Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

  • Safe As Milk (1967)


  • 1. Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do: 9.2
  • 2. Zig Zag Wanderer: 9.0
  • 3. Call On Me: 9.1
  • 4. Dropout Boogie: 7.2
  • 5. I'm Glad: 9.6
  • 6. Electricity: 7.4
  • 7. Yellow Brick Road: 9.3
  • 8. Abba Zaba: 9.0
  • 9. Plastic Factory: 8.2
  • 10. Where There's Woman: 9.2
  • 11. Grown So Ugly: 9.0
  • 12. Autumn's Child: 9.4
  • Song Average: 8.8
  • Score: 89%
  • Strictly Personal (1968)


  • 1. Ah Feel Like Ahcid: 9.0
  • 2. Safe As Milk: 7.9
  • 3. Trust Us: 9.1
  • 4. Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man: 8.0
  • 5. On Tomorrow: 8.2
  • 6. Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones: 9.3
  • 7. Gimme That Harp Boy: 9.0
  • 8. Kandy Korn: 7.6
  • Song Average: 8.5
  • Score: 84%
  • Trout Mask Replica (1969)


  • 1. Frownland: 4.3
  • 2. The Dust Blows Forward 'n The Dust Blows Back: 7.9
  • 3. Dachau Blues: 5.0
  • 4. Ella Guru: 4.8
  • 5. Hair Pie: Bake 1: 0.1
  • 6. Moonlight On Vermont: 5.6
  • 7. Pachuco Cadaver: 9.1
  • 8. Bills Corpse: 6.0
  • 9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs: 5.5
  • 10. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish: 4.2
  • 11. China Pig: 9.2
  • 12. My Human Gets Me Blues: 9.0
  • 13. Dali's Car: 7.0
  • 14. Hair Pie: Bake 2: 6.0
  • 15. Pena: 0.5
  • 16. Well: 5.7
  • 17. When Big Joan Sets Up: 4.2
  • 18. Fallin' Ditch: 6.3
  • 19. Sugar 'n Spikes: 9.1
  • 20. Ant Man Bee: 9.0
  • 21. Orange Claw Hammer: 9.1
  • 22. Wild Life: 7.3
  • 23. She's Too Much For My Mirror: 7.4
  • 24. Hobo Chang Ba: 4.0
  • 25. The Blimp (mousetraprelica): 5.0
  • 26. Steal Softly Thru Snow: 3.9
  • 27. Old Fart At Play: 8.1
  • 28. Veteran Day's Poppy: 9.0
  • Song Average: 6.2
  • Score: 61%
  • Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970)


  • 1. Lick My Decals Off, Baby: 1.1
  • 2. Doctor Dark: 0.9
  • 3. I Love You, You Big Dummy: 0.6
  • 4. Peon: 1.0
  • 5. Bellerin' Plain: 0.5
  • 6. Woo-Is-Uh-Me-Bop: 0.8
  • 7. Japan In A Dishpan: 0.0
  • 8. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go: 0.1
  • 9. Petrified Forest: 0.6
  • 10. One Red Rose That I Mean: 1.2
  • 11. The Buggy Boogie Woogie: 0.4
  • 12. The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig): 0.0
  • 13. Space-Age Couple: 1.5
  • 14. The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye): 0.8
  • 15. Flash Gordon's Ape: 0.0
  • Song Average: 0.9
  • Score: 4%
  • Mirror Man (1971)


  • 1. Tarotplane: 4.8
  • 2. Kandy Korn: 6.3
  • 3. 25th Century Quaker: 4.9
  • 4. Mirror Man: 4.2
  • Song Average: 5.6
  • Score: 49%
  • The Spotlight Kid (1972)


  • 1. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby: 9.1
  • 2. White Jam: 9.0
  • 3. Blabber 'n Smoke: 9.2
  • 4. When It Blows It Stacks: 9.1
  • 5. Alice In Blunderland: 8.6
  • 6. The Spotlight Kid: 9.2
  • 7. Click Clack: 9.0
  • 8. Grows Fins: 9.1
  • 9. There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage: 9.2
  • 10. Glider: 9.1
  • Song Average: 9.1
  • Score: 90%
  • Clear Spot (1972)


