Pollex Christi was the first of Ralph America's limited edition CDs 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....

. The piece was purportedly composed by the friend and collaborator from their early years, N. Senada

N. Senada

N. Senada was a Bavarian composer and music theorist who formulated the "Theory of Obscurity" and the "Theory of Phonetic Organization"...

, and in some ways plays on classical themes the same way their 1975 album, Third Reich and Roll, did with '60s top-40 music. Two editions were released of 400 copies each, the first issue being hand numbered.