Doctor Dark

by The Residents

Doctor Dark cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 February 2025
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:32
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Melinda Martinez Becker, The Cryptic Corporation, Doug Machiz, Edwin Outwater, Friction Quartet, Daniel Cill, Brendan Lai-Tong, Sot Moore, Michael Desnoyers, Jeremy Mojado, Kevin Rogers, Chelsea Hollow, Nate Berry, Otis Harriel

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary anonymous avant-garde collective plunges into uncharacteristically heavy and terrifying territory with 'Doctor Dark'. Orchestrated as a surreal rock opera, the conceptual project utilizes dense symphonic rock and terrifying spoken word narratives to explore intensely macabre themes of death and madness.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, conceptual, suicide, scary, avant-garde, death, theatrical, satirical, unconventional, dark-humor

Tracklist

  1. Prelude / Metal Madness (5:31)
  2. White Guys With Guns (5:06)
  3. Maggot Remembers (3:55)
  4. Tension (5:08)
  5. She Was Never Lovelier (4:20)
  6. The Gift (5:12)
  7. Remembering Mother (4:23)
  8. Contemplation (3:57)
  9. Survived (4:31)
  10. Calm Before (6:00)
  11. Circle of Horns (3:52)
  12. Unchanged (5:37)
  13. The Gift Keeps Giving (2:55)
  14. A Choice? (5:09)
  15. Ol' Man River (3:47)
  16. Take Me to The River (7:00)

Credits

  • Craig Terry - arranged by ['jesus frees us'], arranger
  • Doug Machiz - cello
  • Jaco Wong - conductor [conducted by], conductor
  • Pore No Graphics - cover, artwork, task artwork
  • Isabelle Barbier - guest [with], guest performer
  • John Cameron Sprayze - guest [with], guest performer
  • Peter Whitehead - guest [with], guest performer
  • Rob Laufer - guest [with], guest performer

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