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The Best of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band by Captain Beefheart (CD, May-2002, EMI Gold UK) 
The Best of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band by Captain Beefheart (CD, May-2002, EMI Gold UK)

 
The Best of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band by Captain Beefheart (CD, May-2002, EMI Gold UK)

Artist: Captain Beefheart
Release Date: May 2002
Format: CD
Record Label: EMI Gold (UK)
Genre: Art Rock, Rock & Pop
UPC: 724353938321
Product ID: EPID51904803
Description: 16-track compilation from eccentric American rocker Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band. Tracks span the 1960s to the '80s and include "Safe As Milk" and "Bat Chain Puller". This is a compilation of tracks from the Magic...
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Track Listing
1. Safe as Milk
2. Gimme Dat Harp Boy
3. Kandy Korn
4. Upon the My O My
5. New Electric Ride
6. Party of Special Things to Do
7. Twist Ah Luck
8. Blue Jeans and Moonbeams
9. Floppy Boot Stomp
10. Bat Chain Puller
11. Run Paint Run Run
12. Hot Head
13. Ashtray Heart
14. Ice Cream For Crow
15. Past Sure Is Tense
16. Witch Doctor Life

Details
Distributor:MSI Music Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
16-track compilation from eccentric American rocker Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band. Tracks span the 1960s to the '80s and include "Safe As Milk" and "Bat Chain Puller".
This is a compilation of tracks from the Magic Band's tenure on the Virgin and Liberty labels. This is unfortunate on two counts: there is no material from the vital Reprise period (including the legendary Trout Mask Replica), and there are selections from Bluejeans & Moonbeams and Unconditionally Guaranteed, generally acknowledged as the weakest albums in the good Captain's catalog. Any best-of for a singular artist like Captain Beefheart is going to have some debatable inclusions and omissions, but five tracks combined from Bluejeans & Moonbeams and Unconditionally Guaranteed is too many, by almost anyone's estimation. By contrast, the Dust Blows Forward anthology has a grand total of one tune each from those albums. Aside from that, selections are nothing to quibble about, but those two mediocre efforts account for nearly one-third of this compilation. Beefheart fans, of course, will probably already own this material, and a true novice would probably be better-served with Dust Blows Forward, which covers Beefheart's entire career, encompassing all represented record labels. ~ Sean Westergaard

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