The Best of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

The Best of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 27 May 2002
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:03
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Best of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band' is a compilation by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, drawing together experimental rock, art rock material in a single archival collection. Its writing and arrangement foreground melodic, guitar led playing, keeping the focus on the sound and construction of the material itself.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, rhythmic, progressive, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Safe as Milk (5:29)
  2. Gimme Dat Harp Boy (5:03)
  3. Kandy Korn (5:07)
  4. Upon the My-O-My (2:42)
  5. New Electric Ride (3:03)
  6. Party of Special Things to Do (2:46)
  7. Twist Ah Luck (3:17)
  8. Blue Jeans & Moonbeams (5:02)
  9. The Floppy Boot Stomp (3:52)
  10. Bat Chain Puller (5:27)
  11. Run Paint Run Run (3:39)
  12. Hot Head (3:23)
  13. Ashtray Heart (3:25)
  14. Ice Cream for Crow (4:36)
  15. The Past Sure Is Tense (3:23)
  16. The Witch Doctor Life (2:41)

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