The Residents - The Commercial Album (CD)

The classic album from 1980 features 40 one-minute tunes from the ResidentsAfter spending a couple of years creating the 1979 album, Eskimo, The Residents wanted a break from the long form abstract approach. They had written a lot of melody lines and thought it would be fun to use them all instead of selecting a few to develop. Short-attention-span ideas in music was new. Initially people didn't know what to make of it. Now it is recognized as one of their best.Track Listing Easter woman Perfect love Picnic boy End of home Amber Japanese watercolor Secrets Die in terror Red Rider My Second wife Floyd Suburban bathers Dimples and toes The nameless souls Love leaks out Act of being polite Medicine man Tragic bells Loss of innocence The simple song Ups and downs Possessions Give it to someone else Phantom Less not more My work is so behind Birds in the trees Handfull of desire Moisture Love is... Troubled man La la Loneliness Nice old man The talk of creatures Fingertips And between dre