Doc at the Radar Station

by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Type: Album
Released: 29 September 1980
Label: Virgin
Country: United States
Length: 42:52
Community rating: 4.24/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: John French, John "Drumbo" French, Moris Tepper, Robert Arthur Williams, Gary Lucas, Drumbo, Eric Drew Feldman, Jeff Moris Tepper, Bruce Fowler

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Returning with a revitalized, incredibly tight iteration of The Magic Band, Don Van Vliet delivered one of his most fiercely aggressive, complex records. 'Doc at the Radar Station' is a wildly dissonant, deeply rhythmic blast of avant-garde blues-rock, utilizing remarkably uncommon time signatures and deeply cryptic, poetic wailing to assault the listener's senses.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, complex, rhythmic, uncommon-time-signatures, experimental, fractured, atonal

Tracklist

Hot Head (3:21)
Ashtray Heart (3:26)
A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (1:37)
Run Paint Run Run (3:38)
Sue Egypt (2:57)
Brickbats (2:40)
Dirty Blue Gene (3:50)
Best Batch Yet (5:00)
Telephone (1:33)
Flavor Bud Living (5:08)
Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:32)
Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee (3:10)

Credits

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - primary artist, vocals, gong [chinese gongs], harmonica, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Michael Hollyfield - art direction, design
Don Van Vliet - composed by, painting, illustration, producer, arranged by, vocals, gong [chinese gongs], harmonica, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, words by, music by, artwork, gong, vocal
Robert Arthur Williams - drums
Glen Kolotkin - engineer
Mitch Gibson - engineer [assistant]
Gary Lucas - french horn, guitar
Stan Kalina - mastered by, mastering
Michael Kent Rothman - photography by, photography
Jeff Moris Tepper - slide guitar, guitar, guitar [nerve guitar]
Drumbo - slide guitar, guitar, marimba, drums, bass, drums
John French - slide guitar, guitar, marimba, drums, bass, drums
Eric Drew Feldman - synthesizer, bass, mellotron, grand piano, electric piano
Bruce Fowler - trombone
John “Drumbo” French - marimba, guitar, slide guitar
Moris Tepper - guitar, slide guitar
Robert Williams - drums (drum set)