View Author
Tue Aug 23 2022
3
This is not a bad album. On a technical level, what they are doing takes immense amount of skill and you can tell that all musicians involved are virtuosos in their own right. On the question of how enjoyable it is, it is unbridled creativity, a storm of brutal sound that can also be quite intriguing at times, like an LSD-infused dadaist poetry slam. But I won't be listening to it regularly, I imagine. It is TOUGH to get through. The best use for this album is as a palate-cleanser. It doesn't matter what you were listening to before, Napalm Death or Mariah Carey, Iron Maiden or Stevie Wonder - by the end of this album, your brain will have thoroughly reset and by any chance, you won't even remember how you got here. But it's going to be an uncomfortable 80 minutes until then.
👍
View Author
Mon Dec 12 2022
1
Remember that scene from A Clockwork Orange when that dude in a wheelchair locks Malcolm McDowell in an upstairs room and plays Beethoven loudly, knowing it'll drive him insane? And it causes McDowell's character Alex such sickening pain that he throws himself out of the window? That's what this album made do, and I'm still in sickening pain as I write this. Apparently the dude who created The Simpsons of all people claims you have to listen to this album a whopping SEVEN times before you realize it's brilliant. I don't have that many windows I'm willing to jump out of to confirm whether or not he's correct.
👍
View Author
Tue Aug 23 2022
1
I understand this album is incredibly complex, creative, and original. I also find listening to this type of polytonal, polyrhythmic music to be a chore. Because certain arrangements are possible does not mean they'll sound good. I'll let music scholars sing the praises of this album; it sounded horrible to me.
👍
View Author
Mon Jan 02 2023
1
You could give this a 5 for the sheer brass balls of releasing this on the public, but, really, it gets a 1 for being shit.
👍
View Author
Fri Jan 27 2023
5
I can truly understand why this album is one of the lowest rated albums on this list. It is 80 minutes of audio chaos and I’m sure many listeners aren’t even going to get to the end of “Frownland”, let alone the last track. It’s hard to believe that this charted in the UK the first week that it was out, but it did and I’m sure that it was word of mouth that caused it not to chart the second week.
That being said, this album is a masterpiece and totally deserves to be on the list. There’s nothing that sounds like it back in 1969 and unlike the Velvet Underground, which was trying to be different in the most pretentious way possible this album is different in the most unpretentious way. You won't find any Warhol-inspired fashionable music on here nor anything romantic either. It’s as raw as a punk album but with some of the crazy polyrhythms that you would expect to find on an avant-garde classical album. All the while Van Vliet’s lyrics and vocals seem to be taking you somewhere quite different entirely. It seems like Zappa the producer was hearing all of this and instead of producing just sat in the studio smoking his cigarettes and letting the chaos unfold around him. That hands-off approach is probably what made this album what it is and I'm forever thankful for it.
Trout Mask Replica is an album that when someone says it's total garbage and unlistenable I can actually see where there coming from and just say that I love it for what it is. It is not an album that I can listen to often. But when I do listen to it, I’m glad that I live in a world where this album was able to be made. I’m also going to give this 5 stars for 2 reasons. The first is that someone had the balls to make this at a time when they had to either know that it was not going to make them any money or had enough faith in the listening public to think that they’d like something as far out there as this. The second is that I don’t think anyone else here has given it 5 stars yet (4 is the highest that I’ve seen so far).
👍
View Author
Wed Dec 14 2022
4
Captain Beefheart you son of a gun. You owe me a go on your sister's tits. She disappeared down a drain pipe on a dark night last spring. She broke my heart, she broke my mind, she broke my penis and I cried. Shelly Beefheart, my love, my muse, my everything.
👍
View Author
Thu Sep 29 2022
2
Uh, what was that?
👍
View Author
Mon Apr 10 2023
5
Alright, this certainly is one of the albums ever created. Impossible to separate the artist and the mythology from the music itself, when the entire thing truly sounds like someone held talented musicians against their will and forced them to learn these horribly complex compositions.
But in the end, the record really is a blast. Never boring, often humorous, and avoids being repetitive in its challenging of the listener.
'Bill's Corpse' really is a bop.
