Reviews (page 3 of 9)
The whole time I listened I kept thinking this was some sort of inside joke. They can't really think this was good, right?
WTF was that lmao At least it wasnt boring per se. Weird? Yeah, absolutely. Unhearable? Not really. Would I listen to it ever again? Nop.
It’s nothing if not weird and creepy, which makes it pretty interesting in its own way, very much an acquired taste. This would also make for the most intense trip. Standouts don’t make sense on this one cause they each feel like a descent into madness.
Polémico: me gustó muchísimo y ver que tiene tan malas reseñas me sorprende, people just can't have fun. No me pareció tan experimental e inescuchable. Le pondría 5 estrellas nomás para joder, pero las tengo reservadas. Me dieron ganas de escuchar más cosas de The Residents.
Aha?
After a string of not so good albums… my only question is just how does this make the list? What sets this apart from so many great works? Not even sure
What the actual fuck did I just listen to? Creepy and unsettling.
After the endless number of mediocre 3-star albums on this list, it's nice to see something truly different and unique. It's not another brit-pop album that's trying to be the Beatles. It's not a dad rock album that we've all heard a million times. This truly is an album that you should listen to before you die. That being said, it's fucking terrible and I'm only giving it 1-star.
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen presents bizarre creativity and unconventional humor, but its fragmented structures and intentionally abrasive sound make sustained listening difficult, leaving the experience more intellectually curious than emotionally rewarding despite occasional flashes of originality and darkly playful experimentation that briefly capture attention before becoming exhausting again.
fav songs: the booker tease experimental, lo-fi, raw 40/100
La Cover est belle Franchement bah c’est bien ! C’est bizarre mais pas chiant et il y a des bonnes idées, je connais beaucoup plus prétentieux que ça, l’écoute est agréable L’ambiance est super chouette, c’est une maison horrifique le truc, mais en symphonie Après faut pas abuser non plus c’est pas excellent ou prodigieux
30 seconds in and I already regret hitting play. There’s avant-garde, and then there’s this. . . It’s the musical equivalent of opening a door and then realizing too late why it was closed. This sounds like a couple of rural glue sniffers from "the hills have eyes" got their hands on a keyboard and a tape recorder and made a night of it.
Incomprehensible that these guys got even one song recorded.
Never heard of album or band. “Alternative” does not give me high hopes. What the fuck is this first song. Some of the worst vocals I’ve ever heard. Random sounds thrown together but it actually kind of works. The vocals don’t. Exxagarator is fine. Nothing life changing. Vocals suck again. Booker tease is my fave so far. The first normal ish song. vocals are a lot better on blue rosebuds. Middle part is kinda goofy but not terrible. Dude needs to take the jaw breaker out of his mouth and sing normal on laughing song. I get that it’s alt so it’s not supposed to be normal but this shit just sucks. Production is pretty good the vocals just ruin it. The weird squeaking on Bach is dead is terrible. Giving me a headache. Normal vocals at least, and they actually sound pretty good. Album would be way better if all of the vocals sounded I like that. More of the same trash on Elvis. I like the horns though. Lizard lady is more weirdness. Good songwriting at least. It’s fine. Which for this album is really good. If they wanted someone with a high pitched voice I don’t know they wouldn’t just get woman singer for some of these songs. Like the vocals fucking suck again on semolina but it’s a well produced song. Any woman singing instead of this dude doing an Extremly annoying voice would be better. Birthday boy are you kidding me. Terrible song. Singer kind of sounds like towlie from South Park (not a good thing). I actually like the guitar a lot on weight lifting Lulu. Vocal aren’t bad. Best song so far. Krafty cheese was odd. Hello skinny is funny because I don’t mind the vocals but now the production sucks. Way way too much going on in electricutioner. I bet this was really cool in the 70s. Now it’s just annoying. Back half isn’t as bad. Overall, I want my 35 mins back. I did not need to hear this. It sounded like what a 10 yo throws together on u music and is super proud to show his parents but the parents know deep down it’s trash. Not one even good song, at best it was fine. This doesn’t even reach just another album range. This is a 1 star for trying album.
New forms camouflaged as jokes, this looks forward to the mighty Sun City Girls with gibberish outburst and musical non sequitur, but there’s an underlying seriousness: this weirdness is thought-out, has structure and love for the rock and pop forms that it’s mutating. Never got round to them, the zany reputation a mild repellent, so pleased to find something cooler and demented. “Semolina” is Kraftwerk reconfigured for The Jetsons. Snakefinger is a find: blown-out skronk from a blues-emigrant from Tooting.
Started out quite fun but got annoying fast. "Sounds like a Goosebumps episode" opines my 13yo. I do like the eyeball/top hat combo, a design classic.
Absolute drivel
Imagine you were friends with this dude and he was like, "can I show you my new song?" And he played you this? Youd probably go, "is everything okay?" I cant remember if ive got the Britney album on the list. I wonder what i have left. Nearing the end. Hopefully not of life. This album makes me wonder, what's it all about, life? Im sitting here thinking, what is life Because this is utter utter utter shite
Odd. In every way.
I won't remember this album.
YES YES YES INDEED LOVE THEM EYEBALL BOYS
I really respect that this exists. A bit hard to swallow at times but overall I enjoyed it.
no me gustó, demasiado raro ese mk pero igual tampoco estaba asqueroso solo de buena que no va
1978. Experimental rock.
This album makes me embarrassed that I dared to call my high school band experimental. What I thought was "experimental rock," I now recognize as progressive rock. Where I experiment with song structures and time signatures, they experiment with the idea that this can be called "music."
Es un álbum rarisimo como muy dark pero me gusto un poco jajaja muy raro pero like it
I always assumed the Residents were a punk band from 80s America. Part of that Minutemen / Descendants / Minor Threat movement. Turns out they’re far from. But I think I might really love this. It’s weird. It’s catchy at times. It’s all over the place. I dont know what the hell it is really, but I like it
Well that was something, hard to believe this sort of stressful noise rock was made in the late 70s, must be incredibly influential on that particularly small genre. Particularly reminded me of that liars record we had, similar levels of noise and dread. It's hard to listen to but there is genuinely good stuff in here, I think the residents could have made a 'good' album and chose to make it sound like this whereas I feel some experimental bands we've had sounded like that due to lack of talent. Regardless of how good it actually is, it's a tough listen and I'd have to be in a very specific mood to want to put this on. That said, Constantinople is stuck in my head. How do you score this? I'm going to go with my gut and say 3.5 but I have no idea if I'd feel this way tomorrow.
A little bit too far "out-there" for me. Couldn't tell you about any themes, could barely spot a song structure in it. One of the songs was absolutely awful, I don't think it was Elvis and his Boss, but that ended with the noise you hear when you're wiping an old hard drive. Lizard Lady was good, quite intense, but the ending was atrocious again. Bizarre, but worth a quick listen. Don't look back though.
Not sold on this! Too out there for me largely. Maybe a bit Zappa esque in parts? I didn't hate it in fairness, but I'm never going to choose to listen again 1.5
Not even slightly enjoyable to listen to BUT very interesting and creative. Seemed ahead of its time.
This was a really erratic listen…but I liked it? First time through I was like what was that. Being that it was 1978 this noise rock album was strange but in a weird way enjoyable. It was structured just enough to hold a song and while I probably won’t return to it I could see where this might have been influential for bands like Ween and Primus
Na
Not really my style but I’m Sure someone else’s :)
Maybe I'm just a poser but this didn't work at all fo me
This is one of the bottom 3 albums by global rating. It is now officially the lowest rated album I have had so far. I can understand why, as it sounds like music that aliens would call pop. To us, it's utterly weird and mad, but it's not entirely horrible because of it. A lot of the soundscapes are goofy, and the vocals especially so(when they show up). There is no serious attempt at pop melodies here or song structure, but it's still somewhat hooky(yes, there are hooks beneath all those weird electronic sounds). Obviously, the average listener would hate it for sounding like random noises, and it is random noises to some extent, but I can tell that these guys can write songs. They just want to make their songs sound as unique, strange, and just plain crazy as possible. This getting slammed to the bottom 3 while far worse albums by the likes of U2 stay above a 3-star average is the real travesty, not that this exists and is considered influential like most reviewers seem to think.
