Captain Beefheart & Magic Band ?Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) LP 1978 US
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Captain Beefheart & Magic Band ?Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) LP 1978 US
Original US pressing on Virgin with printed inner sleeve.
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) is the tenth studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Released in 1978, the album was produced by Captain Beefheart and Pete Johnson and released by Warner Bros. Records.
AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett:
So titled because the original album, simply titled Bat Chain Puller, had to be ditched and rerecorded after a legal tuzzle involving Frank Zappa's manager, Shiny Beast turned out to be manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way on his two Mercury albums. Then again, what else could be assumed with a song titled "Tropical Hot Dog Night" that sounds like what happened when Beefheart encountered Miami disco and decided to make something of it? When it comes to singing, though, he's still the atypical growler, snarler and more of lore, conjuring up more wonderfully odd lyrical stories than can easily be measured, while the album as a whole gets steadily more and more bent. "You Know You're a Man" is at once straightforward and incredibly weird when it comes to love and gender, while other standouts include "Bat Chain Puller," a steady chugger that feels like a goofy death march, and the nervy freak of "Owed T'Alex." As for the Magic Band in general, keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman, guitarists Jeff Tepper and Richard Redus and drummer Robert Williams lay down the business with appropriately gone aplomb, as a listen to "Suction Prints" will demonstrate.
A1 The Floppy Boot Stomp 3:51
A2 Tropical Hot Dog Night 4:48
A3 Ice Rose 3:27
A4 Harry Irene 3:42
A5 You Know You're A Man 3:13
A6 Bat Chain Puller 5:26
B1 When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy 5:03
B2 Owed T'Alex Lyrics By – Herb Bermann 4:04
B3 Candle Mambo 3:23
B4 Love Lies 5:00
B5 Suction Prints 4:20
B6 Apes-Ma 0:38
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: EX
RECORD: EX— spindle marks on labels, a few fine marks on vinyl
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