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EPISODE · Jan 20, 2025 · 9 MIN

What Came Next...The Residents "Commercial Album"

from Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows) · host Radiotrola Entertainment/Assorted Deli Meats Amalgamated

After giving up on their reel-to-reel video movie Vileness Fats and spending a good portion of the 1970s working on the album Eskimo, the Residents had found some critical and cult acclaim. During that time they had released a 7-inch EP called Duck Stab! and, as they were working on Eskimo, came up with a similar EP called Buster and Glen. Rather than release it on its own, it was combined with Duck Stab!, and the resulting collection of songs remains one of their most popular releases to date. Expanding on that, in 1980, instead of another huge concept album, the Residents released Commercial Album, which consisted of 40 one-minute songs. The result was some of the most memorable music of their career. 

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