Freak Show is a studio album by American art rock band The Residents, released in 1990.[5] It marked the beginning of The Residents' obsession with emerging computer technology in the 1990s, and much of the music was made with various MIDI devices.
The interactive Freak ShowCD-ROM was released in 1994.[6] A Freak Show stage performance by a theater company at the Archa Theater in Prague premiered on November 1, 1995. Kyle Baker worked on a graphic novel, The Residents: Freak Show, which was released in 1992 by Dark Horse.[7]
Several of the songs were also performed live during the 1997 25th anniversary concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco. After the CD-ROM's success, the album was re-released as The Freak Show Soundtrack with a different cover. A limited edition, The Freak Show Special Edition, was released in 2002 to mark the band's 30th anniversary.
Trouser Press called the album "relatively accessible" as well as "often unnerving," writing that "there are more than enough lyrical twists and turns to avoid mere gross-out overkill, and the music shifts textures and tempos ... to follow suit."[6]
Original CD track listingEdit
"Everyone Comes to the Freak Show"
"Harry the Head"
"Herman the Human Mole"
"Wanda the Worm Woman"
"Jelly Jack the Boneless Boy"
"Benny the Bouncing Bump"
"Mickey the Mumbling Midget"
"Lillie"
"Nobody Laughs When They Leave"
Special Edition CD track listingEdit
Disc 1
"Everyone Comes to the Freak Show"
"Harry's Introduction"
"Harry, the Head"
"Herman Watches TV (Mexican Porn)"
"Herman, the Human Mole"
"Wanda Does Her Act"
"Wanda, the Worm Woman"
"Jack Amuses the Crowd"
"Jack, the Boneless Boy"
"Benny Bounces"
"Benny, the Bouncing Bump"
"Mickey, the Mumbling Midget"
"Lillie"
"Nobody Laughs When They Leave"
Disc 1 was eventually re-released in late 2007.
Disc 2 aka Freak Show Live (Prague 1995)
"Everyone Comes to the Freak Show"
"Wanda"
"Mickey"
"Bridge"
"Herman"
"Harry"
"Jack"
"Benny"
"Wanda's Letters (Part 17)"
"Nobody Laughs When They Leave"
"Freak Show Remix (2001)"
"Benny Live-Icky Flix Tour (2001)"
ReferencesEdit
^"Freak Show - The Residents | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
^Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Volume 6. MUZE. p. 859.
^MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 938.
^Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 333–334.
^ abThe Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock. Simon & Schuster. 1997. p. 607.
^Booker, M. Keith (October 28, 2014). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ABC-CLIO. ISBN9780313397516 – via Google Books.
August 31, 2023
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