👍
View Author
Fri Nov 25 2022
1
Wtf
👍
View Author
Fri Dec 30 2022
5
The album is a fucking trip. It encourages me to be freer with my own creativity, because there are things on here that just seem like silly-ass outtakes - then the next song slaps you in the face with the ripping guitars and forceful vocals. It defies category and stands out.
👍
View Author
Wed Mar 29 2023
5
As silly as it sounds, Matt Groening was right, it does take multiple listens until it just clicks. I've listened to this a bunch over the years and it's a favorite now. Loved reading all the takes from other unsuspecting listeners, they are not wrong lol.
👍
View Author
Tue Aug 23 2022
2
Word is that you have to listen to this double album six times before it doesn't sound terrible. While I can appreciate the creativity and difficulty in producing this unique work, it might take a while for me to appreciate it.
Trout Mask Replica was added to the United States National Recording Registry for the year 2010 by the Library of Congress. Wow. I may have to check back with an update at a later date.
👍
View Author
Fri Mar 17 2023
5
I know this is way out there, but I was actively engaged listening to it. It was refreshing to have something that compelled me to pay attention, even though I’m not sure why.
👍
View Author
Sun Sep 04 2022
4
Always meant to get around this this one and was surprised to not hate it or find it that much of a challenge---must have heard enough music inspired by it over the years that it doesn't seem that crazy. I really like Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen and today realized that Trout Mask Replica was likely a huge influence.
👍
View Author
Mon Sep 26 2022
4
This album is a lot of fun, chaotic and pretty all over the place. Captain Beefheart's sound is truly unique and he is truly an artist. This album is a trip to listen to.
👍
View Author
Fri Sep 30 2022
4
I totally dug that offbeat album. It’s obvious to see the influence it had on Tom Waits and I look forward to giving it another listen.
👍
View Author
Sun Jan 01 2023
4
Fast and bulbous. Also, tapered.
👍
View Author
Thu Feb 23 2023
4
Fuck you ‘Trout Mask Replica’, fuck you.
👍
View Author
Fri Dec 30 2022
3
What if every song on an album was a mandatory overtime style jam? Well here you are. This sounds like the musical equivalent of experiencing schizophrenia. You can hear the influence it had on later Tom Waits albums, and I have respect for the insane bravery of this chaotic experiment, but definitely not something I'd listen to for enjoyment. I prefer his somewhat more tuneful output that followed.
👍
View Author
Mon Oct 31 2022
2
I used to hate this for how "quirky" it was. It's like a hipsters staple album to brag about cause it's so "unconventional". Honestly, it's not that bad, it's just not really my thing.
👍
View Author
Sun Aug 28 2022
1
There's not a single moment on this bloated mess that's enjoyable in any way. Weird for the sake of being weird. At last Zappa's shit jams. Also, that's a catfish. Best track: N/A
👍
View Author
Wed Oct 05 2022
1
It was always beyond me, back in the day, how on earth this cacophonous discord was ever a rated album & it still is. The only difference is that I can no longer be bothered to wonder why.
👍
View Author
Wed Nov 02 2022
1
They made this...on purpose? "Avant garde" will always sound like a cover for making noise that's indistinguishable from someone with no talent discovering an instrument. And why must these albums be so long? Scary that I can see where some other albums got inspiration from this like Tom Waits and the Minutemen. So a star because I'm learning and piecing together some music history. Otherwise, yikes.
👍
View Author
Fri Jul 07 2023
1
The insipid experiments with no more substance than the goal to impress the listener already happened in 1969.
A colleague of Zappa's but without his artistic savoir faire, Captain Beefheart gives light here to a sonorous experiment that sometimes comes close to music. It's laughable where it pretends to be imaginative; it's absurd where it pretends to be innovative; it's interminable where it pretends to be incomprehensible
👍
View Author
Mon Apr 10 2023
5
What I find most fascinating about this record is that the instrumentals were recorded in a single eight hour sessions.
How well rehearsed and disciplined did the Magic Band have to be in order to achieve that and be able to play these extremely complicated songs like that every time? What an achievement!
