Generally acclaimed as the strongest album of his comeback, and by some as his best since Trout Mask Replica, Doc at the Radar Station had a tough, lean sound owing partly to the virtuosic new version of the Magic Band (featuring future Pixies sideman Eric Drew Feldman, New York downtown-scene guitarist Gary Lucas, and a returning John "Drumbo" French, among others) and partly to the clear, stripped-down production, which augmented the Captain's basic dual-guitar interplay and jumpy rhythms with extra percussion instruments and touches of Shiny Beast's synths and trombones. Many of the songs on Doc either reworked or fully developed unused material composed around the time of the creatively fertile Trout Mask sessions, which adds to the spirited performances. Even if the Captain's voice isn't quite what it once was, Doc at the Radar Station is an excellent, focused consolidation of Beefheart's past and then-present.
by Steve Huey
Tracklist:
1 Hot Head 3:21
2 Ashtray Heart 3:26
Drums – Drumbo, John French
3 A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond 1:37
4 Run Paint Run Run 3:38
5 Sue Egypt 2:57
6 Brickbats 2:40
7 Dirty Blue Gene 3:50
8 Best Batch Yet 5:00
9 Telephone 1:33
10 Flavor Bud Living 5:08
Guitar – Gary Lucas
11 Sheriff Of Hong Kong 6:32
Bass, Drums – Drumbo, John French
12 Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee 3:10
Credits:
Drums – Robert Arthur Williams
French Horn – Gary Lucas
Guitar, Slide Guitar [Nerve Guitar] – Jeff Moris Tepper
Guitar, Slide Guitar, Marimba – Drumbo, John French
Synthesizer, Bass, Mellotron, Grand Piano, Electric Piano – Eric Drew Feldman
Trombone – Bruce Lambourne Fowler
Vocals, Gong [Chinese Gongs], Harmonica, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – C.B., Don Van Vliet
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Painting, Illustration – Don Van Vliet
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