I didn't hate it and appreciated that it had a beat to it, but wow was this uncomfortable to listen to.
I mean, 1978, this must've been wild. This is still wild in 2026. This is the soundtrack to David Lynch's internal monologue. Why anyone would choose to learn how to play an instrument and then get together with other instrument players and make these sounds is mind boggling. I love Ween and this album out-Weens Ween. The cast of characters they introduce you to over the album is like a circus of misfits and weirdos, you can see their influence on Tom Waits. I feel like I'm just saying stuff trying to get to the point where I can properly explain my feelings about this album. Like this is what life sounds like, this is suburban boredom and experimentation, these are the sounds you're told not to make, the art that's too weird the joke that's too abstract. This kind of album can only be a 1 or a 5, so I guess it's a 5 for me!
first album I gave up on.
This is an insane record. Who wakes up and wants to this?!
Worse than nick cave & the bad seeds. I fucking hate this. -100000/5
Was a bit hungover for this, wooooof. 3? For the vibe carrying?
I can definitely see the influence on later bands, as such it certainly belongs on a list like this. Some songs were good, other felt like some high school kids who think they're the funniest people in there class. Overall, it was alright, but not great.
What's not to like about late 70s experimental music ... also I want an eyeball helmet with a top hat!
This is actually stupid.
An extremely avant-garde album that I thought would repel me on first listen, but it's got a certain charm about it I can't shake even if the album isn't gonna make me an instantly devout fan anytime soon. I've got a softspot for bands that refuse to set up shop around one specific sound, and The Residents definitely fit that bill. This feels like the missing link I never knew about between 60s experimental acts like Zappa or Cpt. Beefheart and 90s alternative rock bands like Ween or Primus. If I gotta pick standout material, I was charmed in particular by the weird soul jazz homage of "Booker Tease" and the weird bell instrument arrangements of "Disaster". Constantinople is also a fun single/album opener, being the only song remotely close to being considered "conventional". 7/10.
ambiance for a horror thriller that doesn't exist
8.5/10 This is the kind of weird shit I came here for, I don't think I'm gonna listen to it much but it made more of an impression than a lot of the albums on this list.
This is the first album I had to skip through. Wtf is this shit. I’m convinced this was added to rage bait people, and it worked Fave song: nothing, I will not listen to anything by them 0/5
It's a parody of avant-garde ... at least I hope so.
Interesante. No quiero volver a escucharlo nunca más en mi vida. ↑: Constantinople, The Booker Tease, Semolina, The Electrocutioner ↓: Blue Rosebuds, Laughing Song, Bach Is dead, Birthday Boy
Creepy, weird, ambitious. I've been a Residents fan for a long time, and to see at least one of their works represented here restores a bit of my faith in this project. The Residents were doing things that no one else would dare to. Nevermind their total anonymity and eyeball masks, the often cartoonish voices, the sinister vibe that pervades these deceptively simple songs, and even messing with song structure; The Residents were fearless in achieving their vision, and found a devoted audience, that includes Les Claypool of Primus and Eric Andre to name a few, in the process.
This is the first time i ever heard this type of music. I kind of enjoyed this album even though i dont think i will listen to this ever again. I give it 4 stars since this isnt bad music in any way. It is definetly an interesting listening experience. 🤔😁
What is about all these bands which sounds like Disney caracters on LSD
Look, I enjoy noisy bullshit as much as the next guy, but what are we doing here? Are they supposed to be funny? So far it feels very “omg wouldn’t it be so weird if we did this? hyuk hyuk.”
Wtf did I just listen to
First Listen; 3; One of those albums that I thought was interesting and was worth listening to, but not sure how to rate it on the typical scale. Minimalist noise, avant garde, absurd in may places. But was relatively tuneful on the second half of the album. Reminded me of Butthole Surfers. Favorite Track: Bach is Dead
first album I'm not gonna listen all the way through. not sure who would consider this essential but yeesh, it's like a bad elementary school play.
Creepy, woozy, almost like something from a kids tv program that no kid would ever watch. Definitely hear the influence on Primus. Played this in the kitchen for about ten seconds before I realised this wouldn't be one to play with the family around. I didn't dislike it, but I don't think I really enjoyed it either.
Shite. Not music!
Nicht anhörbar!
liked one song
no.
Ah, les Résidents... On y est, on plonge enfin dans le vortex de l’absurde, dans cette zone grise où la musique pop décide de se faire hara-kiri avec une petite cuillère en plastique. Quand Robert Dimery a compilé sa liste des 1001 albums, il a dû se dire qu’un peu de terreur ophtalmique ferait du bien au milieu des classiques ronflants. Et mon dieu, qu'il a eu raison. Je me suis donc coltiné Duck Stab/Buster & Glen, sorti en cette année charnière de 1978. Pour situer, c’est l’époque où le punk commence déjà à sentir le rance et où la new wave commence à se poudrer le nez. Et au milieu de tout ça, t’as quatre types planqués derrière des masques de globes oculaires géants qui décident de sortir les comptines les plus flippantes de l’histoire de l’enregistrement magnétique. Au départ, c’étaient deux EPs séparés, mais Ralph Records – leur propre label, l’usine à cauchemars de San Francisco – a décidé de fusionner le tout pour nous offrir ce format long. Je ne vais pas vous faire le coup de l’analyse musicologique chiante, parce qu’analyser les Residents, c’est un peu comme essayer d’expliquer une blague de clown triste à un enterrement : c’est gênant et ça ne mène nulle part. Ce que je ressens en écoutant ce disque, c’est cette sensation étrange d’être coincé dans un ascenseur en panne avec un enfant possédé qui vous chante des refrains obsédants. C’est déstructuré, c’est grinçant, c’est parfois franchement désagréable, et pourtant, je n'arrive pas à décrocher. J’ai mis une note de 4 sur 5, et je vais vous dire pourquoi : parce que c’est l'un des rares disques de cette liste qui réussit encore à me surprendre, à me bousculer dans mon confort d'auditeur blasé. Prenons le son de cet album. C’est de la pop, mais une pop passée à la moulinette, décapitée, puis recousue avec des fils électriques apparents. C'est fascinant d'ailleurs de voir comment ils traitent la mélodie, ils prennent une structure simple, un truc presque enfantin, et ils la saturent de synthétiseurs cheap et de voix déformées qui semblent provenir d'un placard mal éclairé. Ça chante de façon nasillarde, ça murmure des trucs inaudibles, ça explose en rires hystériques. C’est génial. Certains disent que c’est l’album le plus « accessible » des Residents. Enfin accessible si on veut, on reste tout de meme dans une œuvre qui défie toute logique commerciale et c’est justement ce qui me plaît. Ce que j'aime aussi, c’est l’anonymat total. À une époque où le culte de la personnalité explosait, ces mecs restaient cachés. Pas d'ego, juste l'œuvre. Enfin, l'œuvre... cette accumulation de bruits savamment orchestrés. C’est un pied de nez monumental à toute l’industrie du disque. Ils font ce qu'ils veulent, comme ils veulent, et ils s'en tamponnent le globe oculaire de savoir si ça va passer en radio. Et devinez quoi ? Ça ne passe pas en radio. Et c’est tant mieux. Alors oui, 4/5. Pourquoi pas 5 ? Parce qu'il faut bien garder une marge de manœuvre pour le jour où je perdrai totalement la tête et que j'écouterai Laughing Song en boucle en mangeant des piles mais Duck Staub reste une pièce essentielle car c'est le chaînon manquant entre le post-punk le plus pointu et la folie pure. Il y a une urgence dans ces petits morceaux courts. Ils vont droit au but, ils te balancent leur dose de venin et ils passent au suivant avant que tu aies eu le temps de comprendre ce qui t'arrive. C’est nerveux, c’est saccadé, c’est brillant. C’est le genre d'album qui te fait réaliser que 90 % de ce qu’on nous sert comme de l'« avant-garde » n'est que de la pose. Ici, pas de pose car c’est viscéralement tordu. On est dans la sincérité du cauchemar et je ne me lasse pas de cette esthétique de la laideur transcendée. C'est moche, c’est beau, c'est indispensable. Je finirai par dire que ce genre d'album justifie à lui seul l’existence de ce projet des « 1001 albums ». Sans ça, on oublierait que la musique peut être autre chose qu’un simple produit de consommation. Ici, c’est une expérience, une épreuve de force et je suis ravi d’avoir relevé le défi une fois de plus.
terrible
Tried to find music here, unsuccessfully
Not exactly BBQ party music, this. It’s actually super interesting to read about this “band”, who sound more like a hippie art collective. They have over 50 albums, which is insane. This music is also insane, but it is somehow interesting to listen to even if I don’t really want to ever hear it again.