Captain Beefheart delivers one of the most challenging records of the 20th century with Trout Mask Replica. It’s polyrhythmic, polytonal and at times almost incomprehensible. Spoken words, free jazz, dirty blues, progressive rock and avant-garde is thrown together in a seemingly random order.
The product on the other hand is not random at all. The sheer discipline of the band points toward that. There is a great amount of humor but the album is not a joke at all.
“Moonlight In Vermont”, “My Human Gets Me Blues”, “Ant Man Bee” and the closing “Veteran’s Day Poppy” (a song that almost displays a certain beauty) are what this album is all about. Horribly demanding but nevertheless extremely well thought out.
Nothing tops the legendary opening that is “Frownland”. It’s not rare that I find myself singing parts of the song alone at home. Despite all its complexity. Despite the weirdness. Despite of the fact that it seems that the song itself wants me not to like it.
This is genius in its purest form.
Or maybe it’s madness?
That’s not for me to decide.
And I don’t care.
👍
View Author
Thu Jun 08 2023
5
Sure, I get it. 5 stars for that?!?! Am I saying that out of some sense that this is the “correct” answer? Is this a case of the emperor’s new clothes? Am I on drugs? Am I mentally well? A 5 for an album that I wouldn’t want to listen to more often than not? It just doesn’t make sense.
I promise you, it is sincere. Many years ago I heard Frank Zappa for the first time and my musical world grew quickly. I found that I was drawn to things that stood in stark contrast to the kinds of music that was familiar. I wouldn’t always enjoy it, but I didn’t need to. My fascination with its uniqueness was enough. Of course, the less I enjoyed it, the less likely I was to return for another listen.
Zappa’s album Hot Rats was my introduction to Captain Beefheart, and I loved his vocals on that album. When I found out that Trout Mask Replica existed, I immediately sought it out, and was truly fascinated by what I found. It was awful, and a strange musical mess, but damned interesting. I walked away thinking it was something I never needed to hear again, and thought I was done. A short time later, I tried to describe the experience of listening to the album to a friend, and decided to short cut things by just playing some of it for him. Some time later I repeated this with another friend. Over and over again, I’d find myself coming back to the album and playing it again, and before long the curiosity had been replaced by appreciation. More and more of it had started to click, until one day I realized that I actually enjoyed the thing. It’s still not an album that I can throw on any old time. It’s an experience that can only happen under the uncommon ideal circumstances, But when those elements come together, it’s electric.
👍
View Author
Thu Jun 08 2023
5
One of my favorites. It just packs so much music to enjoy in one album…
Also it can be a lot if you’re not in the headspace to listen to this kind of stuff
👍
View Author
Wed Jul 05 2023
5
My spirits made up of the ocean
And the sky and the sun and the moon
And all my eyes can see
I cannot go back to your land of gloom
Where black jagged shadows
Remind me of the coming of your doom
I want my own land
Take my hand and come with me
It's not too late for you if it's not too late for me
To find my homeland
Where a man can stand by another man
Without an ego flying
With no man lying
And no one dying by an earthly hand
Let the devils burn and the beggar learn
And the little girls that live in those old worlds
Take my kind hand
My smile is stuck
I cannot go back to your frownland
Here's the thing, this isnt FOR you. Its for THEM. The people who made this album made it because THEY wanted it. They didnt give a fuck that it wasnt going to make any money, it was ART. Art for the sake of art? Man, we could use more of that in this late-stage capitalist hellscape.
5/5
👍
View Author
Mon Jul 24 2023
5
Awesome
👍
View Author
Fri Sep 01 2023
5
- definition of scaring the hoes
- Sounds like crack was heavily involved
- I can’t tell if every word is meticulously planned out or freestyled
- Sometimes they get into a groove but it’s very rare
- The singer actually has a cool voice
- HOBO CHANG BAAAAAAA
- Kinda feels like a really dark fucked up version of the chili peppers
- Overall just an absolute mess of people learning to play instruments and a singer that needs to be committed. It held my attention the whole time and is unlike anything I’ve heard before or will hear again. 5 stars
👍
View Author
Fri Oct 14 2022
4
very odd eclectic, interesting sound. Would like to listen more, overall enjoyed.
