogl]
7. She'll Do Ya Wrong [Bomboras]
8. The Ninth Wave [Wilson/Edwards/Bogl]
9. Bombora Stomp [Bomboras]
10. Hypnotica [Bomboras]
11. David's Mood [Wray/Grant]
12. Red River Valley [Traditional]
13. Stormy [Kusby]
14. It Came from Pier 13 (Reprise) [Davies/Page]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.