Is it weird? Yes. Is it the worst thing on this list? No, but it sure is down there. Favourite Track(s): Elvis and His Boss Least Favourite Track(s): Birthday Boy
One of the things I’m learning from this project is that art rock can be pretty unwieldy—and then there’s The Residents, who are just plain bad. I mean, it’s possible the instruments weren’t tuned properly on purpose, and that the production was designed to make the whole thing sound completely out of balance. Maybe that, combined with the lyrics, has some deeper meaning. But—I don’t care! Here’s my hypothesis: “Duck Stab” was meant to sound really shitty, and The Residents pulled it off. That earns them a well-deserved star.
Dit is echt vreemde shit, het klinkt als een soort horrorfilm in dat je eigenlijk de hele tijd ongemak voelt. De stemmen zijn vreemd en er word nauwelijks gezongen. Als ze ooit dit album zouden verfilmen zou het echt de meest twisted shit allertijden zijn. Is dit een album dat je moet luisteren voor je dood gaat? Maat, zoals dit klinkt is het waarschijnlijk het laatste album dat je hoort voordat je doodgaat. Beetje The Ring, maar dan in album vorm. Luister naar Laughing Song en vertel me dat je niet verwacht dat Satan zo voor je deur staat. Man, muziek is emotie en ik voel nu een soort doodsangsten. Mijn god, ik ben hier best open in gegaan. Maar Birthday Boy? Ik denk dat ik uitcheck. Ik snap de horror aesthetics, maar het word een beetje te veel. Zou gewoon fijn zijn geweest als de muziek wel iets beter te luisteren was. Dus de rating? Neig naar de 2 sterren die het album al heeft op deze site, en ik ga maar eens kijken of ik een spirituele cleansing kan boeken bij een medium ofzo. En anders is dit waarschijnlijk mijn laatste week op deze aarde. FAVO: Laughing Song, Birthday Boy (Send help)
Nearly a 4. Will deffo explore this band more.
Still mad about no Madvillainy 1/5
Very few albums rise to the level of truly deserving one star.
1/10
Yuck!
This is what I’d imagine being in a k hole would sound like. In a word: Awful
Too electronic for me
Some albums on this list just become background noise. This album was a WTF is going on and what are they going to do next. Although not something I would listen to a lot, and not sure I can even call it good, but was a nice break from the same sounding albums...... interesting to say the least. 2.5/5
This album reminds me of my Instagram algorithm. Also reminds me of David Lynch's music. I'm into it, even if its super weird.
Duck & Buster, just awful
Bach is dead!
What is happening what did I do
Someone once described Tom Waits as sounding like a tubercular buzzard. This lot sounds like a jazzed up tubercular buzzard on helium. This was going to be a 2 but it’s kind of jaunty and interesting. And short.
sucked
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Not good
No
I am so very unexcited for this. Just by the looks of it, this feels like it's gonna be a chore to get through. I don't think I'm even gonna do song by song notes. Okay, actually...maybe i'm just so internet brainrotted but...Constantinople is lowkey fun? what the actual fuck? not in a "ive gotta show everyone" way or "drive down the highway" way, but in a "what the fuck is happening? this is kinda funny" type of way. It's like perfectly weird. I'm actually kind of vibing with this? Am i fucked in the head? Laughing song sounds like what would play on your descent to hell. I mean that as a compliment. HELP WHY DOES YOUTUBE HAS THE VIDEO FOR "HELLO SKINNY" AS LISTED FOR CHILDREN? WHAT?!?!?! (being genuine, this is weird and fun, but that's not really cool imo lol) This reminded me I needed to finish watching a 4 hour video on a Creepypasta. So, I can't give this a 4 or 5, just on sheer practicality. this is not something I'd put on just to listen to and relax or dance or drive or whatever. However, holy fuck this was a trip. this was so genuinely fun, hilarious, and creepy. Like, I enjoyed this more than some other albums on here that are just "fine" Maybe it's cause of my love of Horror/Creepiness/Weirdness that I found this just fun, but yeah I fucked with this hard. Will I come back to it often? Probably not, but it's cool knowing it exists.
I would give it a 0 if I could. Another Dada-influenced impressionist band. There's more substance to this album than the other art-house albums I've heard so far, which leads me to believe that the Residents do actually know what music is, but chose a style of soulless soundmaking instead. But there's no message, no nuance, and no core. No favorites off this one.
Shit. But I guess they knew that when they shat it out their asses.
It’s bad, but at least it’s interesting. More than I can say for a lot of the albums on this list.
I don't even know if I can rate this? More like an avant garde art piece than an actual album? Some of it interesting, some of it annoying, some of it creepy. I kinda enjoyed "Blue Rosebuds" and "Laughing Song" but can't exactly say I'd sit down and listen to this album for fun?
This is the soundtrack for a serial killer, and I did not enjoy anything about this album.
Nahh what the frick
What the rest of the world think Karoline Leavitt sounds like
Bounced on this for hours until I Les'd my Claypool
Experimental, fresh, these are the things I am here for.
still better than Metallica 3 / 10
Ridiculously weird album Definitely not boring
Ok, I get it. Very experimental, avant-garde, etc. Not my kind of thing.
this album is just not for me at all.
Cool! This album. What is likely the strangest album on the list that I've already listened to. I pulled this album four or five years ago through the Rate Your Music recommendation system. I know this site isn't favourable to the album. It's the third lowest-rated pick last I checked, but I honestly remember liking it. Not all of the songs worked, but I remember there being quite a few good moments packed in here - especially on Weight-Lifting Lulu. I haven't listened to this album at all in the time since, so I'm hoping it'll have aged even better now. Here goes. Oh boy, it's all coming back to me. This is right up my alley. I feel like such a contrarian for now liking two of the three lowest-rated albums on the site, but this is honest-to-God my shit. I feel like I'm in a Ren & Stimpy episode while listening along to this music. The heavy atmosphere hanging over all of these tracks is pretty fantastic. I'm not entirely sure how they achieved such an effect, but it's put to great use across all of these tracks. There's also plenty of variation in the pitch and pacing of the backing percussion, which keeps these songs from being cumbersome or repetitive. It's difficult for me to summarise my thoughts on this album beyond the general atmosphere. There's so much crazy shit going on with the finer details, and it's constantly changing while also managing to maintain a satisfying level of cohesion. If I am to take a duck stab, however, I can also commend the songwriting. It's pretty effective. The stressed syllables and catchy vocal hooks give these songs a methodical, predictable feel while also managing to sound unhinged on their own, which helps to reel in the more wacked out aspects of the album. The electronic sounds are pretty good when they're lingering in the background, though they can be a bit much when they're leading the melody. Same goes for those fucking weird, pitched up vocals. Overall, yeah. Great album. I liked this one quite a bit, and that runtime is about perfect for what this music is. There's Weight-Lifting Lulu. She's as beautiful as the day I lost her, which was before we could even meet. Creepy fucking song, but I love it all the same. The instrumental is pretty great. It sounds like the dark inverse of a surf rock tune. The understated guitar sound is fantastic as well as the grating strings and wobbly synths which jolt the piece. There's a real sense of scale to this song with how understated, yet reverberating it is. I feel like the events of this song are happening in a log cabin somewhere in the woods and I'm spying on it all through a pair of binoculars. Book time, though I must preface that I'm letting this album through regardless of whether it's notable. Let's see. "...The Residents possess a singularly unhinged compositional talent that allows them to fuse the weirdest sounds into an even weirder whole." The rest of the book entry is just about how strange and unconventional the music is. Yeah, I'm thinking this is an album I'm grateful for having listened to before I died. I cosign this inclusion. Footnote to add that I've just learned this album was meant to be released as two separate EPs, but Buster & Glen was merged into this LP release after the Duck Stab EP was successful. Come on. Cooome oooooon. You're telling me that the curators included this album and not the US version of Magical Mystery Tour? Duck Stab and Mystery Tour are more or less joined at the hip as far as their nature as two extended EPs is concerned. That isn't even mentioning that this list has three compilation albums ("Your New Favorite Band", "Logical Progression" and "Shalimar / College Girl", the latter of which is a compilation of two Indian film soundtracks which this site erroneously lists as just "Shalimar"). I'm genuinely surprised that they couldn't make an exception for The Beatles with all of the caveats they've made thus far.
