The Residents: Commercial Album, 2CD pREServed Edition

The first 250 copies sold will receive a Limited Edition Residents Postcard (ALL POSTCARDS NOW SOLD OUT!)

THE CLASSIC POP SATIRE MASTERPIECE, PLUS 23 UNRELEASED AND NEVER-BEFORE-ON-CD TRACKS!

FORTY ONE-MINUTE TRACKS, EACH DESIGNED TO BE PLAYED THREE TIMES OVER TO GIVE A THREE
MINUTE POP SONG.

PLUS B-SIDES, REHEARSALS, RE-WORKINGS, COMPILATION TRACKS AND LIVE RECORDINGS.

REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES AND PRODUCED WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE CRYPTIC CORPORATION.

INCLUDES RARE AND UNSEEN IMAGERY + ESSAY BY JIM KNIPFEL AND SLEEVENOTES BY THE RESIDENTS’ MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVIST.

THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF DEEP, ARCHIVAL RE-ISSUES FROM THE LEGENDARY SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTIVE. LONG-AWAITED BY THE RESIDENTS’ LARGE INTERNATIONAL FANBASE!

Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for over 45 years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band has refused to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once. But you probably already knew that.

Produced with The Cryptic Corporation using archival tapes supplied by The Residents themselves, this package explores and expands the classic 1980 album – the record which cemented The Residents’ reputation as conceptual cultural observers with aspirations towards the mainstream. Including unheard outtakes, live rehearsals, re-workings and live interpretations, this is The Residents as we’ve always wanted to hear them.

Bonus material includes unused period recordings (including several one-minute pieces), live-in-the- studio material and concert recordings.

Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations - this is the latest in a series of archival Residents reissues that will continue throughout 2019 and beyond. Look out for the “Eskimo” 2CD pREServed set, issued simultaneously with this release, and a forthcoming “Mole Trilogy” box set.

DISC ONE:

1. EASTER WOMAN
2. PERFECT LOVE
3. PICNIC BOY
4. END OF HOME
5. AMBER
6. JAPANESE WATERCOLOR
7. SECRETS
8. DIE IN TERROR
9. RED RIDER
10.MY SECOND WIFE
11.FLOYD
12.SUBURBAN BATHERS
13.DIMPLES AND TOES
14.THE NAMELESS SOULS
15.LOVE LEAKS OUT
16.ACT OF BEING POLITE
17.MEDICINE MAN
18.TRAGIC BELLS
19.LOSS OF INNOCENCE
20.THE SIMPLE SONG
21.UPS AND DOWNS
22.POSSESSIONS
23.GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
24.PHANTOM
25.LESS NOT MORE
26.MY WORK IS SO BEHIND
27.BIRDS IN THE TREES
28.HANDFUL OF DESIRE
29.MOISTURE
30.LOVE IS...
31.TROUBLED MAN
32.LA LA
33.LONELINESS
34.NICE OLD MAN
35.THE TALK OF CREATURES
36.FINGERTIPS
37.IN BETWEEN DREAMS
38.MARGARET FREEMAN
39.THE COMING OF THE CROW
40.WHEN WE WERE YOUNG BONUS TRACKS
41.SHUT UP, SHUT UP
42.AND I WAS ALONE
43.ELECTRONIC ELABORATE WASTE *
44.KRAFTWERK *
45.COSMETICS FOR REALITY *
46.ROSCO’S RIGHTEOUS RODENT *
47.PRETTY BABY *
48.TUXEDOS *
49.NO LONGER UNUSED *
50.INSTANT HOSTILITY *
51.ELEVATOR LADY *
52.WE’RE A HAPPY FAMILY

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

DISC TWO:

1. SHUT UP, SHUT UP (RESIDUE VERSION)
2. AND I WAS ALONE (ALTERNATE) *
3. UPS AND DOWNS (RESIDUE VERSION)
4. BOY IN LOVE
5. DIE IN TERROR (1982 REHEARSAL) *
6. GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE (1982 REHEARSAL) *
7. LOVE LEAKS OUT (1982 REHEARSAL) *
8. THE TALK OF CREATURES (1982 REHEARSAL) *
9. EASTER WOMAN (LIVE 1986)
10. AMBER (LIVE 1986)
11. RED RIDER (LIVE 1986)
12. DIE IN TERROR (LIVE 1986)
13. THE COMING OF THE CROW (LIVE 1986)
14. MOISTURE (ICKY FLIX VERSION) *
15. ACT OF BEING POLITE (ICKY FLIX VERSION) *
16. PERFECT LOVE (ICKY FLIX VERSION) *
17. SIMPLE SONG (ICKY FLIX VERSION) *
18. RED RIDER (COMMERCIAL DVD VERSION) *
19. MOISTURE (COMMERCIAL DVD VERSION) *
20. COMMERCIAL ALBUM SUITE (LIVE 2005)
21. GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE (LIVE 2013)
22. EASTER WOMAN (LIVE 2015) *
23. MY SECOND WIFE (LIVE 2015) *
24. LOSS OF INNOCENCE (LIVE 2015) *

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED