Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart (1969)

Produced by Frank Zappa in LA after 8 months of grueling rehearsals, Captain Beefheart(& his magic band)'s double album of polyrhythms, blues, free jazz, garage rock, r&b and absurdity has proven to be one of the most and enduring and challenging recordings of the 20th century canon.

This is the auditory equivalent of reading 'Finnegans Wake'. Dense, difficult music that at once makes you want to turn up the volume and throw out the disc. There are three groups of people, those who hate this album, those who love this album and those who are pretending to love this album to impress other people who are pretending to love this album. The more you listen, the more you'll be shuffled from group to group to group. A true experimental monolith that exists free from time, constraint and everything else.

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