Much better than I expected
Who was the brilliant contributor that added this to the book? It's already great to have a Residents entry in here (though Third Reich and Roll would have been more "accessible"), but I'll take this one. This is one of the weirdest, most fascinating bands to ever grace the American underground. The fact that they've managed to break into the mainstream is nothing but a miracle, given so many others who never do or never wish to. What to say about this album? It's odd! A collection of non-melodies, non-songs, non-hooks, and creepy ambiance, bordering on hilarity but often unsettling. This is novelty music at first glance, then you realize that they perfected and fine-tuned this sound. It's not their greatest effort—bizarrely, the vocals are more amateurish, and the playing often seems more focused on intentionally pissing off listeners rather than providing something wholly memorable. But with the Residents, you'll never get what you want. Just like Sun City Girls did decades later, they play what they want, how they want (regardless of technical prowess), and don't care what people think. How does one even ruin "Happy Birthday"?! What are these melodies and sounds? Like a cocktail party from hell. Amazing stuff. I initially gave this a 4, but seeing as it seems to really rub people the wrong way, it gets a perfect score. It's engineering trolling, and they are dead serious about their vision. Maybe laughing will help?
WTAF!? Shouldn't have listened.
Must have been groundbreaking at the time, so 4 stars, but would be 3 or less for me if released now
To all the albums I've rated 1 star so far - I'm sorry. I've misjudged you. Because I'm a third of the way through my album list, and this here is easily the worst thing I've listened to so far.
This sucks in the perfect way. Primus prototype
Unlistenable
It’s like a Tim and Eric sketch came to life, did a bunch of acid and made an album. 2/10
this album is a definition of a word unhinged strange, odd, very intriguing I really enjoyed it but I'm not gonna come back to it often I'm glad I got to know it though I feel like I've listened to an important piece of art
6/10
Muito experimental…lol
Brain says five stars, ears say four
Sometimes all I want to do is to crack open a can of highly concentrated angst and mania and watch in delight as it sprays over every unfortunate object in its path. This album satiates that desire perhaps a little too well.
Genuine... what the fuck is this supposed to be? I tried the first few tracks, but this thing is beyond bad. People need to understand that avant-garde is something that gains recognition over the years for being a foundation, not for being weird for the sake of being weird. But you know what? This is the type of shit your young, strange cousin listens to just to get on their parents' nerves, but all it really does is testify that he's unstable and needs to touch grass. Pretentious bullshit that some pretend to like so they can say they're better or smarter. But guess what? They're just idiots. If you offer me lottery winner tickets? I'll hear it again.
Interesante y loco
Well this is something
This has to be the strangest album I have or ever will listened to. I don't mean that in a totally negative way. If the reason that this album is on this list is because it is unique, I could understand that.. It's kind of like Pink Floyd meets the punk rock era with a little Sesame Street thrown in. I can't recommend it nor trash it. I'll have to leave that up to you.
Hilarious but I don’t think I could listen again unless the vibe was cult meeting or alien abduction
This was a fun listen cause it was INTERESTING and DIFFERENT and stood out among everything else
Am I in a Charlie Brown movie?
very dark, not my style
fire. cool experimental different ugly dissonant creative music. i love that shit
It was interesting to say the least. When I first clicked on their artist profile the top image was an AI-generated image of guys in suits with eyeballs for heads. I understand the latter is a part of their image, but the AI slope was kind of distasteful. Their newest album also has an AI-generated cover. Greaaaaat. As for the music... It was certainly something. There were a couple songs I actually liked. I appreciate them for being so odd and really locking into being odd. I liked "Sinister exaggerator" because the vocals sounded alien-ish and I liked "Blue rosebuds". I also kindddddd of liked "Constantinople" even though they just repeated the same line over and over. Anyways, that's really all I have to say. I don't think I will return to this album, but I do appreciate it in its own way.
Okay! This is very hard to evaluate, because what do I evaluate here? Is the album interesting and listening to it felt educational and different? Well, yes. Did I enjoy the listening experience, did I like it, was it a rewarding experience, will I want to listen to this again? Well, no. However, I DID laugh at some tracks, and it often felt that the album/musicians are laughing at me, the listener, too, and that was quite an experience. This album feels like it's both pretentious as fuck, silly as fuck and was probably a total blast to create and record and like musicians really had fun. How do you even rate something that feels like one and five stars at once? Let's give it two for my sheer displeasure, but keep in mind that I still think it's worthy to be in this list. Go figure.
Weird. Great. Eccentric. Cool. Odd. Entertaining. Strange. Interesting. Funny. An adventure for the ears and brain.
Can't give a 0. Garbage
lol no thank you
I tried to keep an open mind to this album, tried to understand, but I'm not sure if there's anything to understand. I did kinda like weight lifting lulu, but most of the songs sound like muppets singing with bad instrumentals. Not necessary an album I think you should listen to before you die.
Proto primus, but still.
All music is glorious and beautiful and unique. All music has a time and purpose. This music's purpose is torturing prisoners of war. For any other use, I'm afraid its ill equipped.
Sounds like me on the toilet every morning.
The expectations for this one were pretty low right off the bat. But Constantinople already convinced me that anybody who listens to this for enjoyment belongs on a watch list
I know it’s supposed to be art rock and avant-garde, but it just sounds like noise and it’s horrible.
Overall: 6/10 Back in high school, I watched an interview with some comedian I didn't know (for some reason) and he was wearing a shirt with some dudes in suits with eyeballs for heads. This comedian pointed out that it was a shirt for a band called The Residents, and I liked the shirt so much that I got my own. I then proceeded to tell everyone I knew that I was a huge fan of the band even though I had never even heard a single song. Then I got into Primus and was surprised to find out that they were huge fans of The Residents, and I ended up getting into Constantinople and Hello Skinny as a result. I graduated high school 9 years ago (gross) and I still hadn't heard any Residents songs besides those 2 until today. My initial reaction? Strange but catchy. You hear horror stories about how inaccessible this band is, and I can totally see why people would feel that way. The weird voices and lack of melodies is certainly enough to turn people off, but I find it so interesting that I can't stop listening. The style does get old after a while, but I think it's entertaining and I'd rather listen to this than yet another bland british pop album. Fav Song: Hello Skinny
no
I'm really happy this exists, and after heaving read up on this band, I was quite interested. I'll definitely check put more albums. Does it sound "great"? No, not to me, but that's not really the point I think. It does mean I won't score it very high but there is a place and time for experimental art music. Give me this any time over pleasant sounding, but uncreative album.
It has been 93 days since my last 1 star review. Musically this sounds like a DIY soundtrack to a trippy student horror film. Vocally it's worse than that. Is "vocals" the right word to use? Feels generous. It's like the students' hilarious friends broke into the recording studio after a night out and they decided to stick with the results.
Experimental art or prog rock. Also known as piffle.
This is the kind of music that makes me convinced that music critics are pretentious douche nozzles that enjoy the smell of their own farts. You will never convince me that anyone willingly bought this album and looks forward to putting it on when they get home. The only exception would be the CIA acquisitions department for the sole purpose of torturing prisoners.
NOPE!!!!!
I'm probably at my limit of experimental music here. Actually some of the arrangements were interesting and I didn't mind but when the vocals came in I was like screwing my face up.
I have no idea what just happened, but I kinda didn't hate it?
