I was expecting something very different based on the what I've read about Captain Beefheart. Now almost everything I know of his reputation seems based on either Doc at the Radar Station or, especially, Trout Mask Replica, both of which I've never heard. But Safe as Milk actualy sounds pretty accessible to me. And as far as blues based rock I like this album better than most. Flaming Groovies and Stooges both sound like they were influenced by this album. All in all a blues rock album that I really enjoyed listening to and will absolutely return to. 4 stars