- Audio CD (April 1 1994)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Best of
- Label: Reprise
- ASIN: B000005JB4
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby | |||
| 2. White Jam | |||
| 3. Blabber 'n Smoke | |||
| 4. When It Blows Its Stacks | |||
| 5. Alice In Blunderland | |||
| 6. The Spotlight Kid | |||
| 7. Click Clack | |||
| 8. Grow Fins | |||
| 9. There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage | |||
| 10. Glider | |||
| 11. Low Yo Yo Stuff | |||
| 12. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man | |||
| 13. Too Much Time | |||
| 14. Circumstances | |||
| 15. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains | |||
| 16. Sun Zoom Spark | |||
| 17. Clear Spot | |||
| 18. Crazy Little Thing | |||
| 19. Long Neck Bottles | |||
| 20. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles | |||
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Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
These two albums, which appear on one CD in reverse chronological order, capture Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart consolidating his position here as the greatest surrealist white bluesman of the 20th century. The Spotlight Kid is relatively subdued and rambling by Beefheart's standards, with his Magic Band never quite lifting off. That said, "White Jam" is poignant in a Mad Hatter sort of way, while "I'm Gonna Booglarise You Baby" and "Click Clack" more than pass muster. The earlier Clear Spot, however, may well be Beefheart's finest album. Stax horns jostle with Zoot Horn Rollo's zig-zagging slide guitar, with producer Ted Templeman keeping all the deranged lateral musical thinking of "Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man" and "Sun Zoom Spark" tightly ravelled up for maximum impact. Moods range from the bizarrely soulful "Too Much Time" to the spacebound bottleneck frenzy of "Big Eyed Beans From Venus". --David Stubbs
Amazon.com essential recording
In 1972 it probably seemed like the year belonged to a blues-tinged wall-of-sound rock band--maybe Deep Purple, who recorded Made in Japan that year--but from an aesthetic vantage, the blues-rock mantle has to go Captain Beefheart. In 1972 producer Ted Templeman took the controls for a pair of stunning Beefheart diamonds (in the rough of course), The Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot, both collected here in full on one CD. Beefheart's voice sounds rightly inimitable, growly and gruff and lyrically cryptic. For its part, the Magic Band is in top form as well, integrating marimba and an assortment of percussion into the slide guitar forestry. There's a distinct and good reason that the celebrated Beefheart box set of rarities is called Grow Fins: the tune, as it appears on this collection, is a classic terrain-defying testament of love as only Don Van Vliet (Beefheart) could provide, a surreal and funny little tune caught in a skein of rough-hewn music that's stood the test of time splendidly. --Andrew Bartlett
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
clear spot,
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This review is from: Spotlight Kid - Clear Spot (Audio CD)
clear spot is truly awesome blues-rock. slightly experimental, but ultimatly accesable. this album truly shows how influential captain beefheart is. this album predates punk, new wave, and the talking heads. he's like a psychadelic david byrne. the lyrics are awesome. his vocals show a certain depth of beauty and soul at times. he also knows how to write a good pop tune. it's like the Safe as Milk of the '70's. check it out.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A double dose of Beef - not too shabby!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Spotlight Kid - Clear Spot (Audio CD)
"Spotlight Kid" is too slow and sludgy for my taste (the Magic Band themselves had a similar complaint)...music striaght from the swamp. But Clear Spot features Beefheart at his most commercial/accessible...and it works! Several tracks are classics, especially "Big Eyed Beans From Venus"...just listen to those slide parts in the right speaker. Wow!
5.0 out of 5 stars
both albums on one CD?,
By COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spotlight Kid - Clear Spot (Audio CD)
if you blues, if you love rock and roll, then you MUST get this double album CD from the Captain. I can never get tired of this CD. My two favorite Beefheart albums, and he's got some really good ones.........................
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