Doc At the Radar Station
Captain Beefheart
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Hot Head | Captain Beefheart | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ashtray Heart | Captain Beefheart | 3:26 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond | Captain Beefheart | 1:38 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Run Paint Run Run | Captain Beefheart | 3:39 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Sue Egypt | Captain Beefheart | 2:57 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Brickbats | Captain Beefheart | 2:43 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dirty Blue Gene | Captain Beefheart | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Best Batch Yet | Captain Beefheart | 5:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Telephone | Captain Beefheart | 1:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Flavor Bud Living | Captain Beefheart | 1:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Sheriff of Hong Kong | Captain Beefheart | 6:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey On My Knee | Captain Beefheart | 3:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
Doc At the Radar Station, Captain Beefheart’s so-there! riposte to punk rock, may be his angriest work. That’s saying something for any album that arrives more than a dozen years into a career — in this case, 1980. This lineup of the Magic Band is led by skittering, slashing blues guitars that connect both to the old, weird America and the nervous exhilaration of new wave. Songs mutate into different shapes; “Sue Egypt” takes on three distinct ones in less than three minutes and finds the guitar battling with pleasingly off-kilter Mellotron lines, while “Dirty Blue Gene” (barely) contains several climaxes in not much more time. The instrumentals “A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond” and “Flavor Bud Living” lend a stately tone that both departs from and complements the ethos of, say, a bent shuffle like “Telephone.” If you too have ever, for whatever reason, felt “like a glass shrimp in a pink panty with a saccharine chaperone,” this is your music.
Customer Reviews
"Best Beefheart Yet!"
.."Whew!"..Yes; "Doc At The Radar Station" will most definitely give you a "Hot Head!" (This is dense; challenging music; like Ornette Coleman meets Doctor John as painted by Salvador Dali!) Who else but Don Van Vilet a.k.a. "Captain Beefheart" could come up with a tune entitled: "A Carrot Is As Close To A Rabbit As A Diamond!" {Killer Band here; all top-notch players, and I'm sure; somewhere old Frank Zappa is smiling!} Tune In To: Sherrif Of Hong Kong; Run Paint Run Run; Dirty Blue Jean & Sue Egypt! Critics could throw "Brickbats" at Beefheart; but he didn't care; He truly did it "His Way!"-Dig This!-...by Grimmbo.
Are You A Captain Beeheart Virgin?
If you've heard about this 'Captain Beefheart' character but have yet to take the leap of faith, Doc At The Radar Station is a great place to start. Once the initial shock of the great Captain's completely unique style abates, you'll find songs like Hot Head, Ashtray Heart, Run Paint Run Run and Telephone stuck on repeat in your head. From here, move on to the albums Ice Cream For Crow and the incomparable Trout Mask Replica. He sounds like no one else, kids! A true original.
Beefheart at his powerful best
"Doc At the Radar Station" shows Captain Beefheart (a.k.a Don Van Vliet) springing back in top form - every note here is hard and urgent. The songs are all self-contained sparks from the Captain's creative universe.
If you're not used to the Beefheart sound this music would take some... getting used to - but delving into the sounds of this album rewards the attentive listener with some of the most fascinating arrangements of the Captain's career. (Listen to the almost endless rhythmic variations on "Brickbats" for an example of how thoroughly thought-out this music is.) This music sounds like it's coming apart, while it's actually held together with the tightest of arrangements.
This album has a rough, stark, coarse sound that leaves little doubt who the new-wave and punk rockers owe much of their inspiation to.
Oh, and did I say the music often rocks?
This is one of Captain Beefheart's peak albums.
Biography
Born: January 15, 1941 in Glendale, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s
Top Albums and Songs by Captain Beefheart
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Tropical Hot Dog Night | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 4:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Live) | Rhino Hi-Five: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - EP | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bat Chain Puller | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 5:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Floppy Boot Stomp | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ice Cream for Crow | Ice Cream for Crow | 4:35 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ashtray Heart | Doc At the Radar Station | 3:26 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Hot Head | Doc At the Radar Station | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Semi Multicoloured Caucasian | Ice Cream for Crow | 4:20 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Candle Mambo | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Suction Prints | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Classical
- Released: 1980
- ℗ Digital Remaster (P) 2006 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