7/10 Do not bother with this album if you’re looking for hooky choruses, a four piece rock band lineup or another landfill indie album to pop on the pile. It’s experimental, it’s weird and it’s sinister, but if you are willing to open your mind up to something that pushes at the edges of western popular music, then you will find something quite engaging and sonically interesting to whet your palate. The production across the record is an absolute delight, with some really menacing, beefy and interesting pieces of sound design always keeping your ears on edge. There are times when this drifts towards sounding like the nursery rhymes of an asylum and times when it feels like the sinister pulse of a psychological horror film, but there’s also an edge of dark humour that bubbles away under the surface. In some ways it feels like they take themselves both way too seriously and not seriously enough and end up in this hinterland of insanity that steals from both sides of the ledger. There were times during the album where I felt like I was being hypnotically sucked in to the throbbing weirdness and it was sometimes a shame that those moments didn’t go on for longer. Equally, there were times when they didn’t quite pull quite enough at the thread to make it as engaging as it could have been. But this is experimental, oddball music, so they’ve got to try and walk that line to make something both listenable and weird. I’d be inclined to say that many would actually find this unlistenable, but weirdness isn’t for everyone or it wouldn’t be weird, would it? It feels like The Replacements kicked down this particular weird door so that bands like Primus, Ween and Mr Bungle could walk through it, gather up the pieces and create their own blend of slightly more stable lunacy, but it’s often the case that an artist has to push things to the edge so that others can find a safe space inside that boundary. And for that, this album was not only a worthy and engaging listen, but an important one in the development of weird. Constantinople - A dissonant and unnerving but amusing start. It’s certainly weird, but in a brash, “don’t give a fuck” way. There are developments to the sound as it rolls along and I’m left feeling… something. Sinister Exaggerator - Sinister is right, this is menacing, brooding and pulsing. There’s enough of a tonal centre to it that the effect of sitting either side of it works really well to create a creepy and unnerving tone. I actually really like this. It’s not one for day to day listening, but it’s an excellent and intriguing production. The Booker Tease - This almost, almost closes in on being more traditional, but they don’t let it get there. It’s like they’re fighting against musical urges, but it doesn’t take long for them to win the fight. Blue Rosebuds - This is really atmospheric and takes a production turn towards being a bit closer in and more direct tonally. It’s like a deranged nursery rhyme, but the soundscaping and production is really excellent to back that up. Another that falls into the category of weird boundary pushing and I’m really glad it exists. Laughing Song - There’s been hints of Primus before this, but this steps even further in that direction. Again, there’s more of a stable tonal centre that runs underneath, but they do their best to twist it and drag it out of shape and then throw in that layer of farce and absurdity over the top. Bach Is Dead - They develop this less than some of the other tracks. The effected gang vocals are great though. Elvis And His Boss - Oooh, there are some great tones in here. The rhythm is engaging too. The combination of sounds as the track progresses is quite interesting, although the ambience is a bit less engaging to me. Lizard Lady - Another that feels like a Primus precursor in some ways. It’s rhythmically compelling and flips through some interesting tonal changes, particularly between the two vocal styles. It builds and develops as it grows and ends with one hell of a disconcerting and beefy way. Semolina - Another psychiatric ward nursery rhyme. There’s a traditional structure and choice of motifs under there, but they’re tugged away and twisted into something so unsettling and absurd. It’s not my favourite, but the general vibe is so enticing. Birthday Boy - Well I’ve found the song to play at my children’s birthday parties in future. If only I’d know of this when they were younger and I could have got myself banned from every soft play in the area. It’s hilarious, ludicrous and well produced in equal measure. Weight-lifting Lulu - How many ways can I describe or praise the absurdity of this album? There is some glorious sound design at play here, with the production just dragging every element of menace out of the compositions. It just puts you on edge, but then lulls you into a weird space with the fairly innocuous silliness of the vocals. They sound crazy, but not dangerous, but the music says I need to watch my back. Krafty Cheese - Woof, there are some really beefy bits of sound design in here. I like the undulating and persistent rhythm that runs along with that high buzz, but when they drop into that descending bass tone, it’s so good. The effects on the vocals are really cool too. What a great little track. Hello Skinny - The rise and fall of this is cool and quite hypnotic. It’s another where they tread quite close to something more traditional but just tweak it into something weird and then just cycle it round in way that just pulls you in and taps against your brain. The Electrocutioner - They drag things further off the rails here, particularly with the lead guitar that does whatever it wants. This descends into a chaotic mish-mash of sound design that almost becomes hypnotic but doesn’t stick around for long enough before we drift out to a deranged folk song from an alien culture. It’s bafflingly weird, chaotic, non-sensical and delightful.
That was a LONG 35mins. Noise for the sake of noise.
Listened Before? N I went in to this thinking it was going to be another "art rock" project that I would hate. Turns out, it's maybe the only one on this list that has at least partially entertained me. It's not "good" but it is fun... and I admire the group's commitment to the bit over several decades. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Booker Tease
No thank you.
This is a funny album for me to rate, because I did like it, and I highly respect the early noise rock and experimental music, but it also does feel very silly at times and dismissable - or, at least, I can understand why people would dismiss it. However, I agree people should understand that artists like this, stretching the boundaries of music, is what led/leads to new sounds, even in popular music, just as with any art. There have to be artists doing the "odd" for the "odd" to become the "norm" through more popular artists taking pieces and putting it into pop/rock music.
Just trying to piss me off at this point.
This was weird in a different way than I’ve heard before.
Sounded like the soundtrack to a bad high school theater production. Turned it off after 3 songs
Found the Residents through Primus years ago. Crazy, brilliant eyeball guys not trying to make sense. And they aren’t really what I call “music,” but a complex sonic assault on your brain through yours ears. Some moments of greatness, interspersed among avant garde art rock electronica psychedelic noise. 3⭐️
Jesus christ. It's been 88 albums since I wrote a proper review, but good god was it necessary to come here just to express how hard it was to listen to this. I really wanted this album to end so many times when I played it. I tend to find some merit in most records, and at first I thought that this one, while weird, had something good in terms or composition or musicality. But as it drags on, it just gets worse and worse. I'm all for weirdness and experimentation, and I feel like pushing the boundaries of genres is great in general, but here it feels regressive. Maybe in the 70s it was innovative to sing awfully, but even in that case then it just hasn't aged well at all. I read somewhere this was supposed to be some musical dada-ism of sorts, but there's a fundamental difference between looking at an sculpture or a painting that's "anti-art" for a while, and torturing your listeners for 35 straight minutes in an attempt to be too-weird-for-you. I feel that for this to work you have to mix it in with some quality from time to time. If this is silly or pretentious, or maybe both, I'd say it's up to the listener. But there's no debate that this is borderline unlistenable.
Full frontal weird that reveals itself as more with repeated listens.
6/10
Je vais le dire en anglais pour que tout le monde comprenne bien... Mais... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS DOING IN THE 1001 ??
Music from hell…
The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen I love this band and i love their influence on experimental music and avant-garde art that being sai i cant really see myself going back to this album alot but i still love it regardless 8/10 Favourite: Hello Skinny Least Favourite: Laughing Song
Fuck You Robert Dimery
knew this was gonna be some bullshit just from the title
I don't know what this is but I PROMISE you a young Les Claypool ate this shit up. I don't know what I'm supposed to rate this thing. On one hand, it wasn't good and I don't really ever want to listen to it again. On the other hand...I didn't mind it. 2.5 stars
Not really my favorite Residents album so far. This album consists of two different albums and the latter side is easily superior imo. That one has some nice grooves and better audio quality, more of what I'd expect from the Residents. I don't really like it all that much, but I guess it's somewhat of an underdog on this site and its a trailblazer for sure.
This actively made my day worse. 1/10
What the fuck. I wouldn't say I liked it but it's interesting. Demented deranged SpongeBob music Bugs Bunny happy birthday.
Many people haw and hum over whether certain albums belong in this collection. One reviewer's 5 is another reviewer's 1 and all that. "Is it a 3 or is it worthy of a 4?" Questions that we can endlessly travel back and forth between. I think however that EVERYBODY can agree though that this discordant load of old bollocks has absolutely no place in the top 1001 albums of all time. Bottom 1001 albums would be closer. Utter shite with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Don't waste what precious time you have left on this planet listening to this. That poor duck died for nothing...
Pretty fun and not what I expected. This is Alternative from before it had split into coherent subgenres. Just experimental sounds and nonsense lyrics. Alice in Wonderland vibes on some of the tracks.
