ARTiST: The Residents
TiTLE: Freakshow
LABEL: Mute
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 52:53 min
SiZE: 72,5 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Feb-16-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jan-22-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Everyone Comes To The Freak Show 05:24
02. Harry's Introduction 00:28
03. Harry The Head 02:58
04. Herman Watches TV 02:35
05. Herman The Human Mole 03:55
06. Wanda Does Her Act 01:59
07. Wanda The Worm Woman 04:36
08. Jack Amuses The Crowd 00:46
09. Jello Jack The Boneless Boy 05:55
10. Benny Bounces 00:33
11. Benny The Bouncing Bump 06:08
12. Mickey The Mumbling Midget 04:38
13. Lillie 06:59
14. Nobody Laughs When They Leave 05:59
Release Notes:
Born out of a vague and uncomfortable childhood
memory of a mule faced lady at the Lousiana State
Fair, The Freak Show album, originally released in
1990, is the story of a collection of freaks, each
with their own all-too human failings and each with
a haunting theme song worming its way into the
listener's brain.
Meet Harry The Head, Herman The Human Mole, Wanda
The Worm Woman, Mickey The Mumbling Midget and Jello
Jack The Boneless Boy. "Come in", say The Residents,
"and make your mundane lives look like the kiss of
bliss".
This being The Residents, once the album was
released, things weren't quite over... Whilst
travelling in England they met with comic artists
Brian Bolland (visual creator of Judge Dread and the
"Dark Knight" Batman) and Edwin "Savage Pencil"
Pouncey. Quickly the idea of a graphic novel based
on the Freak Show characters took shape and ten
artists including Brian Bolland, Savage Pencil and
Kyle Baker came together for the Dark Horse Comics
published graphic novel which followed in 1992.
Two years later saw the release of the
groundbreaking and award winning CD-ROM game, taking
players through an interactive trip through the
three dimensional Freak Show tent and a year after
that, in 1995, the premiere of the stage adaption
opened in Prague.
Mute continues this journey which started over 15
years ago with the definitive edition of The
Residents' Freak Show. Available on CD as a deluxe
hardbook format, the release compiles the original
artwork and sleevenotes alongside a bonus DVD which
features animated films on Herman The Human Mole,
Benny The Bouncing Bump and the Pickled Punks along
with an excerpt from the Freak Show Live in Prague,
the Jelly Jack video from 1992 and the original
press release.
Everyone comes to the Freak Show _/ To laugh at the
Freaks and the Geeks_ / Life is a lot like a Freak
Show_ / But nobody laughs when they leave.
So -- step this way, folks come on in, you know you
can't resist. Come in and make your mundane lives
look like the kiss of bliss.