Captain Beefheart and His Magical Band
1969
Tracks
1. Frownland
2. The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back
3. Dachau Blues
4. Ella Guru
5. Hair Pie: Bake 1
6. Moonlight on Vermont
7. Pachuco Cadaver
8. Bills Corpse
9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
10. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
11. China Pig
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. Dali's Car
14. Hair Pie: Bake 2
15. Pena
16. Well
17. When Big Joan Sets Up
18. Fallin' Ditch
19. Sugar 'n Spikes
20. Ant Man Bee
21. Orange Claw Hammer
22. Wild Life
23. She's Too Much for My Mirror
24. Hobo Chang Ba
25. The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)
26. Steal Softly thru Snow
27. Old Fart at Play
28. Veteran's Day Poppy
Amanda: I could, of course, attempt to convey in the following post the extent of my hatred for this album. I feel, however, that this would not do the hate justice. Another option would be to direct you to a link so you could hear exactly how god awful this album was. I am ruling that out too because what few readers we have are very precious to me. So, I am just deciding to give my rating and hope you take my word for it.
RATING: 0/5
This gets more interesting the more I hear it, particularly the drumming. The interplay between the two electric guitars is really complex, and same for the bass which is often doing its own thing. This defies description but I think the playing most resembles jazz in that it seems out of control, but isn't. The album is off-putting at times due to lack of cohesion on some songs, and at times the music seems intentionally confrontational or unpleasant. Could have been more appealing as a single album.
ReplyDeleteStandout track: "Pachuco Cadaver"