ranking captain beefheart albums in order
 

I think:

1. ice cream for crow
2. lick my decals off, baby
3. doc at the radar station
4. strictly personal
5. shiny beast
6. trout mask replica
7. safe as milk
8. mirror man sessions
9. spotlight kid
10. clear spot
11. unconditionally guranteed
12. bluejeans and moonbeams

..yeah.

1. Safe as Milk
2. Trout Mask Replica
3. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
4. Doc at the Radar Station
5. Lick My Decals Off, Baby
6. Ice Cream for Crow
7. Mirror Man
8. Clear Spot
9. Strictly Personal
10. The Spotlight Kid
11. Unconditinally Guaranteed
12. Bluejeans and Moonbeams

I'm a big Beef fan but I've yet to hear Ice Cream for Crow. Is it out on vinyl?

I'd probably put TMR at the top, SAM right under that, then Doc, then Lick, then Shiny Beast.

I don't care much about the rest.

i wish i had atsonicpark's record collection.

i have a soft spot for clear spot

i have only heard 4 of his albums so i rate em like this
TMR
SAM
lick my decals off baby
mirror man

i really want to hear ice cream for crow after atsonic has raved about it so much.
anyone care to upload it?

Up to now I've only heard Clear spot and stuff he did with Gary Lucas (which is great). I've actually downloaded a lot of his records but I haven't listened to them yet.

Y'all don't like the Mirror Man Sessions?? Man, that's my shit right there.

Ice Cream for Crow:
http://www.badongo.com/file/5181551

Such a fine ending to a brilliant career.

thanks! dling now. will give my full report later....

today i'd say:

1. Trout Mask Replica
2. Safe as Milk
3. Lick My Decals Off, Baby
4. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
5. Doc at the Radar Station
6. Clear Spot
7. Mirror Man
8. Strictly Personal
9. The Spotlight Kid
10. Ice Cream for Crow

11. Bluejeans and Moonbeams
12. Unconditinally Guaranteed

all of them are excellent except last 2.

Wow, sun city girl, that list is COMPLETELY different than mine, haha.

I think ice cream is the perfect collection of everything the captain does well in one place. It's just amazing, it melds some of his weirdest and most complex material with his most straightfroward. Excellent.

On the other hand, I think trout mask is remembered more for being the album that defined his sound and changed a lot of people's perceptions of music -- which it did, and I will gladly defend it for that. But it sure is a chore to listen to, it's way too long, the songs aren't as strong as the songs on albums like "Lick my Decals Off, Baby" and the production is TERRIBLE. Zappa should have been shot for the production on that album.

Just my opinion.

Also, have you all heard the original Bat Chain Puller? It's fucking awesome! It has my favorite beefheart song in an instrumental form ("Run Paint Run"), some unreleased songs, and "1010th Day of the Human Totem Pole" without horns and with another guitar.

Actually, there is something I'm looking for.. does anyone have the fast n bulbous tribute? The one that sonic youth's cover of Electricity originally came from?

you=awesome

I don't own everything so this is the best I can do:


1. Trout Mask Replica
2. Safe as Milk
3. Lick My Decals Off, Baby
4. Doc at the Radar Station
5. Shiny etc whatever

yeah, well, for me trout mask replica is the greatest lp ever made & it's perfect... icecream for crow isn't bad, i just haven't listened to it as much as the others. i have dust-sucker cd, which at least has some tracks from the original bat chain puller... i also have that tribute lp, but i mainly bought it because of the SY-track and i don't remember much about the other tracks.

i think Trout Mask Replica is one of the most fun albums there is. Stick it on shuffle and watch the walls blur.

Speaking of Beefheart, I just bought this shirt recently.

trout mask replica took me a long time to get into, but when it finally hit, it hit hard, and that's what some of my favorite albums do, that's why it seems a teensy bit more special.

at the same time, i don't know why safe as milk is rated so high and doc at the radar station lower; granted, i haven't listened to all of the captain's discog but to me, both those albums are amazing at the same rate while being different from one another. just sayin'.

i haven't listened to the captain's whole discography because i get stuck with one album and enjoy it until it starts to wear off. right now i'm at radar station.

"she's not bad, she's just gen-et-ic-all-y mean."

I just got a copy of Mirror Man on vinyl today.

Adam, I like it better when you don't just list stuff, but like give reasons why. Like say 1. is this album, and this what's great about it...

...also you do'nt count Bongo's of Fury?

1- sucks
2 - sucks more
3 - suskc
4 - boring suck
5- supa suck
6- halfway sucks


;)

Bongo Fury is a Zappa album.

still feel about the same