Trout Mask Replica

30 days of music (30 music items)

"An underrated album I'm convinced the people who hate the album are 'hipsters'."

Favorite Albums Lyrically (13 music items)

"Moonlight on Vermont affected everybody Even Mrs. Wooten well as Little Nitty Even lifebuoy floatin' With his lil' pistol showin' 'n his lil' pistol totin' Well that goes t' show you what uh moon can do No more bridge from Tuesday t' Friday Everybody's gone high society Hope lost his head 'n got off on alligators Somebodies leavin' peanuts on the curbins For uh white elephant escaped from the zoo with love Goes t' show you what uh moon can do Moonlight on Vermont Well it did it for "

Music for Halloween BOO! (15 music items)

"Just fricken weird..not heavy, but my dad owns and loves this album..it weirds me out and I find the artwork disturbing haha"

The best albums, year by year (since 1959) (55 music items)

"1969 Favourite song: "When Big Joan Sets Up" Favourite moment: Well this is a 28-track album full of crazy, mostly short songs and passing moments so it's impossible to pick one. Let's say the insane wtf drum solo of "Sugar 'N Spikes" for example."

“Captain Beefheart es uno de los músicos más influyentes que ha habido en el rock y es fácil entender porque al escuchar las diversas canciones en este disco, cuya complejidad hace necesaria varias escuchas para procesarlo.” read more

RS 500: Part 1 (100 music items)

""On first listen, Trout Mask Replica sounds like raw Delta blues: Don Van Vliet (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart) singing and ranting and reciting poetry over fractured guitar licks. But the seeming sonic chaos is an illusion — to construct the songs, the Magic Band rehearsed twelve hours a day for months on end in a house with the windows blacked out. (Producer Frank Zappa was then able to record most of the album in less than five hours.) Tracks such as "Ella Guru" and "My Human Gets Me Blues" are "

1001 Albums you must hear before you die (384 music items)

"Label: Straight Nation: USA Running Time: 77:38 Year: 1969"

Revolutionary

“The legendary DJ John Peel once said that most of the music he played had some sort of Beefheart influence. Make no mistake, many of the greats were influenced by this album. From Tom Waits to Kurt Cobain, Trout Mask Replica paved the way for future alternative acts. Although Beefheart is known in the musical world as a visionary and a genius, he remains unknown to the current audience...the audience of the same artists who continue to borrow from this album. From the bluesy edginess of "Moonlight on Vermont" to the silliness "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish"...this record is nothing short of a versatile and innovative work from a musical visionary.” read more