👍
View Author
Fri Oct 14 2022
4
Chaotic, Abstract, Experimental Noisy, Complex, Complicated
👍
View Author
Sun Oct 16 2022
4
It's such a wacky, sometimes wonderful album. Unfortunately it also can be a chore to get through with its ridiculous length. It's best in small doses rather than one sit down session. This album is perfect for this list, this is really something people should hear, if only once.
Much appreciation for the influence on artists like Tom Waits and Ween.
👍
View Author
Wed Oct 19 2022
4
Fascinating
👍
View Author
Mon Nov 07 2022
4
I think this undistilled, straight Captain Beefheart is a little too much for me. I really love a lot of what came from this like Swordfishtrombones or Double Nickels on the Dime. I like the collaborations with Zappa too, Bongo Fury is one of my faves. This is one of those albums that I appreciate more than I actually like it. I'm glad it exists and it has its place but I'll probably never listen to it again voluntarily. I think it's important enough to give it four stars but I can't bring myself to give it five.
👍
View Author
Sun Jan 01 2023
4
In my 20s I owned this on cassette of all things, and listened to it many times, though not for years since, up to now. Is it genius? Reading for the first time about Van Vliet’s abuse of his compatriots throughout its creation, my tolerance is somewhat diminished. It’s genuinely funny and interesting, certainly unique and influential. Is this enough to carry the aggressive weirdness through? I conclude yes, and though I find the tales of the Captain’s cultish and violent dominance of his band abhorrent (and anyone theorizing it was necessary to generate this can go pound sand), it’s still one of the greats.
👍
View Author
Fri Jan 06 2023
4
The daring work of expert musicians. I admire just how difficult this record must have been to write and record. So I admire Trout Mask Replica and it was fun in a quirky mayhem sort of way for a few songs. But once again I have had difficult making it all the way through the album - started to feel like a chore. It does bring a new appreciation for how Tom Waits and others inspired by the record have been able to capture its wit and spirit and tone down the sense of assault. File this one away with Throbbing Gristle "Second Annual Report": very glad it was made, respect the hell out of the musicians, but for the sake of my sanity it will not often see my (figurative) turntable.
👍
View Author
Wed Jan 11 2023
4
In het begin dat ik wat een kakalbum, maar halverwege is het beginnen klikken. Wel heb ik het gevoel dat je een paar keer moet luisteren om deze ten volle te waarderen, ik ga in de toekomst dus zeker nog eens luisteren.
Ik was niet verrast toen ik zag dat de man met Zappa bevriend was
👍
View Author
Fri Feb 10 2023
4
4.5
👍
View Author
Sun Feb 19 2023
4
This is like modern art, it's garbage but somehow highly acclaimed. Would give it a generous 3/10, but some guitar legends such as Steve Vai and Frusciante highly praise this album. And apparently many listens are required, so I will give it a high rating and come back to it.
👍
View Author
Thu Mar 02 2023
4
An unpredictable musical journey full of dissonance and cacophony. Some may qualify it as garbage, others as gold. In my case, it makes me feel a gallery of emotions that range from joy to discomfort. It is one of those that doesn’t work as background music. It demands your attention for sure
👍
View Author
Fri May 19 2023
4
The fuck is this album?
I'm not even mad, I'm amused. I think this is how crack sounds like.
👍
View Author
Fri Jun 16 2023
4
a great irregular
👍
View Author
Tue Jul 25 2023
4
This was an astonishing album and impossible to rate, really. Chaotic, abrasive, poetic, alienating, surreal, bluesy, atonal, polyrhythmic, dissonant, ..., fast and bulbous.
👍
View Author
Thu Jul 27 2023
4
The making of this album and its whole sound are so fascinating. I understand many finding it hard to digest, but I think it’s actually pretty hooky at some points. Charming chaotic weirdness. It’s a bit long, though.
👍
View Author
Thu Aug 03 2023
4
Definitely one of if not THE weirdest album in this list. It's intentionally difficult, and I totally get why someone would absolutely hate it. However, the songwriting is truly next level and this album has definitely gone on to massively influence music. I real iconic album.
👍
View Author
Sat Aug 19 2023
4
I appreciate it, but can't listen to it very often.
👍
View Author
Wed Aug 30 2023
4
Ha ha what a schemozzle.
