Not Trout Mask Replica (blues, indie, rock, albums, song)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-20-2006, 12:39 PM

All this Zappa stuff has put me in the mood for some Captain Beefheart.

But what?

Everybody & their mother knows that Trout Mask Replica is the album to get but what I want to know is what comes after that.

Answers on a postcard & stuff .........

right-track · 07-20-2006, 12:56 PM

Probably just a lot of noise.
Not as bad as 'Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar' though.

cardboard adolescent · 07-20-2006, 01:05 PM

Personally, I started with "Safe as Milk" which is a brilliant blues-rock album. Obviously they were pretty constrained by their record label as even the most normal song on "Trout Mask" is waaay weirder than the most bizarre song on "Safe as Milk," but it's still a great album and does have some pretty interesting variations on blues rock.

Decoy · 07-20-2006, 02:37 PM

Shiny Beast and The Man Mirror Sessions are great

~~hiu~~ · 07-28-2006, 12:23 AM

After Trout I would look into Lick My Decals Off, Baby, it's probably more accessible than Trout but not by alot. I recommend that or The Spotlight Kid as the best Beefheart albums to start with for anyone new to his music, where as most people will jump straight into Trout without any knowledge of what they are getting into. Safe As Milk is a good album if you have listened to Trout and enjoyed it, it toes a different line to Trout, be it a little more conventional.

jazzfromhell · 08-03-2006, 01:13 PM

Yeah, I've heard Safe as Milk and Lick My Decals Off, Baby are the best, after Trout Mask Replica.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-03-2006, 01:25 PM

Can I find Safe As Milk anywhere?

Can I bollocks

cardboard adolescent · 08-03-2006, 01:29 PM

I'd upload it, but I only have it on LP.

Most indie record stores I've been to carry it, though.

07-20-2006, 12:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Not Trout Mask Replica All this Zappa stuff has put me in the mood for some Captain Beefheart. But what? Everybody & their mother knows that Trout Mask Replica is the album to get but what I want to know is what comes after that. Answers on a postcard & stuff ......... __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-20-2006, 02:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Decoy Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 272	Shiny Beast and The Man Mirror Sessions are great __________________ www.decoygenocide.com/gallery.html “Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.”

08-03-2006, 01:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Can I find Safe As Milk anywhere? Can I bollocks __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-20-2006, 12:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Probably just a lot of noise. Not as bad as 'Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar' though.

07-20-2006, 01:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Personally, I started with "Safe as Milk" which is a brilliant blues-rock album. Obviously they were pretty constrained by their record label as even the most normal song on "Trout Mask" is waaay weirder than the most bizarre song on "Safe as Milk," but it's still a great album and does have some pretty interesting variations on blues rock.

07-28-2006, 12:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	After Trout I would look into Lick My Decals Off, Baby, it's probably more accessible than Trout but not by alot. I recommend that or The Spotlight Kid as the best Beefheart albums to start with for anyone new to his music, where as most people will jump straight into Trout without any knowledge of what they are getting into. Safe As Milk is a good album if you have listened to Trout and enjoyed it, it toes a different line to Trout, be it a little more conventional.

08-03-2006, 01:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	Yeah, I've heard Safe as Milk and Lick My Decals Off, Baby are the best, after Trout Mask Replica.

08-03-2006, 01:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I'd upload it, but I only have it on LP. Most indie record stores I've been to carry it, though.