The Spotlight Kid

by Captain Beefheart

The Spotlight Kid cover art

Slowing down the manic, polyrhythmic chaos of his earlier work, Captain Beefheart delivered a wonderfully raw, surprisingly accessible exploration of avant-garde blues. 'The Spotlight Kid' is an incredibly passionate, fiercely eclectic blues-rock record, pairing delightfully playful, highly surreal poetry with wonderfully quirky, distinctly nocturnal, and deeply rebellious swagger.

Genres

  • Blues Rock

Tracklist

  1. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
  2. White Jam
  3. Blabber 'n Smoke
  4. When It Blows Its Stacks
  5. Alice in Blunderland
  6. The Spotlight Kid
  7. Click Clack
  8. Grow Fins
  9. There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage
  10. Glider
  11. The Witch Doctor Life - Instrumental Take
  12. Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian - Instrumental Take
  13. Your Love Brought Me to Life - Instrumental
  14. Two Rips in a Haystack / Kiss Me My Love
  15. Harry Irene
  16. Best Batch Yet (Track) - Version 1
  17. I Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This / Seam Crooked Sam
  18. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby - Full-Length Version
  19. Pompadour Swamp - Full-Length Version