And Apes-ma, your cage isn't getting any bigger, Apes-ma.rjhudsonOctober 21 2006, 04:18:03 UTC
Dude, I'm totally on the fence about Shiny Beast. Track for track, it's gotta be my favorite Beefheart. It ain't his best. That goes to Trout Mask on the grounds that THAT album pulls together everything "about" Beefheart, on one shiny little disc. What *exactly* that means, I'll leave for another day. But Shiny Beast is pretty much it, for me. What kills me about that record, though, is the way it sounds. It's just too pristine. I know of no remastered edition, which sucks. Can's a great example of how far remastering a catalogue can really go. Beefheart needs it bad. But I don't know how much that would change Shiny Beast.
It's like. . . I like the way Bone Machine and after records sound, and not so much the ones that came before. You know? Especially with Beefheart, it just seems like a little grit is in order.
Trout Mask is definitely when the backwards Beefheart sound first shows itself, but I'd have to rank Safe As Milk as #1 (but you likely already knew that).
As for Shiny Beast, I kinda dig the production. "Harry Irene" is a perfect example why. I feel it really benefits from the crisp, clean sound. The same goes for the first two tracks, as well.
I truly love Shiny Beast, but, when considering his 70s material, it's hard to beat the Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot double-whammy.
I know two albums that go by the name of Bone Machine, but neither is by the Captain (rather they are Tom Waits' 1992 album and a Pixies bootleg collection). Not sure what you mean...
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It's like. . . I like the way Bone Machine and after records sound, and not so much the ones that came before. You know? Especially with Beefheart, it just seems like a little grit is in order.
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Trout Mask is definitely when the backwards Beefheart sound first shows itself, but I'd have to rank Safe As Milk as #1 (but you likely already knew that).
As for Shiny Beast, I kinda dig the production. "Harry Irene" is a perfect example why. I feel it really benefits from the crisp, clean sound. The same goes for the first two tracks, as well.
I truly love Shiny Beast, but, when considering his 70s material, it's hard to beat the Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot double-whammy.
I know two albums that go by the name of Bone Machine, but neither is by the Captain (rather they are Tom Waits' 1992 album and a Pixies bootleg collection). Not sure what you mean...
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Haven't heard much Beefheart from the seventies. Probably ought to remedy that soon.
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