Second half of album was okay. But like yeah okay
I like weird. I do not like this. I would probably enjoy it live for the what the fuck factor, but audio only it doesn't have the charm.
Nope. Sorry. This is just irritating and pointless. Why don’t you have a zero stars option?
Fuck off.
this is one of the only albums I couldn't bring myself to finish. I am sorry but I cannot deal with this right now.
I saw a review that said "The Residents are bit like communism in that I like them better in theory than I do in practice.". I think that sums up how I feel as well. I like the idea of this barely even being music and how strange it is, but I didn't really enjoy it? I respect it though
what.
Tragically boring and inconsistent.
Interesting choice of albums to include from The Residents discography. Among the most accessible of The Residents discography with only the Commercial Album being more “commercial”, Duck Stab possesses all of the elements that make the Residents unique among experimental music creators. Creepy electronic music with weird vocals often highly modulated exemplified here by Birthday Boy, The Residents are distinct in their devotion to off kilter often humorous noise experiments. This is not to say that these songs are not freakin catchy once you realize that the repetitive elements that appear in almost every track are designed as ear worms that stick with you long after you’ve taken the album off the turntable. Snakefingers guitar work is exemplary giving the songs an expanded texture making these sound more expansive. Those who were already familiar with the Residents, as I was in 1978 having just graduated high school and having discovered them with the Fingerrince record at Woolworth’s in Whitehorse Yukon a year earlier. Which really begs the question: how did any Residents record end up in the Yukon? WTF? Whomever was the record buyer for that chain was a high risk taker. Anyway, this is a can’t miss record for experimental fans and a great example of the punk rock nature of The Residents subversion of conventional music. Endlessly fascinating, the run of records from Third Reich and Roll to Eskimo is in my mind the best of the Residents discography. I enjoyed later albums, in particular the aforementioned Commercial Album, but this period highlighted the importance of the Residents as a subversive force of avant- garde music that was both engaging and weird as fuck. The Residents followed their own muse and you either hitched your horses to their wagon or you got off. If you went for the ride you were amply rewarded. Duck Stab/Buster & Glen was a good place to board the ride. 4.5/5
Yeah this was terrible.
Sorry, I want to be open to new music, the alternative and the avant-garde, the off-kilter and the bizarre. But this just hurt my ears.
🤮 the worst collection of sounds I've ever heard in my life.
kinda weird
Experi-mental pop . Pushing boundaries with train of consciousness dressed up with melodies . More listenable than metal machine music, not as poppy as the Cardiacs . All in all quite good. Obviously not everyone’s cup of tea . Even as an Englishman I need to be in the mood for tea - unlike tea that mood will be less frequent for avant garde music. Must have caught me in a good (or not) mood. Occasionally up its own arse to be deliberately musically obtuse but never quite gets overly annoying or pretentious. I have to go with 3 ⭐️: to match my internal ranking system where I would add it to my vinyl collection if it is 3 +
Basically dissonant, piercing noises in the background of every song. Not my favorite. Totally experimental. It’s honestly the sort of thing I hate.
There’s just enough music in there to bring it up to a 2, but it’s still reaching.
Alright you know I wasn’t feeling it and then I had to try and keep myself from laughing uncontrollably when Bach Is Dead came on while I’m sitting in a coffee shop. Elvis and His Boss is also an incredible song title, alright maybe they’re winning me back. Lizard Lady also for some reason reminds me of Veggie Tales songs. It’s not very good, but you know that’s not the point. But I had a good time after all.
Gammal Residents i små doser er vel og bra. Et spor på "Preserved Edition" av plata er fra den legendariske Tromsø-konserten i 1986.
Hahahaha this one was a ride. I really could have done without the din of Birthday Boy, but the rest of it was a fine mix of weirdness, creative musicality and general mindfuckery. It would not shock me to find out these people have had encounters with extraterrestrials.
Absolute shite.
Purposely weird but still better than Limp Bizkit.
Experimental film: the soundtrack!
A truly terrible album. It’s little wonder that the members of this collective remain anonymous, because nobody would want to be associated with this garbage. Too many bizarre ‘experimental’ aspects to name, but I think many of the vocals sounding like the Gingerbread Man on the Shrek films might just take the biscuit. Hard luck if you got this album today!
Well, it’s certainly different. Just not in a good way. Why do people so often think that ‘experimental’ necessarily means grating and unlistenable? It is possible to be both ‘avant-garde’ and musical/melodic, and they should try it some time. Even so, I might have forgiven the group somewhat for inflicting this on my ears if they were at least making an interesting artistic statement, but unfortunately I don’t think they were saying anything. I confess, at one or two moments I almost found a ‘song’ catchy, but there were nowhere near enough of these to counter the general awfulness.
Interesting, mostly pleasant, however after the first couple songs I kept forgetting I was listening to music
Veers between fun little ditties and borderline unlistenable dirges that feel like really hard work.
Weird and experimental. Found myself smirking at points because it's so ridiculous. Genuinely found Constantinople catchy. I could see how this could be nails on a chalkboard to most and depends on your mindset at the time. Give me this over anymore bang average brit bands from the 80s/90s. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
What a fun and bizarre record. 35 minutes of pop rock turned on its head. Not an everyday listen, but a good one.
Fucking awful
Listened to this half asleep on a flight to Germany (not Constantinople) and it genuinely frightened me a bit. An experimental string of stream-of-concious tracks of someone undergoing a drug psychosis. Can imagine it influenced bands like King Gizz, Thee Ohh Sees, Ariel Pink, Deerhunter etc. Think the B-Sides are better and enjoyed getting electrocuted at the end. Fave tracks: Semolina, Weight-lifting Lulu
A Hieronymus Bosch painting ad music. 3.25/5
JFC, waste of my time
Has to be heard to be believed - completely baffled by this album’s inclusion. Utter nonsense. 1/5
I swear I'm not being a contrarian. This was really funny and downright super entertaining.
Just because it’s weird or avant garde doesn’t mean it’s good
lol
Bad
This is confusing and confounding and tedious. I need to listen to The Black Album to wash the awful taste out of my mouth.
Fun, but wouldn't listen to it on a daily basis.
I really struggled to listen
1.89
I guess it's kinda cool that this came out in the 70s but that doesn't make the music any better. Not really listenable beyond being sort of a novelty
Changed me life
Elektronische muziek uit 1972... Experimenteel wordt het dan iig! Dit moet een van de eerste elektronische albums ooit zijn? Anyway, eerste nummer is mijn hoogste irritatie niveau al bereikt. Wat een klote onsamenhangende vervelende geluiden komen daar uit zeg. Pffffffff. God, dit wordt een lang album... Dit is echt precies waar ik NIET van houd. Lekker dan, op de maandagochtend. Ja tyf op man, gaan ze in het derde nummer ff met nagels over een krijtbord ofzo. De neuk is dit man. Nog nooit een album zo hard naar een 1 zien gaan. Alhoewel, het 4e nummer begitnnog enigszins veelbelovend... Nee ja nvm, gaat ie als een mislukte cartman zingen ofzo. Op begevene moment veranderd het album in een soort filmmuziek achtig thema. Dat is beter te verdragen wel, maar nog steeds zeer apart. Pfoe, inclusief de huidige nog 3 nummers te gaan, dan is het eindelijk klaar met dit belachelijk slechte album. Dit kan je, naar mijn mening, gewoon geen muziek noemen. Enige positieve aan dit album is de baslijnen, die vaak echt wel leuk zijn. Echter al het andere is een totale verkrachting van het woord muziek. Achterlijk. 1
Anyone else discovering that music can always get worse
Try hard odd
retarded artsy album but I did enjoy listening, I think instrumentals are simple to give attention to the weird vocals
Bjork meets Primus
Couldn't waste time after 5 tracks. Extremely pointless.
Þessi er með furðulegri plötum á listanum, en líklega hefur verið stefnt að því marki. Brot og brot og skemmtileg, nokkur óþægileg, sum áhugaverð en fleiri óeftirminnileg. Hlustaði einu sinni, hætti þegar upphaflegri plötu lauk og kallaði þetta gott.
hell nah
Pretty bizarre album, but there were some interesting moments. I know Primus covers a couple of these songs.
