Line #110 Music/LickMyDecalsOffBaby


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''Woe-is-a-me-bop, om-drop-a-re-bop-om, everybody's doin' it. Please don't let them ruin it om.'']]
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4	''Lick My Decals Off, Baby'' is a 1970 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart. It appeared right after ''Music/TroutMaskReplica'' had given the artist a strong underground reputation and many fans consider it one of his best albums, along with ''Music/SafeAsMilk'', ''Music/TroutMaskReplica'', ''Music/ClearSpot'' and ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation''. Some even argue it being ''better'' than "Trout Mask Replica" because it has less AlbumFiller. Thanks to British radio DJ Creator/JohnPeel's frequent airplay the album sold exceptionally well in the United Kingdom, even peaking at number 20 in the UK Albums chart.
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6	Yet despite the positive reviews the album has been out of print for many decades, only having a minimal release on CD and thus, as a result, it is highly sought after by fans. In a case of KeepCirculatingTheTapes old LP's, CD's and bootlegs have been sold and re-sold by fans until, finally, in 2014 the album was made available again, albeit as part of the box set "Sun Zoom Spark", which also forces fans to rebuy "The Spotlight Kid" and "Clear Spot" again if they already owned that one. Though, as a special collector's item, the box set also features a fourth disc with outtakes and alternate versions.
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8	The album is also known for a surreal LeFilmArtistique promotional video which didn't get much airplay, but is nowadays put on display in the Museum of Modern Art.
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10	'''Tracklist'''
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12	[[AC:Side One]]
13	# "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" (2:38)
14	# "Doctor Dark" (2:46)
15	# "I Love You, You Big Dummy" (2:54)
16	# "Peon" (2:24)
17	# "Bellerin' Plain" (3:35)
18	# "Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop" (2:06)
19	# "Japan In A Dishpan" (3:00)
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21	[[AC:Side Two]]
22	# "I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go" (1:53)
23	# "Pertrified Forest" (1:40)
24	# "One Red Rose That I Mean" (1:52)
25	# "The Buggy Boogie Woogie" (2:19)
26	# "The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)" (2:11)
27	# "Space-Age Couple" (2:32)
28	# "The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (not Whiskey or Rye)" (2:50)
29	# "Flash Gordon's Ape" (4:15)
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31	'''Personnel'''
32	* Music/CaptainBeefheart: vocals, bass clarinet, tenor and soprano sax, harmonica
33	* John "Drumbo" French: percussion, broom.
34	* Bill "Zoot Horn Rollo" Harkleroad: guitar, glass finger guitar
35	* Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston: bass
36	* Art "Ed Marimba" Tripp: marimba, percussion, broom
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38	!! ''Mr. Zoot Horn Rollo, Hit that long lunar trope and let it float.''
39	* DoubleMeaning: "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" is sort of a reverse case; the lyrics are pretty suggestive (and probably intentionally so), but the main message of the song is to evaluate things according to their merits rather than to the superficial labels (i.e., "decals") attached to them.
40	* MinisculeRocking: The first three tracks on Side Two are all under two minutes long.
41	* RecycledSoundtrack: The music for "The Smithsonian Institute Blues" was originally written in 1966 for "Sugar Baby Sugar", an unreleased song with lyrics from a Herb Bermann poem. The original recording featured a different bassline from then bass player Jerry Handley and would have lacked the marimba of the ''Decals'' recording. This recording has never been released and is seemingly lost, but is mentioned by John French in Herb Bermann's book ''The Mystery Man from the Magic Band'' in which the poem "Sugar Baby Sugar" appears.
42	* TitleTrack: The opening track.
43	* WordSaladLyrics: In true Captain Beefheart fashion, the lyrics are completely nonsensical.

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