Clear Spot
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| Clear Spot | ||
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| Studio album by Captain Beefheart | ||
| Released | 1972 | |
| Recorded | 1972 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 37:11 | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Producer(s) | Captain Beefheart | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Captain Beefheart chronology | ||
| The Spotlight Kid (1972) |
Clear Spot (1972) |
Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974) |
Clear Spot is the seventh album by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, originally released in 1972. Though Beefheart is known to have been interested in more commercial success - hence his decision to work with producer Ted Templeman who had produced such artists as Carly Simon and Van Morrison - Clear Spot did not chart at all in the UK and only reached #191 on the Billboard Top 200. On CD, the album is now available only as a "two for one" with its predecessor The Spotlight Kid. Separately, the two albums are only available as vinyl LP reissues.
The cover photo shows band members in the control center of the Planetarium of Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, California.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Big Eyed Beans from Venus" at number 53 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. "Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles" featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Captain Beefheart
[edit] Side one
- "Low Yo Yo Stuff" – 3:41
- "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" – 3:46
- "Too Much Time" – 2:50
- "Circumstances" – 3:14
- "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" – 2:55
- "Sun Zoom Spark" – 2:13
[edit] Side two
- "Clear Spot" – 3:40
- "Crazy Little Thing" – 2:38
- "Long Neck Bottles" – 3:18
- "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" – 2:57
- "Big Eyed Beans from Venus" – 4:23
- "Golden Birdies" – 1:36
[edit] Personnel
- Captain Beefheart - vocals, harmonica, "wings on Singabus" (apparently referring to the flapping noise you can hear when he says the word Singabus, in "Golden Birdies")
- Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad) - guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
- Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) - guitar, bass
- Ed Marimba (Art Tripp) - drums, percussion
- Oréjon (Roy Estrada) - bass
- Milt Holland - percussion
- Russ Titelman - guitar
- The Blackberries - backing vocals