Just..... ..why? This makes me feel bad for the other 1's I gave. I've found a new rock bottom. Bach is dead you say? Lucky for him. He didn't have to hear this trash. I'm just... I dont even have words, like I doubt I'll hear something worse on this godforsaken list. Robert Dimery why? Why make this list? Why add this trash? I wanna curse him so bad, but English isn't hitting hard enough for me so lemme switch up to my native language real quick: robert CINE DRECU TE-O PUS SĂ FACI LISTA ASTA, BĂGA-O-AȘ ÎN CHIZDA MĂ-TII CĂ O MÂNCAT-O AȘA RĂU SĂ TE FACĂ, FUTU-ȚI GUSTURILE MUZICALE, BĂGA-MI-AȘ PULA-N ĂIA DE ȚI-O PUBLICAT JEGU ĂSTA, 'TU-ȚI COPACU' DIN CARE O FOST FĂCUT SERTARU-N CARE ERA PREZERVATIVU' DE NU ȘI L-O PUS TACTU'. Tame enough I think, I gotta rethink my life after this.
Are you kidding me?
Thirty-four minutes of this was more than I could handle. There’s a fine line between an open mind and one where your brain just falls out, and this album definitely crosses it. With its distorted vocals and childlike-yet-creepy melodies, this is easily one of the most off-putting and stupid listening experiences I’ve ever had. Proceed with extreme caution.
No thanks
bylem prawie pewny, ze residentow znam z generatora, a okazuje sie, ze to pierwsza i jedyna pozycja jaka wisi pod nazwa residentow, ale z drugiej strony az dziwne, ze nawet ta jedna wisi, bo residenty to jeden z najbardziej dziwnych rzeczy jakie sie przydarzyly muzyce na tyle popularnej zeby bylo ja slychac poza lokalnymi garazami, bo residenty to nawet nie banda, a raczej kolektyw muzyczny za ktorym nie stoja twarde nazwiska, wszystko jest gra dymow i luster w tej bandzie, nie inaczej jest takze z albumikiem duck stabowym z 78, chociaz i z rocznikami u nich jest co najmniej dziwnie, bo widze tez jakas preversowana wersje z 72, wtedy to bylby najstarszy album jaki od nich slucham, ale tak czy inaczej jest dziwnie na residentowy sposob, wiec eksperymentalny misz masz muzyczny ktory kreci sie wokol roka czy moze artystycznej punkowosci, do tego dochodza dziwne formy wokalne, od kartunowych wstawek, operowych przerywnikow, wiecej tutaj deklamacji lirycznej niz klasycznego spiewania, kontent liryczny nie jest o wiele mniej dziwaczny niz czesc instrumentalna, ale przynajmniej nie jest to az taki hardkore tresci jak na komercyjnym albumie, gdzie trakow bylo 40 po 60 sekund, jak przystalo na szczyt komercyjnosci, akurat zeby sie na rolke zmiescily w calosci, wizjonerzy na jakich nie zasluzylismy, przyjemnie bylo posluchac czegos tak bizarnego, zwlaszcza gdy ostatnio normikuje mi sie gust, albo przynajmniej jakos zmienia, wiec dobrze wiedziec, ze dziwactwa nadal sie dobrze sluchaja i chyba bedzie to moj nowy ulubiony krazek residentowy, mniej tutaj takiego hamskiego pastiszu, albo subtelnej satyry, albo jej nie widze, jest dziwnie, ale orginalnie, slychac rowniez bardzo dobra giatre od kogos kto zostal aktualnie podpisany w notesach poza rezydentami, a chodzi o pana snakefingera, ktory gral tez na komercyjnym albumiku, na plejke leci lizard lady, blue rosebuds oraz zamyklajacy ten 35 minutowy albumik, ktory sklada sie z dwoch epkow, stad podwojna nazwa, lacznie jest 14 trakow, wiec rowniez pod tym wzgledem sa one sluchaczo przyjazne, bo w swoich eksperymentach lubia oni przechodzic od skrajnosci w skrajnosc, wiec kawalki po 15 minut nie sa tez niczym niecodziennym w ich dyskografii
1/10
This is a band that I discovered 23 years ago and felt immediately drawn to their unique approach and sound. But their sound is something that I’m interested in exploring, but I have to be in a specific mood to enjoy the sound (and even then its very particular albums or songs in their catalog). This is an album that I hadn’t visited in almost 20 years, and I was surprised how well I remembered it, and how much I enjoyed this listen. 4 stars might be a bit too high, but 3 doesn’t really capture my feelings or reaction to this relisten.
Not my type of thing.
1.5/5
Didn't even make it through the first song
psychedelic
I ain’t testing any of this when I next get the aux
En merkelig drøm som varte og varte.
I can appreciate weird, and love experimental to the point that it’s not even music. This is just comedic and feels like he was trying to hard. Bach is dead is funny though.
En god unnskyldning til å få en bekymringsmelding fra naboen. Køddette musikk, men er dette kødd? Sirkusmusikk for de psykotiske. Mine favoritter: Soulful sax Krafty Cheese 3/10
Djevelens verk….på mange måta.
Helt ok
Æ hylle originaliteten. Men fuck alle de soloan. Ka e vits? «The Booker Tease» hadde æ faktisk lagra fra før, men den skille sæ jo ut med å ha verken tekst eller solo, og ikke e den særlig original heller. Skuffa
Hørt hjemme fra sofaen 15/01/26. Mystiske greier. Veldig minneverdig! Noe er sinnssykt kult, annet helt ulyttbart. Litt som å se Mad God: Den er kjedelig, og du vil egentlig bare gjennom den. Men likevel blir den med deg resten av livet.
Bærre toill.
What is happening? This is so chaotic. Hard pass for me.
This is a legendary find.
Well that was a fucking weird one, aye? The psychopaths who made this must have been doing all of the drugs. Still better than a Techno album I guess. 1.5⭐️
This shit is OUT there....but strangely listenable? I think Les Claypool owes these dudes some royalties.
I like odd but this isn't for me
Interesting
Fav: Blue Rosebuds Least Fav: Birthday Boy Traumatised in 30 minutes
You know when Wikipedia describes a group as an “art collective” rather than an actual band that you are in for an interesting time. It’s weird. It’s meant to be weird. It succeeds on that front. The album did kind of win me over at some point. I don’t think this is music I would ever regularly listen to, but I kind of enjoyed the experience. It is more an art piece than like regular songs or anything
By far the worst album on this list so far. Hell maybe the worst album I ever listened to ever. Sounds like something someone play when torturing someone
A lot happening here, which I found admirable, but this is not good. I felt deeply unsettled majority of the time I was listening to this and feel no context in which it can be applicable to listen to. This all feels very sinister.
Sentí una vibra rara al escucharlo jajaja
Solo escucharía esto dentro de una película ajsjsj, así casual ps no. No mi tacita de té lol
tengo que familiarizarme más con los residents, que justo toca el único que ya había oído. está chido, pero las tres estrellas son más por apreciación que por disfrute, aunque sí me gustó más que la primera vez que lo oí
Fucking hate. Awful music feel like I’m in a mad scientist lab. I got scared actually
That album was real weird. It cooked for a brief minute or two, but it wasn't good overall. I could have easily been convinced that it was made by Primus, so it was original and likely influenced an artist that I do like. I don't recommend this, despite it almost making me curious enough to look into their other albums. Okay, so after looking it up, this was selected because it's considered their most accessible album. That seals the door on my interest in looking further into this band. It was better than the other 1 star albums, so maybe it's generously a 2 star album. Oh okay, I see that it was released in 1978, the linked album on Spotify said 2016. So it was ahead of its time, but its time isn't coming, hahaha.
Weirdest album ever. It’s like a bad trip
sehr experimental, und eigentlich dachte ich dass ich die art musik mögen würde, wenn ich die richtigen songs finden würd. aber ich hab jetzt schon mehrere sachen von björk, DJ shadow und thom york(solo) angehört und es war wirklich nichts für mich dabei. auch bei dem album nicht, was irgendwie bisschen schade ist
Still more pleasant than listening to country music.
I appreciate that the Residents exist and that there is an audience for what they do, but I'm not part of it. Sorry, guys.
