{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Inflated Tear | type = studio | artist = Roland Kirk | cover = Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1968|06|14}} | recorded = November 27–30, 1967 | venue = | studio = Webster Hall, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = {{Duration|m=37|s=43}} | label = Atlantic | producer = Joel Dorn | prev_title = Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = Left & Right | next_year = 1968 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-inflated-tear-mw0000765520|title=The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk|work=AllMusic|first=Thom|last=Jurek|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> | noprose = yes |rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=828}}</ref> }} '''''The Inflated Tear''''' is a studio album by Roland Kirk, released on Atlantic in 1968.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=roland+kirk+%22Inflated+Tear%22+billboard&pg=PA44 |title=New Album Releases |magazine=Billboard |date=1968-07-13 |page=44 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> It was re-released in 1998 by Rhino featuring a bonus track and extensive liner notes. In 2017, ''Pitchfork'' placed it at number 170 on its list of the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/?page=2?page=2|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2/10)|work=Pitchfork|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Roland Kirk, except where noted | title1 = The Black and Crazy Blues | length1 = 6:07 | title2 = A Laugh for Rory | length2 = 2:54 | title3 = Many Blessings | length3 = 4:45 | title4 = Fingers in the Wind | length4 = 4:18 | title5 = The Inflated Tear | length5 = 4:58 | title6 = Creole Love Call | writer6 = Duke Ellington | length6 = 3:53 | title7 = A Handful of Fives | length7 = 2:42 | title8 = Fly by Night | length8 = 4:19 | title9 = Lovellevelliloqui | length9 = 4:17 }} {{Track listing | headline = CD edition bonus track | title10 = I'm Glad There Is You | writer10 = Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz | length10 = 2:12 }}
==Personnel== * Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexatone * Rahn Burton – piano * Steve Novosel – bass * Jimmy Hopps – drums * Dick Griffin (incorrectly credited on the LP sleeve as Dick Griffith) – trombone (on "Fly by Night")
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| US Jazz Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rahsaan-roland-kirk-mn0000864257/awards|title=Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Awards|work=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307010119/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rahsaan-roland-kirk-mn0000864257/awards|archive-date=March 7, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref> | 19 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|33347|The Inflated Tear}} {{Rahsaan Roland Kirk}}
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