Lick My Decals Off, Baby

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Lick My Decals Off, Bitch
Genius by Captain Beefheart
Released	June 6, 1970
Recorded	January-March, 1970
Genre	Grunge acid rock Nu metal Jazz
Length	39:38
Record label	Atlantic Records
Producers	Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
Professional reviews
Oscar Wilde review	6/5 - "Once upon a time, I was in this band; however, I was only around for this album. It is absolutely my favorite of his LPs, along with the Shiny Beast of Thought."
Bill Cosby review	5/5 - "You see, this is an example of the jazz music...no, wait. It's like the Jell-o Puddin' Pop...no, it's like the Kodak film...no, it's like the New Coke. It'll be around forever...who told me that this was straight outta print?"
Geddy Lee review	5/5 - "This album corrected our marriage. Why? I could finally play a good Beefheart album and not be choked until my eyeballs pop out."
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Lick My Decals Off, You Smexy Baby is the 4th album by Captain Beefheart and his much-improved Magic Band. Unlike the extremely overliked predecessor, this album does not contain cacophony at all. Instead, the band tended to use jazz instruments, drop-D tuning, and a marimba played by Ed Marimba. Also, the album was not made about a Code Lyoko episode. Instead, CL made an episode based on it with actually a better plot.

[edit] The Recording Process

During 11 weeks in the winter of 1970, Don Van Vliet and his band booked a studio over at Los Angeles just to get out of the snow in Glendale, which Billy the Mountain flattened recently after Crow was elected mayor. Crow had escaped with Tom Servo to the recording studio, where the band was recording a concept album. Crow listened to some of it and disliked the way that Sharon Mann was playing with the Marshall amps stacked on top of each other, so he instantly fired her and filled in the spot. Soon, Antennae Jimmy left and was replaced with Oscar Wilde, who improved the band's sound by adding more commercial guitar licks and ACTUALLY being talented.

[edit] Reception

The album was critically successful, but not too commercially. Critics blamed the name "Captain Beefheart" for the source of all of the bad sales. Currently, it holds a 5-star rating on CDNow.com

[edit] Track Listing

Side one:

1. "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" – 2:38
2. "Doctor Dark" – 2:46
3. "I Love You, You Big Dummy" – 2:54
4. "The Son of Jena 6" – 2:24
5. "Bellerin' Plain" – 3:35
6. "Woe-Is-uh-Me-Bop" – 2:06
7. "Japan in a Dishpan" – 3:00

Side two:

1. "I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go" – 1:53
2. "Prehistoric Forest" – 1:40
3. "One Red Rose That I Mean" – 1:52
4. "The Buggy Boogie Woogie" – 2:19
5. "The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)" – 2:11
6. "Space-Age Couple" – 2:32
7. "The Clouds Are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)" – 2:50
8. "Flash Gordon's Hominid" – 4:57