Gingerbread Man

Residents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 1995)
• Original Release Date: July 6, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East Side Digital
• ASIN: B000000PLW
• Also Available in: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,134 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Weaver

2. The Dying Oilman

3. The Confused Transsexual

4. The Sold-Out Artist

5. The Ascetic

6. The Old Soldier

7. The Aging Musician

8. The Butcher

9. The Old Woman

10. Ginger's Lament

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Residential Oddity to Feed your Nightmares, October 21, 2002

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S. A DUNN (Chehalis, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gingerbread Man (Audio CD)

Perhaps my all-time-favorite Residential album (and I got em all). Who else but The Residents can portray the Grim Reaper as a cookie/cutout Gingerbread man, who reveals the inner tortures, fears, phobias and obsessions of 9 characters, as they slide past the prime of life into their graves. "Ginger" reveals how bitter and twisted some people can become in their eternal chase of the dreams they cannot achieve. As we hear the doomsday babble of all 9 characters, "Ginger" keeps reminding us: "Run, run, fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" If you are fortunate to find the expanded CD-Rom version, get it, It will permanently freak you out as you "see" the busts of the characters and manipulate their environments.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Song, July 2, 2001

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Hunter Westfield "Hunter" (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gingerbread Man (Audio CD)

Why, you may ask, do I say "great song" not "great album", cuz for the most part of this almost-40-minute album, you're hearing the melody. Luckily, it IS a catchy melody. This was the first Rez album I had heard, and it got me hooked. The music is very listenable and the lyrics are derranged! =) I recommend it to everyone!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars got Milk?!?, January 19, 2008

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Jive Daddy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gingerbread Man (Audio CD)

These guys are friggin strange! This album was surprisingly good. Considering the thrashing it has taken from some of the reviewers, I went in not expecting much. Every song begins with the same melody but ends with the same different melody. Its hard to explain. In between those melodies is your typical Residents' style that doesn't fail. Not their best, and certainly not their worst (I think Eskimo REALLY sucks).