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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Captain Beefheart (vocals, soprano & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, simran horn, musette); Antennae Jimmy Stevens (vocals, guitar); The Mascara Snake (vocals, bass clarinet); Rockette Morton (narration, bass); Zoot Horn Rollo (guitar, flute); Doug Moon (guitar); John "Drumbo" French (drums).
A great, sprawling, discordant work of genius--TROUT MASK REPLICA gives the lie to the frequent criticism that all double albums are exercises in self indulgence. Or perhaps in Captain Beefheart's case it's impossible to separate the self indulgence from the meaningful art--certainly the pieces you may feel on first listening to be the most excessively obscure are those that keep you coming back for more.
Embedded in this influential, messy, confusing yet brilliant enterprise are a plethora of sui generis gems such as "Ella Guru" and "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish," though "China Pig" with its electric blues accompaniment finds Beefheart harking back to his Howlin' Wolf roots, and "Well" is similarly rooted in old Southern work songs--though obviously as sung by Salvador Dali. The sound is by turns murky, amateurish, and compellingly powerful. The Magic Band churns and twists under the Captain's direction, and on tracks such as "When Big Joan Sets Up," rocks as fiercely as Cecil Taylor. But be warned--after hearing TROUT MASK REPLICA, you'll never be able to listen to music in quite the same way again.
Given total creative control by producer and friend Frank Zappa, Beefheart and his Magic Band rehearsed the material for this 1969 album for over a year, wedding minimalistic R&B, blues, and garage rock to free jazz and avant-garde experimentalism. Warner Brothers Records.
Previously released as a 2-LP set.
Full performer name: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.112) - Ranked #58 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"
Rolling Stone (7/26/69, p.37) - "...[TROUT MASK REPLICA] is a total success, a brilliant, stunning, enlargement and clarification of [Beefheart's] art....the most unusual and challenging musical experience you'll have this year."
Q (11/94, p.136) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the acme of true psychedelia and the most liberated music ever recorded...few musicians have ever worked so hard at bucking the perimeter of the fence of the rock song..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.53) - Ranked #1 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "A triumph of individual genius, matched by a collective work ethic..." Trout Mask Replica Music Review Average Rating: (3.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Phenomenal!
I don't know what that other idiot's problom was, but out of tune, subliminal, nonsense seems to be the best kind of music...at least for intelligent/crazy people. This is a must have for people who liked zappa'a phase three album!
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Baby Boomer Brain Fryer!
"Mojo" magazine rated "Trout Mask Replica" as the most "OUT THERE!" album, and with good reason. It is probably the most controversial rock record ever made. Being a commercial failure, Bono once theorized that the best music does come from the water; particularly the mud of the Mississippi Delta.
"TMR" falls into that precipitous category, being brilliant and somewhat awful at the same time. Don Van Vliet definitely wasn't making a traditional rock album and it does take repeated listens to even begin to grasp its historical significance. It is a volatile mixture of raw R&B, free-form avant garde jazz and surrealistic nonsense poetry. I believe that it can be best appreciated by the baby boomer generation as many musicians of the era pushed the envelope when it came to notable experimentation. If you own any of Frank Zappa's catalogue, I suggest you give "TMR" a spin to sample before purchasing. You need to "hear" this record with a different set of ears on your head. Released nearly forty years ago, this album still sounds as if it were recorded in the year 3000.
Submitted by Will-T (Lawrenceburg IN)
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Of course! This is actually the album that was cut by the father of The Shaggs. Didn't you ever wonder where they got their inspiration from?!?!!?
Submitted by leejazzguitar (AUSTIN, TX, USA)
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FREE JAZZ meets BLUESn'ROCK
Sounds like Beefheart was listening to Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman and of course, Coltrane during this period. What's amazing is how he was able to take their psycho-Jazz ideas and meld them into a stew of Bluesy Rock music of his own. Probably influenced by guys like Lenny Bruce, too, who was into bizarre rants while being backed up by a Jazz combo.
Later in the 70's a band called Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band took Beefheart's influence and slicked it into a couple of treasures of their own. If you like his music, you may want to check out Root Boy, too.
Submitted by hootlikeamonkey (Austin, Texas)
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I bought this as I liked the Beefheart songs I'd heard on Safe as Milk and one or two celebrities are on the record as being fans of this album (e.g. John Peel and the bloke who wrote the Simpsons,)but I have to say I just didn't get it. I played it more than a few times but it really didn't do anything for me. You can obviously hear the clips on this page and in my experience, if you don't like them they won't grow on you.
Having said that I'm giving it five stars as I don't think I'm equipped to judge this music and wouldn't want to adversely affect the rating. Borrow it if possible before shelling out your hard-earned cash.
Submitted by Mark (Wales and England)
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