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God in Three Persons | ||||
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Released | 1988 | |||
Genre | Avant-rock | |||
Length | 61:48 | |||
Label | Rykodisc | |||
Producer | The Residents | |||
The Residents chronology | ||||
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Singles from God in Three Persons | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
God in Three Persons is a rock opera/concept album by The Residents, released in 1988. It is about a man—arbitrarily named 'Mr. X'—who befriends two conjoined twins. The songs are all sung in a rhythmicspoken word fashion, similar to talking blues. The entire lyrical content of the album is written in trochaic octameter, a rare poetic meter most famously used in Edgar Allen Poe's poem The Raven. A central motif of the album is the organ riff from 'Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)' by 1960s frat rock band The Swingin' Medallions. A companion soundtrack album, featuring most of the instrumental backing tracks, was also released.
God in Three Persons received a 5-star rating from AllMusic.[1]
Storyline[edit]
The album is the story of a Colonel Tom Parker-type character called Mr. X, who finds a pair of Siamese twins who have miraculous healing powers. He convinces them to let him manage their careers, touring them as holy healers and conducting services during which they cure the masses. Mr. X begins to lust after the 'female' twin, then realizes that the twins' sexes are fluid rather than fixed. When he discovers that the twins are far more worldly than he had believed, and therefore less under his control, he plots a vicious rape in which he severs the connection between the two, splitting them forever. In the denouement, he realizes that his feelings for the twins were not being imposed on him by the twins, but came from within himself.
The story is narrated in the first person by Mr. X. He is accompanied throughout by instrumental music and sung commentary by Laurie Amat, who acts as a 'Greek Chorus' (and sings the opening credits on the first track).
Track listing[edit]
- 'Main Title from 'God in 3 Persons' - 3:52
- 'Hard & Tenderly' - 4:36
- 'Devotion?' - 3:36
- 'The Thing About Them' - 4:05
- 'Their Early Years' - 4:39
- 'Loss of a Loved One' - 4:50
- 'The Touch' - 3:30
- 'The Service' - 5:02
- 'Confused (By What I Felt Inside)' - 4:37
- 'Fine Fat Flies' - 4:26
- 'Time' - 1:18
- 'Silver, Sharp and Could Not Care' - 3:03
- 'Kiss of Flesh' - 9:39
- 'Pain and Pleasure' - 4:35
- Soundtrack tracks:
- 'Main Titles (God in Three Persons)' - 3:38
- 'Hard and Tenderly' - 3:44
- 'The Thing About Them' - 3:25
- 'Their Early Years' - 2:43
- 'Loss of a Loved One' - 3:10
- 'The Touch' - 2:08
- 'The Service (Part 1)' - 2:51
- 'The Service (Part 2)' - 1:28
- 'Confused by What I Felt Inside' - 5:37
- 'Kiss of Flesh' - 9:25
- 'Pain and Pleasure' - 2:00
References[edit]
- ^ abThe Residents – God in Three Persons: Review at AllMusic
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Eskimo | ||||
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Released | September 1979 | |||
Recorded | April 1976 – May 1979 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, ambient | |||
Length | 39:01 | |||
Label | Ralph Records | |||
Producer | The Residents | |||
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Singles from Eskimo | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Ultimate-Guitar.com | [2] |
Eskimo is an album by the Residents. The album was originally supposed to follow 1977's Fingerprince; however, due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979. Upon release it was hailed as the group's best record to date.[citation needed]
The pieces on Eskimo feature home-made instruments and chanting against backdrops of wind-like synthesizer noise and miscellaneous sound effects. The work is programmatic, each piece pairing music with text detailing a corresponding pseudo-ethnographic narrative.[3] While Eskimo is officially maintained to be a true historical document of life in the Arctic, the stories are deliberately absurd fictions only loosely based in actual Inuit culture, and the chanting is a combination of gibberish and commercial slogans. The album satirizes ignorance toward and mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.[1]
Diskomo [edit]
A companion piece, Diskomo, was released in 1980 as a 12-inch single, featuring a remix of the songs backed by a disco beat. Diskomo 2000, a follow-up EP featuring the original remix, its B-side (Goosebump, a collection of children's songs played on toy musical instruments), and several other versions, was released in 2000.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by The Residents.
Original Track Listing | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Walrus Hunt' | 4:01 |
2. | 'Birth' | 4:33 |
3. | 'Arctic Hysteria' | 5:57 |
4. | 'The Angry Angakok' | 5:20 |
5. | 'A Spirit Steals a Child' | 8:44 |
6. | 'The Festival of Death' | 10:20 |
Total length: | 39:01 |
1987 Bonus Tracks. | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
7. | 'In San Francisco' | 2:02 |
8. | 'Dumbo The Clown' (Guitar by Fred Frith) | 2:07 |
9. | 'Is He Really Bringing Roses?' | 2:34 |
10. | 'Time's Up' (Guitar by Fred Frith) | 2:54 |
2019 pREServed edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
7. | 'Eskimo 1978 (Demo)' | 14:19 |
8. | 'Eskimo Acapella Suite' | 20:52 |
9. | 'Kenya' | 2:28 |
10. | 'Middle East Dance (From 'ICE2')' | 3:22 |
11. | 'Scottish Rhapsody' | 2:55 |
12. | 'Diskomo (Demo)' | 3:00 |
13. | 'Diskomo' | 7:55 |
14. | 'Disaster' | 3:51 |
15. | 'Plants' | 3:15 |
16. | 'Farmers' | 5:26 |
17. | 'Twinkle' | 2:01 |
18. | 'Heart In SF' | 2:08 |
19. | 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' | 2:02 |
20. | 'Dumbo The Clown (Who Loved Christmas)' | 2:09 |
21. | 'Is He Really Bringing Roses?' | 2:36 |
22. | 'Time's Up' | 2:56 |
23. | 'The Sleeper' | 3:27 |
24. | 'Eskimo Suite (1982 Rehearsal)' | 8:22 |
25. | 'Diskomo (1982 Rehearsal)' | 2:41 |
26. | 'Festival Of Death (Live 1986)' | 4:38 |
27. | 'Diskomo (Live In San Francisco, 1987)' | 3:18 |
28. | 'Eskimo Opera Proposal' | 5:27 |
Personnel[edit]
- The Residents – vocals, instruments, effects
- Snakefinger – guitar
- Chris Cutler – percussion
- Don Preston – synthesizers
References[edit]
- ^ abAllmusic review
- ^Ultimate-Guitar.com review
- ^'The Iceman Just Took A Turn For The Better (Eskimo)'. The Cryptic Corporation. September 26, 1979. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014.
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