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2006 digitally remastered reissue of this 1980 album. This album was harder and more powerful than its predecessor, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), and was widely regarded as the strongest album of his latter years. Features extensive liner notes written by Beefheart expert Mike Barnes. 12 tracks. Virgin.
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Probably his best ever,
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This review is from: Doc at the Radar Station (Audio CD)
This is the type of work i wish Beefheart would have done more of. This is a very special album for Beefheart because here he (and his band, which includes the great Trombone work of Bruce Fowler) found the perfect balance between rock weirdness and avant garde originality. Nothing elsewhere sounds like this blues guitar drenched gumbo...which is also mellotron spiced, harmonica fueled and poetry stabbed . The captain spewed a master piece for sure in Doc at the Radar Station. I consider this the most daring and 'progressive' work he ever did. Get it!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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BRING ME MY SCISSORS!!!,
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This review is from: Doc at the Radar Station (Audio CD)
Don't be put off by the fact that this album was made toward the end of the Captain's career - Doc at the Radar Station is 100% essential, top quality Beefheart. It's harder and more aggressive than it's predecessor, Shiny Beast (an equally outstanding but very different album). It is very much a return to the Trout Mask Replica style of off-kilter poetry set to complex, dissonant music. The best songs on this album represent some of the best stuff he ever did. Hot Head, Sue Egypt, Dirty Blue Gene, and Best Batch Yet are some of my favorites, but there isn't a weak track on the album. Fans of the Captain will inevitably love Doc at the Radar Station
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Captain Ziggy,
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This review is from: Doc at the Radar Station (Audio CD)
The best of the Captn. A smokin' band, some his best material ever, sort of an American Ziggy Stardust feel, filtered through pure Beefheart. An absolutely essential rock and roll album.
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