👍
View Author
Wed Sep 13 2023
4
Been waiting for this one! I had a go listening to this a few years ago and was excited to return to it with a more developed ear. Exactly as chaotic, crude, and experimental as I could’ve hoped - not every track lands (I could’ve done with less rambling near the end), but to hear a band in the middle of creative expression and churning out some great riffs along the way is an exceedingly rare experience. A testament to the chaos is how I was able to listen for the full 78 minutes in one sitting, I was intrigued the whole way through (for better or worse) and never thought to take a break. Here’s to challenging, weird music!
👍
View Author
Thu Sep 15 2022
3
The strangest album so far.
👍
View Author
Wed Oct 19 2022
3
A little bit of nonsene is OK. I like the album cover.
👍
View Author
Sun Oct 30 2022
3
Produced by Frank Zappa. Yes, it does have a Zappa-vibe to it for sure. Still getting aquatinted with it. It does get better with time…. 3/5
👍
View Author
Tue Nov 15 2022
3
The music is as weird as the cover. It actually was quite interesting for a while, it took until half way through the 28 tracks before I lost interest.
Surreal mixture of Jazz, with some blues structure at times and left field lyrics.
I am unlikely to ever listen to this again, but it certainly was an experience and that justifies it being on this list.
👍
View Author
Sun Nov 27 2022
3
This is a grower. I really like the wacky vibe, the surreal lyrics, and of course the atonal jazz fusion instrumental. It's chaotic but simple, and I'm actually not a big fan of that. I like the distorted bluesy guitar sound mixed with the free ranging sax, but there are only a few tracks where it actually sounds incredible.
On the plus side, nearly every song offers something unique and weird. But for most of the disordered mess, I often can't see much value. Maybe there is hidden under multiple focused listens, but most tracks seem to provide nothing exciting. Just something to say "huh that's a bit strange," sometimes you hear the same thing in other tracks and you swear it loses its novelty. I really did not like the spoken word tracks, but it did place me in an atmosphere I'd like to revisit while high. That being said, the opener and closer are by far the best tracks on the album, groovy and structured yet unsettling and unpredictable.
Favorites: Frownland, Ella Guru, Moonlight on Vermont, Bill's Corpse, My Human Gets Me Blues, Sugar 'n Spikes, Veteran's Day Poppy
👍
View Author
Sun Dec 04 2022
3
Unrateable
👍
View Author
Thu Dec 08 2022
3
I know that this is an important and influential album and should definitely be included on this list; everyone should endure the experience at least once (like the album Free Jazz or The Shape of Jazz to Come). It's a creative and artistic expression, but just not one I like in the least. Its so fucking long and unless I knew the history that apparently these were extremely practiced songs, it sounds like someone gave instruments to complete novices, told them to play, and pressed record.
👍
View Author
Sun Dec 18 2022
3
Blues... Justo blues
A lot of inprovisation
👍
View Author
Fri Dec 23 2022
3
Hard to listen to, but not impossible, and once you open your mind to what's going on, there's plenty to get from this album. It set a bar for how we gauge outsider music in the rock era and you can hear this album in all kinds of things that want to diverge from the usual.
👍
View Author
Fri Dec 30 2022
3
Notoriously difficult listen, it's definitely interesting and it's obvious the influences it has had on musicians like Tom Waits. In terms of a casual listen though, it is not exactly a pleasant experience. I could see getting addicted to the chaos though with repeat listens.
👍
View Author
Fri Jan 06 2023
3
This is a really tough one to rate, first half of the album I was wondering if I could listen to all of it, by the end I was kind of embracing its madness and enjoying what rhythmic music there was to enjoy - that said I do feel the second was more “musical” than the first. Was going to give a 2 but as I will defo listen again, purely out of curiosity, have gone one higher
👍
View Author
Fri Jan 06 2023
3
This is a difficult listen to be sure, but it's got some slappers in the mix there. Fast n bulbous.
👍
View Author
Wed Jan 11 2023
3
Het is wat wennen aan het genre. Het ligt me niet helemaal maar ik ben wel mee in de creativiteit
👍
View Author
Mon Jan 16 2023
3
So hard to listen to. Unbelievable story about the recording.
