Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

Duck Stab redirects here. For the 1978 EP, see Duck Stab!

Duck Stab!

This article is about the EP. For the studio album, see Duck Stab/Buster & GlenDuck Stab! was a seven-inch EP released by The Residents in 1978...

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen is an album released in 1978 by The Residents

The Residents

The Residents is an American art collective best known for avant-garde music and multimedia works. The first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and the group has since released over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs....

. It is often called Duck Stab, after Duck Stab!

Duck Stab!

This article is about the EP. For the studio album, see Duck Stab/Buster & GlenDuck Stab! was a seven-inch EP released by The Residents in 1978...

, a seven-song EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released earlier in 1978 featuring shorter songs similar to the first side of Fingerprince

Fingerprince

Fingerprince is an album by The Residents. The album was recorded between 1974–76 and released in 1977. It was intended to be a three-sided record named Tourniquet Of Roses. Due to expense, the project was abandoned and cut down to a regular two-sided album. The third side was originally released...

. Buster and Glen was intended to follow Duck Stab!, but instead was the B-side of LP

Gramophone record

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 with the former release as the A-side.

The shorter length of the songs made the album more accessible for fans who had recently heard "Satisfaction", and songs like "Constantinople" and "Hello Skinny" helped cement the band's cult following. This album features guitar by Philip "Snakefinger

Snakefinger

Philip Charles Lithman , who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist, he was best known for his guitar and violin work and his collaborations with The Residents.-History:Lithman was born in Tooting, South London, and came...

" Lithman, as well as his vocal on "Constantinople".

Track listing

All tracks by The Residents

The Residents

The Residents is an American art collective best known for avant-garde music and multimedia works. The first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and the group has since released over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs....

1. "Constantinople" - 2:23
2. "Sinister Exaggerator" - 3:28
3. "The Booker Tease" - 1:04
4. "Blue Rosebuds" - 3:08
5. "Laughing Song" - 2:12
6. "Bach Is Dead" - 1:12
7. "Elvis and His Boss" - 2:29
8. "Lizard Lady" - 1:54
9. "Semolina" - 2:48
10. "Birthday Boy" - 2:41
11. "Weight-Lifting Lulu" - 3:11
12. "Krafty Cheese" - 1:59
13. "Hello Skinny" - 2:41
14. "The Electrocutioner" - 3:20

• Bonus tracks (1987 CD release only)

15. Disaster
16. Plants
17. Farmers
18. Twinkle

Personnel

• The Residents – arranger, producer
• Ruby – vocals
• Snakefinger – vocals
• G. Whifler – photography

In popular culture

• The album is among the albums contained in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
  1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
  1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
  
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• "Sinister Exaggerator" is covered by Primus
  Primus (band)
  Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...
  
   on their 1992 EP Miscellaneous Debris
  Miscellaneous Debris
  -Credits:*Les Claypool - bass guitar, vocals*Larry "Ler" LaLonde - guitars, synthesizer*Tim "Herb" Alexander - drums, percussion-Singles:Billboard...
  
  . The songs "Constantinople" and "Hello Skinny" are also covered as a medley by Primus on the 2002 reissue of Frizzle Fry
  Frizzle Fry
  -Personnel:Primus*Les Claypool – electric bass, electric fiddle bass, string bass, vocals*Larry LaLonde – electric guitar, acoustic guitar*Tim "Herb" Alexander – drumsProduction*Todd Huth – second acoustic guitar on "Toys"...
  
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