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From: dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott)
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Subject: Re: More Reviews and other tidbits
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 10:34:04 EST
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I totally disagree with timw@ucmp-cs's criticism of the Residents and
Renaldo and the Loaf album. This album brings the Residents back to
the same type of demented style that can be found on "Buster and Glen",
which is probably their best record. "Title in Limbo" is very musical
and very funny, which is what I expect from the Residents. This is an
album of great pop tunes and is well worth listening to. Also, I've
played my copy 50 times and had no complaints from any of my neighbors.

I totally agree with timw's comments on the Mole trilogy. This stuff has
gotten boring. "Mark of the Mole" was ok, but the whole album sounds
the same. "Tunes of Two Cities" is so boring that I wish I hadn't bought
it. If I wanted to listen to jazz, I would buy jazz albums (Note: I
do not mean to say that jazz in general is boring. This album just
sounds like slow jazz played badly.)

"Intermission" is a very interesting record. It is a collection of songs
that were supposedly played as background music at the "Mole Show". This
record kind of sounds like stuff from old albums (it may be, I haven't
listened that closely).

Just to show where I'm coming from, here are the Residents albums I would
recommend (in order of preference):

	1. Buster and Glen/Duck Stab
	2. Subterranean Modern (with other bands)
	3. Fingerprice
	4. Not Available
	5. Title in Limbo (with Renaldo and the Loaf)
	5. Meet the Residents
	6. Diskomo
	7. Third Reich and Roll

Other records like "The Commercial Album" and "Eskimo" are fine, but, to
me, the above records (and anything by Snakefinger) are their most creative.
The others just weren't worth waiting for.

			David