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- Artist: The Residents
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- Release Date: 1974
- Type: Avant-garde, Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
The Residents are true avant-garde crazies. Their earliest albums (of which this is the first) have precedents in Captain Beefheart's experimental albums, Frank Zappa's conceptual numbers from Freak Out!, the work of Steve Reich, and the compositions of chance music tonemeister John Cage -- yet the Residents' work of this time really sounds like nothing else that exists. All of the music on this release consists of deconstructions of countless rock and non-rock styles, which are then grafted together to create chaotic, formless, seemingly haphazard numbers; the first six "songs" (including a fragment from the Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'") are strung together to form a larger entity similar in concept to the following lengthier selections. The result is a series of unique, odd, challenging numbers that are nevertheless not entirely successful. The album cover is a fierce burlesque of the Beatles' first U.S. Capitol label release, sporting puerilely doctored photographs of the Fab Four on the front and pictures of collarless-suited sea denizens on the back (identified as Paul McCrawfish, Ringo Starfish, and the like). This is an utterly bizarre platter that may appeal to very adventurous listeners. ~ David Cleary, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Boots | The Residents | (0:54) | |
| Numb Erone | The Residents | The Residents | (1:07) |
| Guylum Bardot | The Residents | The Residents | (1:19) |
| Breath and Length | The Residents | The Residents | (1:44) |
| Consuelo's Departure | The Residents | The Residents | (0:59) |
| Smelly Tongues | The Residents | The Residents | (1:44) |
| Rest Aria | The Residents | The Residents | (5:09) |
| Skratz | The Residents | The Residents | (1:43) |
| Spotted Pinto Bean | The Residents | The Residents | (5:27) |
| Infant Tango | The Residents | The Residents | (5:28) |
| Seasoned Greetings | The Residents | The Residents | (5:13) |
| N-Er-Gee (Crisis Blues) | The Residents | The Residents | (7:16) |
