Meet the Residents

Infobox Album | Name = Meet the Residents
Type = Album
Artist = The Residents


Released = 1974
Recorded = February-October 1973
Genre = Experimental rock, Avant-Garde
Length =
Label = Ralph Records
Producer = The Residents
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfqxqy5ldfe link] | Last album =
This album = "Meet The Residents"
(1974)
Next album = "The Third Reich 'n' Roll"
(1976)

"Meet the Residents" is the first full-length release from avant garde group The Residents. It was released in 1973 on Ralph Records. The cover was a parody of "Meet the Beatles!" (the Beatles' first US release); Later re-releases of the record changed the cover, though still kept a Beatles parody on the back, listing The Residents as "John Crawfish, George Crawfish, Paul McCrawfish, and Ringo Starfish", with illustrations of the appropriate sea creatures wearing Beatle suits. CD releases of the album in 1988 included tracks from the 1972 double single "Santa Dog".

Track listing

# "Boots" – 0:53 (L. Hazlewood)
# "Numb Erone" – 1:07
# "Guylum Bardot" – 1:21
# "Breath and Length" – 1:42
# "Consuelo's Departure" – 0:59
# "Smelly Tongues" – 1:47
# "Rest Aria" – 5:09
# "Skratz" – 1:42
# "Spotted Pinto Bean" – 5:27
# "Infant Tango" – 5:27
# "Seasoned Greetings" – 5:13
# "N-er-gee (Crisis Blues)" – 7:16

*Bonus Tracks (1988 CD release only)
# "Fire"
# "Lightning"
# "Explosion"
# "Aircraft Damage"

Trivia

* EMI and Capitol were angry with the cover and threatened to sue (though it is rumored that George Harrison or Ringo Starr loved the cover and bought a copy)Fact|date=February 2007.

* The original pressing of the album sold a mere 40 copies in the first year.

* A remixed version of "Rest Aria" was used without permission in a Levi's ad.