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Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again: #4 Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica

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Simon Sweetman
Oct 12, 2013
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Trout Mask

Trout Mask Replica is not an album, it’s conceptual art - like most conceptual art it fucking stinks. Because it exists to mock those who don’t get/don’t like it. Oh, I meant to start by saying I love the shit out of Captain Beefheart. The good Captain’s music gets better with time. Every time I have a poke around on the box-set or on any of the albums …

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