👍
View Author
Mon Jan 30 2023
3
It does offer some gritty and occasionally funky appeal if one can drop one's grudges against its considerable difficulties. One thinks of Beat happenings, and free jazz, and performance art, as much as pop or rock music. More than anything, it's indulgent, and its innovations and influence seems perhaps diluted as the influencees seem to have exceeded him in many ways. Worth knowing if its merits don't go down very easily.
👍
View Author
Thu Feb 16 2023
3
Far too many uses of the word 'bulbous'. This is an unhinged and fascinating record that sounds like a car crash through Tom Waits' nightmares, and veers from funny to harrowing in a split second. It's also way way too long - I was feeling a solid 4/5 for the first hour or so but it did drag towards the end unfortunately
👍
View Author
Thu Feb 16 2023
3
i know, but i don't know.
👍
View Author
Thu Feb 16 2023
3
Very challenging album, I know it’s meant to be purposely bad but some segments are downright unlistenable.
👍
View Author
Fri Feb 24 2023
3
Just because something purposefully sounds bad doesn't then make it good. If I were a musical publication and rating the album on its "importance" and impact to music as a whole, sure, rate this higher. Sometimes, experimentation or art for its own sake is worthwhile, and no doubt 'Trout Mask Replica' is a fascinating example of just that. I'll also acknowledge the musical and technical proficiency required to put together something like this - it sounds awful, but it's awfulness with a purpose.
But wow, it's hard to listen to. 3 stars for its impact, as I acknowledge we wouldn't have music like Tom Waits if it wasn't for Beefheart.
👍
View Author
Thu Mar 09 2023
3
This was a tough listen. I need to revisit
👍
View Author
Wed Mar 15 2023
3
Fast and bulbous.
I don't know. It kinda works with my ADD. I get why this is considered to be something you should hear, at least once. It is certainly something to hear, anyway. Pretty hard to digest. The songs were generally short, but definitely all over the map. I definitely don't "get it". Somehow, I still kinda liked it. I need a few more listens before I can really rate it, but we'l say 6/10 for now.
👍
View Author
Fri Mar 17 2023
3
This entire album is completely unhinged….but I liked it
👍
View Author
Fri Mar 17 2023
3
It's all so much.
👍
View Author
Mon Apr 24 2023
3
Blues. Rock. Un poco experimental. Largo. Con altibajos.
👍
View Author
Sun May 07 2023
3
Ja ja
👍
View Author
Wed May 17 2023
3
Je présume qu’il a influencé entre autres Tom Waits. Je suis sensible à l’aspect expérimental, qui sort du lot
👍
View Author
Thu May 18 2023
3
Like a weird rip in space and time. Not sure what's going on but sounds eclectic for a 60s album
👍
View Author
Thu May 25 2023
3
It does take some effort to listen to in its entirety, but there are some true gems in there. The concept is really crazy, I like it. I still think of the trout mask included in the vinyl. I don't have it, though. Love all the talking passages and the fact that the album got made in like one single 6 hour session.
Pena is still my all time favorite.
+ Ella Guru
+ Sweet Sweet Bulbs
+ Pena
+ Fallin' Ditch
+ Sugar 'n Spikes
+ Ant Man Bee
+ Orange Claw Hammer
+ Wild Life
FAST AND BULBOUS
👍
View Author
Sat May 27 2023
3
Basically unrateable. My view here is that you have to forget like or dislike, get or forget. It can't be reasoned with, it doesn't stop, it feels no pity. Whether you are there or not, it exists. Double album is too much, but 40 minutes is an audio equivalent of wild swimming. Bracing, a shock to the system and you return refreshed. 3 but could be 5, or 1.
👍
View Author
Sat Jun 10 2023
3
A lot of you have never accidentally recorded yourself having a nervous breakdown while on acid and IT SHOWS.
All kidding aside I liked this a lot for the artistic experiment of it all. A mind melting mix of rock, country, bepop, avant-garde spoken word, and proto punk rock. I can see how this influenced a generation. I can also see why most people hate it.
That being said, I’m not adding it to any playlists for summer block parties or anything.
