Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow (1982) [2015 SHM-SACD]

Ice Cream for Crow is the twelfth studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, released in September 1982. It is the last Don Van Vliet recorded before abruptly retiring from music to devote himself to a career as a painter. It spent two weeks in the UK album charts, reaching number 90.


Tracks:

01. Ice Cream For Crow 04:36
02. The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O 02:25
03. Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian 04:21
04. Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat 03:13
05. Evening Bell 02:01
06. Cardboard Cutout Sundown 02:39
07. The Past Sure Is Tense 03:23
08. Ink Mathematics 01:41
09. The Witch Doctor Life 02:38
10. “81” Poop Hatch 02:39
11. The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole 05:43

Personnel:

Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, harmonica, soprano sax, Chinese gongs, prop horn
Jeff Moris Tepper – steel appendage guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar
Richard "Midnight Hatsize" Snyder – bass guitar, marimba, viola
Gary Lucas – glass-finger guitar, slide guitar, guitar, National steel duolian
Cliff R. Martinez – drums, shake bouquet, glass washboard, metal drums
Additional personnel:
Eric Drew Feldman – Rhodes piano, synthesized bass
Janet Van Vliet and Jeff M. Tepper – production assistance
Don Van Vliet – arranger and producer
Phil Brown – engineer and mastering