  • 1. Low Yo Yo Stuff: 9.5
  • 2. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man: 9.4
  • 3. Too Much Time: 9.6
  • 4. Circumstances: 9.6
  • 5. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains: 9.0
  • 6. Sun Zoom Spark: 9.3
  • 7. Clear Spot: 9.4
  • 8. Crazy Little Thing: 9.1
  • 9. Long Neck Bottles: 9.4
  • 10. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles: 9.0
  • 11. Big Eyed Beans From Venus: 9.3
  • 12. Golden Birdies: 9.0
  • Song Average: 9.3
  • Score: 93%
  • Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)


  • 1. Upon The My-O-My: 6.3
  • 2. Sugar Bowl: 5.8
  • 3. New Electric Ride: 7.0
  • 4. Magic Be: 6.8
  • 5. Happy Love Song: 5.6
  • 6. Full Moon, Hot Sun: 6.0
  • 7. I Got Love On My Mind: 4.5
  • 8. This Is The Day: 7.6
  • 9. Lazy Music: 6.0
  • 10. Peaches: 6.3
  • Song Average: 6.2
  • Score: 62%
  • Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974)


  • 1. Party Of Special Things To Do: 4.0
  • 2. Same Old Blues: 3.8
  • 3. Observatory Crest: 4.2
  • 4. Pompadour Swamp: 3.6
  • 5. Captain's Holiday: 4.1
  • 6. Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll: 4.8
  • 7. Further Than We've Gone: 5.6
  • 8. Twist Ah Luck: 4.5
  • 9. Bluejeans And Moonbeams: 5.0
  • Song Average: 4.4
  • Score: 42%
  • Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)


  • 1. The Floppy Boot Stomp: 9.4
  • 2. Tropical Hot Dog Night: 6.1
  • 3. Ice Rose: 6.5
  • 4. Harry Irene: 9.0
  • 5. You Know You're A Man: 7.0
  • 6. Bat Chain Puller: 4.6
  • 7. When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy: 4.8
  • 8. Owed t'Alex: 6.1
  • 9. Candle Mambo: 7.1
  • 10. Love Lies: 9.0
  • 11. Suction Prints: 6.7
  • 12. Apes-Ma: /
  • Song Average: 6.9
  • Score: 67%
  • Doc At The Radar Station (1980)


  • 1. Hot Head: 9.1
  • 2. Ashtray Heart: 7.1
  • 3. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond: 6.0
  • 4. Run Paint Run Run: 6.8
  • 5. Sue Egypt: 5.7
  • 6. Brickbats: 7.0
  • 7. Dirty Blue Gene: 5.2
  • 8. Best Batch Yet: 7.4
  • 9. Telephone: 4.1
  • 10. Flavor Bud Living: 4.0
  • 11. Sheriff Of Hong Kong: 6.7
  • 12. Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee: 3.8
  • Song Average: 6.0
  • Score: 58%
  • Ice Cream For Crow (1982)


  • 1. Ice Cream For Crow: 6.8
  • 2. The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O: 6.5
  • 3. Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian: 8.2
  • 4. Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat: 5.6
  • 5. Evening Bell: 6.0
  • 6. Cardboard Cutout Sundown: 5.9
  • 7. The Past Sure Is Tense: 3.8
  • 8. Ink Mathematics: 6.1
  • 9. The Witch Doctor Life: 5.5
  • 10. '81' Poop Hatch: 5.0
  • 11. The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole: 5.9
  • 12. Skeleton Makes Good: 4.6
  • Song Average: 5.8
  • Score: 57%
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Rankings

1. Clear Spot ****1/2/*****
2. The Spotlight Kid ****1/2/*****
3. Safe As Milk ****/*****
4. Strictly Personal ****/*****
5. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ***/*****
6. Unconditionally Guaranteed ***/*****
7. Trout Mask Replica ***/*****
8. Doc At The Radar Station **1/2/*****
9. Ice Cream For Crow **1/2/*****
10. Mirror Man **/*****
11. Bluejeans & Moonbeams **/*****
12. Lick My Decals Off, Baby Zero Stars