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Meet the Residents Studio album by The Residents Released April 1, 1974 Recorded February–October 1973 Genre Experimental rock, Avant-garde, noise rock Label Ralph Records Producer The Residents The Residents chronology Meet The Residents
(1974)The Third Reich 'n Roll
(1976)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]
Meet the Residents is the first full-length release from avant-garde group The Residents. It was released in 1974 on Ralph Records.
The cover is a parody of Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles' second US album release. 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).[3] Later re-releases of the record changed the cover but kept a Beatles parody on the back, listing The Residents as "John Crawfish, George Crawfish, Paul McCrawfish, and Ringo Starfish", with illustrations of the applicable sea creatures wearing Beatles suits.
The original pressing of the album sold only forty copies in its first year[citation needed] with most being returned to the publisher unopened.[4] CD releases of the album in 1988 included tracks from the 1972 double single "Santa Dog". The first vinyl pressing was unedited in mono, the second (and subsequent) pressing was edited by about seven minutes, but presented in stereo. The first CD pressing was the first edition to be fully unedited in stereo, but subsequent CD editions have reverted to the edited master.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by The Resident (except where noted).
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Boots" Lee Hazlewood 0:53 2. "Numb Erone" 1:07 3. "Guylum Bardot" 1:21 4. "Breath and Length" 1:42 5. "Consuelo's Departure" 0:59 6. "Smelly Tongues" 1:47 7. "Rest Aria" 5:09 8. "Skratz" 1:42 9. "Spotted Pinto Bean" 5:27 10. "Infant Tango" 5:27 11. "Seasoned Greetings" 5:13 12. "N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues)" 7:16 Bonus Tracks (1988 CD release only) No. Title Length 13. "Fire" 14. "Lightning" 15. "Explosion" 16. "Aircraft Damage" References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ [1]
- ^ "The Residents" in The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.), edited by Peter Buckley, Rough Guides Ltd., 2003 (pg. 868).
- ^ Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses liner notes
The Residents Studio Albums 1970s1980sCommercial Album · Mark of the Mole · The Tunes of Two Cities · Title in Limbo · George & James · Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? · The Big Bubble: Part Four of the Mole Trilogy · Census Taker · Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series · God in Three Persons · The King & Eye
1990sFreak Show · Our Finest Flowers · Gingerbread Man · Hunters · Have a Bad Day · Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible
2000sRoosevelt 2.0 · Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions · Icky Flix · Demons Dance Alone · WB: RMX · 12 Days of Brumalia · I Murdered Mommy · Animal Lover · River of Crime (Episodes 1–5) · Tweedles · Night of the Hunters · The Voice of Midnight · Smell My Picture · The Bunny Boy · Postcards From Patmos · Hades · The Ughs! · Arkansas
2010sOzan · Strange Culture/Haeckel's Tale · Dollar General · Talking Light Rehearsal · Lonely Teenager · Dolor Generar
Live Albums The Mole Show Live at the Roxy · The 13th Anniversary Show Live in the U.S.A. · 13th Anniversary Show: Live in Japan · The Thirteenth Anniversary Show · The Mole Show Live in Holland · Cube E: Live in Holland · Live at the Fillmore · Wormwood Live · Kettles of Fish on the Outskirts of Town · The Way We Were · Cube E Box Set · Talking Light
Singles and EPs Santa Dog · Satisfaction · The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles · Santa Dog '78 · Babyfingers · Diskomo · The Commercial Single · Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show · Safety is the Cootie Wootie · It's a Man's Man's Man's World · Kaw-Liga · Earth vs. the Flying Saucers · Hit the Road Jack · For Elsie · Snakey Wake · Buckaroo Blues · Santa Dog 88 · Double Shot · Holy Kiss of Flesh · From the Plains to Mexico · Don't Be Cruel · Blowoff · Santa Dog '92 · Prelude to "The Teds" · Pollex Christi · I Hate Heaven · In Between Screams · High Horses · The Sandman Waits · Anganok
Compilations The Residents Radio Special · Please Do Not Steal It! · Nibbles · Residue of the Residents · Ralph Before '84: Volume 1, The Residents · Assorted Secrets · Memorial Hits · The Pal TV LP · Heaven? · Hell! · Stranger Than Supper · Liver Music · Daydream B-Liver · Poor Kaw-Liga's PainLouisiana's Lick · Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses · Residue Deux · 20 Twisted Questions · 25 Years of Eyeball Excellence · Land of Mystery · Refused · Dot Com · Diskomo 2000 · Petting Zoo · Eat Exuding Oinks · Best Left Unspoken...Vol. 1 · Best Left Unspoken...Vol. 2 · Best Left Unspoken...Vol. 3 · Ten Little Piggies · Chicken Scratching With The Residents
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