Fucking hell that was ass
Des énigmatiques venus tout droit du Mondo Bizarro. J'ai toujours aimé Constantinople.
Assez pénible... l'avant-garde c'est pas pour moi. Je pense que c'est mon plus grand retard du projet à date, mais ça me foutait complètement les jetons à chaque fois que j'essayais d'y revenir. Je viens de le finir au travail et l'atmosphère est lourde.
❤️
did not hate it, but definitely didn't love it either. this was a bit too much for a day where i'm running on 4 hours of sleep.
#48 What decade am I in? Oh, it's modern music? 🤨 This is music for cheesy horror movies
I honestly have no idea what is going on here. It feels random for the sake of being random, and not in a fun or clever way. Nothing connected, nothing stuck, and the whole thing just sounded like noise pretending to be art.
It is one of 4 albums that are rated lower than Kid Rock and so it deserves to be rated highly just to see that monstrosity where it belongs. I did really enjoy this for the ambition. It was difficult to listen to but in a way which was about challenging boundaries - it was more sound as art than music. I could definitely hear the influence on Swans and probably many more.
I flip flopped throughout this album between this being an absolute pile of avant garde dogshit and some of the most brilliant experimental music I’ve heard for years. One of the first albums I’ve listened to as part of this process where I had to put it on play from the beginning immediately afterwards just to make sense of what the hell ive just listened to (spoilers, a second listen didn’t help…). I’m still on the fence as to whether it sucks or it’s brilliant. It definitely made me revaluate what music could be though which, if it has anything going for it, it is that. I hear aleatoric music, free jazz, electronica, industrial and all kinds of things in between - bits of Swans, the Books, Frank Zappa, Arnold Schoenberg, Faust… what a heady mix of styles it was. I’m rating it highly less for how much it appealed to me, and more how this was a musical journey unlike many others.
The audacity of this thing existing is enough to earn some respect from me. What the fuck.
Not really an album that I enjoyed or my style of music.
Silly goofy songs for silly goofy guys. Also what the heck was this that I just listened to.
Have you ever had a fever? A really bad one, when you’re sweating in the night, the room is spinning and you’re not sure if you’re asleep or awake, and you can see the shadows in the corner of the room writhing in the darkness. The music of The Residents is a little like that. Each track is a unique experience, like a David Lynch movie in miniature - by turns disturbing, horrifying or bleakly funny. At heart it’s an elaborate piece of performance art that’s been running for over 50 years. An anonymous collective, hidden behind giant eyeball masks, making records full of strange and disturbing music, as well as elaborate installations and ground breaking digital projects. This is art that is designed to provoke a response and is the exact opposite of easy listening albums that drift by without ever engaging you. There is considerable musical skill behind these pieces, and this album was the first one to feature the legendary guitarist Snakefinger. I could guess before looking at the other reviews that this would polarise opinions and the scores seem to be either ones or fives. In the words of Janice Nicholls, I’ll give it foive! Eyeball-tastic!
If I record myself shitting, can I get on this list, too?
If anxiety had a sound this would be it. I only liked The Booker Tease.
weird but kinda enjoyed it...
I thought I was ready for this but nothing could've prepared my ears for Constantinople. I will say it has since been stuck in my head. Not sure if that's good or if I should go see a doctor.
Too arty and weird for me, and I can get arty and weird.
Wow, discovering such stuff is the reason why I subscribed to this site. This is one of the worst albums in the best possible sense. Experimental, yet minimalist, it sounds weird but is incredibly captivating if you don't give in to the urge to turn it off immediately. The lyrics are ominous, surreal, and mysterious poems that resemble incantations and fit perfectly with these dissonant, witchy soundscapes. I read that no album by The Residents sounds like any other of their albums. So far, I've only listened to this one, and it reminds me of The Legendary Pink Dots in so many ways.
This is an absolute pile of shit. Who the fuck decided to put this on here. Wankers. A collection of noise and rubbish. Oh do fuck off 1001. Rated third from lowest of the global stats on this site. That makes two albums worse than this one, unbelievable.
I drank coffee without sugar for the first time today cause the doc said I need to control my blood sugar levels... it tasted better than this shit...
Baš sam jutros odlučila da neću pročitati nikakve ocjene i ništa o albumu, i onda čujem prvu pjesmu i kontam koji đavo??? Onda vidim da je 3. najgori album na listi. Ima smisla. Za mene zasad ubjedljivo najgori. A volim neku nestandardnu muziku od koje bi mnogi poludili. Nema šanse da je ovo samo 33 minute. Haj što me boli glava na kraju, ali što me boli zub???
2/10
Overraskende musikalsk fra en gruppe som ofte heller mot dadaistisk anti-musikk. Sinister Exaggerator har en minimalistisk beat som binder låta sammen, og et gitarparti som er alle tiders. Minner mye om experimentene Throbbing Gristle drev med på samme tid. Det er spesielt på Duck Stab de gjør mye kult, på Buster & Glen synes jeg det vipper litt mer. Jeg er med på Weight-Lifting Lulu, muligens låta på skiva som ligger nærmest en "typisk" låt, helt uten noen "morsomme" stemmer & ulyder. Disse morsomhetene funker på låter som Constantinople fordi det er en genuin progressjon som ligger til grunn, og recontextualiseringen av forventningene blir genuint morsom på et ubevisst/psychedelisk niveu. Hello Skinny fungerer også. Her er også en nesten normal låt som parodierer hva enn musikken som spilles på radioen i Mafia kalles. Når jeg tenker over det, høres skiva ofte ut som parodi på 50-tallsmusikk. The Elecrocutioner er som en proto Where the Wild Roses Grow. Solid låt! Jeg vil gjerne gi skiva 4 av 5 knivstukne ender, for når den treffer, så sitter det skikkelig, men synes det er litt for mange låter som ikke er spesielt bra til å være så raus.
Musikalsk gir det meg ingenting. Hva er prosjektet deres? Er det å lage skummel Looney Tunes-musikk? bip bop
Likte endel her, men det var generelt altfor ujevnt
So does Duck Stab mean that a duck is going to stab you? Or that it sounds like a duck being stabbed? Either way it's terrible. Best song: Blue Rosebuds
Not sure how this band has a cult following but it’s certainly not for me
It was quite a unique experience listening to this album, like nothing else I have listened before.
There was a time when The Residents were my favorite thing in all the world. I've seen both them and Snakefinger live multiple times, was in the Residents Usenet group, used to tell my kid that his Christmas presents were from Santa Dog... I'm sure I could think of more examples of my complete Residents-induced derangement at the time. So I was wondering why I had to dig this record up on YouTube; I know I had a copy of it at some point. Then I listened to it, and realized that other than "Constantinople," the vocals are rather consistently irritating, aren't they. I don't know why the 1001 guy chose this particular record for the book, since there are better ones from that period like Meet the Residents, Fingerprince, and Intermission from the Mole Trilogy; any of those would have gotten 5 stars from me. Based on that I originally gave Duck Stab a 3, but on listening to it again today, I was overwhelmed with Residents nostalgia, and enjoyed it much more. I also compared it in my head with other records I've since given a 3 to, and realized that surely this is more enjoyable than Depeche Mode or The Who!! It's just a slightly less enjoyable fabulous mess than the rest of the Residents' albums that I have, which probably would get 7 stars. So I regret the error of my ways and have upgraded this album to a 5.
This is not totally unlistenable butis it good? No. I get itbis dadaist avant garde, but, hilpnestly, is it really influential? ...i don't think so. It is a 2 for me bit giving it a 1 because I dont think it is one of the 1001 albuns to listen before you die. I learned more with Spice by the Spice Girls.
Water fowl violence will not be tolerated
If this is a joke, I don't get it.
1,1/5
1/10
riktigt wierd!
Interesting. Not necessarily good, but neither is it offensive. Just interesting.
Nah. Not the worst 'experimental' music I've heard but it's a pretty low bar
2/5
Weird noises
Definitely a must listen for sure. Now that I've heard it I won't be listening to it again. 😂 Regardless it was interesting listen. It didn't feel pretentious and was kind of playful. So I think it's a 4 in my book.
A difficult listen. Turned it off