Captain Beefheart : The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology)
Genre: Avant Garde Rock and Roll	Dates: 1966-1983

If you think rock and roll has nowhere left to go, listen to this and behold a multitude of paths laid out but seldom taken. Cap bowed out at the top of his game to work on sculpture in ’82, and he’s much missed. Delta blues wrassles with free jazz, surrealist poetry with whacked narrative, world ecology with “progress,” the musicians with Beefheart’s ideas, Beefheart’s voice with the flesh and bone cage it’s trapped in. All that conflict gives way to unforgettable music it may take you awhile to get used to—but you’ll never forget it when you do.

Playlist:

DISC 1:
1. Diddy Wah Diddy
2. Frying Pan
3. Electricity
4. Abba Zaba
5. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones
6. Safe As Milk
7. Moonlight On Vermont
8. Ella Guru
9. Old Fart At Play
10. Sugar 'N Spikes
11. Orange Claw Hammer
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. China Pig
14. Lick My Decals Off, Baby
15. Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
16. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go
17. Smithsonian Institute Blues, The (Or The Big Dig)
18. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
19. Click Clack
20. Grow Fins
21. When It Blows Its Stacks
22. Little Scratch - (previously unreleased)
23. Big Eyed Beans From Venus
24. Golden Birdies

DISC 2:
1. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
2. Low Yo Yo Stuff
3. Too Much Time
4. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
5. Clear Spot
6. Upon The My-O-My
7. Party Of Special Things To Do
8. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top - (with Frank Zappa/The Mothers)
9. Debra Kadabra - (with Frank Zappa/The Mothers)
10. Hard Workin' Man (Main Title) - (from "Blue Collar")
11. Bat Chain Puller
12. Floppy Boot Stomp, The
13. Tropical Hot Dog Night
14. Owed T'Alex
15. Hot Head
16. Ashtray Heart
17. Sue Egypt
18. Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee
19. Ice Cream For Crow
20. Past Sure Is Tense, The
21. Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon
22. (untitled) - (hidden track)