👍
View Author
Thu Jun 15 2023
3
Wtf?
👍
View Author
Wed Jun 28 2023
3
It's so crazy and weird that I can't dislike it for being weird
👍
View Author
Wed Jul 12 2023
3
I like weird stuff and this is truly weird. But it's hard for even me to listen to the whole album straight through.
I still laugh at the way he sings "me and my girl named Bimbo". That songs is my favorite on this album.
👍
View Author
Fri Jul 21 2023
3
I didn't make it all the way through this, but enjoyed more of what I heard than I expected, given its reputation. Giving a neutral review because I don't want to fall too far behind, but definitely want to come back to this someday and give it another whirl.
👍
View Author
Wed Aug 16 2023
3
This album is admittedly difficult. It’s obviously experimental, very tongue in cheek, and sounds like pure randomness a lot of the time. However, there is a huge American roots music influence that carries through seemingly uniting the noise. With the studio chatter it seems as though the album is a loose documentary of sorts nonlinear, and all encompassing. I can hear the influence on artists such as Tom Waits which makes me wonder why the album was released in the shape that it is in. It’s clearly trying to get something across, but maybe I need to give it a few more listens.
👍
View Author
Thu Aug 17 2023
3
6.5/10
👍
View Author
Fri Aug 25 2023
3
3.5
Yes, I gave this a 3.5. It isn't bad. It's weird but good in its own very unique way. I think this album is hard to get used to. This first time I head it I thought, "What the hell is this?" but over time, and after many listens, I start to feel like this one is better than I initially gave it credit for.
More time might raise my score but for now, I'm good with 3.5
👍
View Author
Wed Aug 30 2023
3
No se puede opinar. Ninguna canción disponible en Spotify
👍
View Author
Thu Sep 14 2023
3
weird and wonderful. "Don't do it that way, you'll never make a dime." 3 stars
👍
View Author
Thu Sep 14 2023
3
Best YouTube comment on this album: "This sounds like an entire band falling down stairs, but they keep playing."
Disjointed, shambolic and absurd. Gleefully weird. Creative and entertaining in its way... but I can't really imagine choosing to listen to much of this album except to say that I did it.
Fave Songs: Moonlight on Vermont, She's Too Much for My Mirror, Pachuco Cadaver, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Ella Guru
👍
View Author
Mon Sep 18 2023
3
What if frank Zappa, ween's pure guava, and Tom waits had a baby...they would have captain beef heart's trout mask replica.
It was really hard to get through and I don't think that I will ever understand it. I do appreciate then living on the edge of the music spectrum, but it falls short on what I conceive music to be.
I also love Ween and Tom Waits...but I hear too much Zappa to enjoy what they're trying to accomplish.
👍
View Author
Wed Aug 24 2022
2
I bet this was an influence on Victim's Family.
👍
View Author
Thu Aug 25 2022
2
Als je hem aanzet en iets gaat doen is het alleen maar soms heel kut, meestal best oké en heel soms best vet
👍
View Author
Thu Aug 25 2022
2
Eerste 5 nummers: Alsof iemand een muziekwinkel van de trap gooit
Moonlight on Vermont best leuk
Klinkt een beetje als pre-alpha-Zappa
geen fan, maar ook niet heel erg om het een keer gehoord te hebben
👍
View Author
Sun Aug 28 2022
2
I feel like it’s actually brave to sound good?
👍
View Author
Mon Aug 29 2022
2
Mayhem.
👍
View Author
Mon Sep 19 2022
2
If you like avant garde music this is for you, for the the rest, no.
👍
View Author
Thu Sep 22 2022
2
This is a pure chaotic mess yet it’s weirdly fun and hard to stop listening. I probably won’t come back to it but I definitely had fun while it was on!
👍
View Author
Thu Oct 06 2022
2
Wow, that was...interesting. I was working while listening to this, not recommended.
👍
View Author
Mon Oct 10 2022
2
I am not sure what I just listened to, but I wouldn't qualify it as music. Technically arranged chaos is still chaos. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
👍
View Author
Wed Oct 12 2022
2
Going to be honest here, this is a discount version of Frank Zappa and not nearly as smart, artistic or funny.
👍
