Friday, January 15, 2010

The Residents : Freak Show 2002 Remastered




HARRY THE HEAD
















The Residents is an American Avant-Garde music and visual arts group who have been active since 1966 . Their first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and since then the band have gone on to release over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects, ten DVDs, and have undertaken seven major world tours.

Throughout the group's existence, the individual members have ostensibly attempted to conceal their identities from the public, and much public speculation and rumor has focused on this aspect of the group. In public, the group appears silent and costumed, often wearing eyeball helmets, top hats and tuxedos - a long-lasting costume now recognized as their signature iconography. Their albums are often complex conceptual pieces, composed around a theme, theory or plot, and are noted for surrealistic lyrics and disregard for standard Western pop music composition.


HERMAN - THE HUMAN MOLE







Freak Show marked the beginning of The Residents' obsession with emerging computer technology in the 1990s.
Much of the music was made with various MIDI devices. "Freak Show" also served as the name for a CD-ROM that was released in 1994, a stage performance by a theater company at the Archa Theater in Prague that premiered on November 1, 1995, and a COMIC BOOK .

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 their 30th anniversary.


BENNY THE BOUNCING BUMP










TRAXS

1. Everyone Comes to the Freak Show
2. Harry's Introduction
3. Harry the Head
4. Herman Watches TV (Mexican Porn)
5. Herman the Human Mole
6. Wanda Does Her Act
7. Wanda, the Worm Woman
8. Jack Amuses the Crowd
9. Jack, the Boneless Boy
10. Benny Bounces
11. Benny, the Bouncing Bump
12. Mickey, the Mumbling Midget
13. Lillie
14. Nobody Laughs When They Leave


MICKEY THE MUMBLING MIDGET








Size 155 MB
Bitrate 320

Take it HERE (Includes The Comic Book )

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