Ice Cream for Crow [Original recording remastered]

Captain Beefheart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B000FDJ2W4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2006 digitally remastered reissue of this 1982 release. Recorded with the inevitable Magic Band line-up change as a result of personal and financial conflict, it was the swansong for the career of Beefheart and represents his final musical offering before concentrating on his canvas painting, Features extensive liner notes written by Beefheart expert Mike Barnes. 13 tracks. Virgin.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beefheart's last album, and one of his greatest accomplishments...., October 7, 2007

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Grigory's Girl "Grigory's Girl" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ice Cream for Crow (Audio CD)

This is Captain Beefheart's final album, and it's one of his greatest albums, if not the greatest. It's as unique as Trout Mask Replica, and just as brilliant. I bought this when it came out, not knowing it would be the Captain's final album. I love the title track, one of Beefheart's best songs ever. The instrumental Semi-Multicolored Causcasian is one of Beeheart's most intricate compositions, with Gary Lucas and Jeff "Morris" Tepper shining during this track. The titles of the songs here are superb (along with the songs themselves). I love Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat, Skeleton Makes Good, and The Past Sure Is Tense. Beefheart never really achieved any commercial success here in the States (though he charted in the U.K. quite often), and decided to leave the world of rock and roll after this album to paint full time. He is an excellent painter, and he said in interviews that he wanted to concentrate on one or the other, and he picked the latter. One of his painting adores the Doc at the Radar Station album (another late gem from him). He is suffering from multiple scerorsis, and the Captain may not be with us much longer. But this album will be with us for a long time. It's brilliant, and even though Beefheart didn't say it was his final album at the time, it's still a great way to go out.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Improved version of a solid Beefheart release, February 26, 2008

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Stewart Evans (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ice Cream for Crow (Audio CD)

If you own only one Beefheart disc, it needs to be "Trout Mask Replica". If you own three or more, this should be one of them.

Compared to the original Virgin CD release, this remaster offers improved sound, a 12 page insert with newly written liner notes describing the sessions, and an extra track, "Light Reflected off the Oceans of the Moon", which is a Beefheart sax solo over the rhythm section of "Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RIP., December 23, 2010

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Ray "fury" (perth west australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ice Cream for Crow (Audio CD)

He was the best ,I loved his fantastic voice,and his unusual music this was an improvement on some of his later cds. He was fantastic REST IN PEACE great man.