Nah, it's a masterpiece. Not only is it an important album (possibly the most important rock record besides some Beatles shit, completely turning song form on its head in ways rock music never explored before; unbelievable riffs, some of the best and most creative drumming ever, etc. etc. etc.), it also has 28 BRILLIANT songs. I mean, seriously, the least boring double album ever! I love the spoken word songs so much. Any album isn't, in the words of the Tim and Eric and Modest Mouse lover who started this silly thread, "pure shit", if it has STEAL SOFTLY THRU SNOW, PACHUCO CADAVER, ELLA GURU, MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT, VETERAN'S DAY POPPY, etc. on it. Just an amazing album. Fuck. So perfect. But yeah, Pauly, your non-love for it is surprising, considering most the bands you love worships this record. I mean, seriously, Truman's Water are practically a Trout Mask tribute band!! Oh well, you don't care for it, you don't care for it. I think you should listen to the songs I specifically mentioned a few times...
It's not my favorite Beefheart record. His best is definitely Lick My Decals Off, Baby... but my favorite, for personal reasons, is Ice Cream for Crow. I also love Strictly Personal and Doc at the Radar Station (with my favorite song on it, "Sheriff of Hong Kong") more than life itself. Best musician of all time. A total genius.
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Yeah, I negative repped him. This is a dumb thread. There are a thousand Beefheart, "overrated 'classic albums'", Trout Mask-related, etc etc etc threads he could've posted this on. I know there are people here who don't love this album (Rob Instigator for example). That's fine. The fact that the thread starter decided to create his own, unique thread solely for the purpose of calling one of the best albums of all time "pure shit" is why I neg-repped him. This is only the 3rd negative rep I've ever given anyone. He can do what he wants with his opinion, but the whole tone of his post is so ridiculous, "oh man this album is so weeeird an experimental so tell me why you like this PURE SHIT cuz i dont get it." It seems very troll-ish and jokey, really. Either way, pointless thread. I hope the OP doesn't take this personally, I'm not trying to insult him, his approach was just... weird.