Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses

Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses Artist: The Residents
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 014431042522
EAN: 0014431042522
ASIN: B0000009RP


Release Date: 1997-09-09

Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses


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Tracks:

  1. Jambalaya
  2. Six Amber Things
  3. He Also Serves
  4. Ship Of Fools
  5. Teddy Bear
  6. The Gingerbread Man Concentrate
  7. Where Is She?
  8. Kawliga
  9. Freak Show Concentrate
  10. From The Plains To Mexico
  11. Double Shot
  12. For Elsie (Excerpt)
  13. Harry The Head
  14. Have A Bad Day Concentrate
  15. Hit The Road Jack (Remix)

Tracks:

  1. Eastern Woman
  2. Amber
  3. Red Rider
  4. Floyd
  5. The Nameless Soul
  6. Love Leaks Out
  7. The Simple Song
  8. Moisture
  9. Loneliness
  10. When We Were Young
  11. Eskimo Concentrate
  12. Constantinople
  13. Blue Rosebuds
  14. Lizard Lady
  15. Hello Skinny
  16. Satisfaction
  17. Loser=Weed
  18. Fingerprince Concentrate
  19. This Is A Man's World
  20. Jailhouse Rock
  21. The Third Reich `N' Roll Concentrate

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Eyeballs are Watching!.......2006-10-04

This is a great compilation of the Residents. It has in my opinion, a representation of a hit/s from everyone of their albums up to the point of this compilation. It includes 10 of the 1 minute jingles from the Commercial album. One of my favorites "SKINNY" from the album Duckstab is also here. Other standouts include "IT'S A MAN'S WORLD", "THIRD REICH AND ROLL", "WEED", and "CONSTANTINOPLE". The music is weird,fun,synth-laden and deconstructed 60's pop with a punk edge. The Residents sound like no other band and their the pioneers of this genere-whatever it may be called. I like how they've kept their anonimity with their eyeball heads/masks(on their later albums) and top hat and tails attire.

2 out of 5 stars Some good tracks is all........2003-12-20

While I have enjoyed several of the other works by the Residents. This collection has a few tracks on disk one and a couple on disk two that stand out for me. The rest of the work reminded me of a free form jam session at a Dead concert. For me the money spent was not a good value. Most of the tracks that stand out are on disks that you would find on recommendation lists. So I paid about $4 per track of music, that I would listen to on an MP3 player. If you have very little of the bands music you should find about 6 or 7 tracks that you will want to repeatedly listen to. If you find less then that, this music just isn't your cup of tea.

3 out of 5 stars Tolerable Rezzies Collection.......2002-11-13

A tolerable Rezzies collection. The fact of the Residents is they really only sound great some of the time. Some of the rest of the time they are kinda conceptually innarestin, but there are bog stretches when they ain't nmothing but indulgent whine. No matter whatyou may have heard, that's it. When they are real good, they're pretty good. When they're just OK,t hey ain't much. 3rd ReichnRoll is a classic till you burn out on it; its something worth having. A few 45s are Ok ; the only thing by them I still have is the Satisfaction single. Eskimo is actually fairly bonafide and keepable; cut and all but a good effort. Mole stuff a little less so but not so bad. Most everything else they did is at least 50%con. Oh yeah, Duck Stab is part of that original batch - its real precious but they put a lot of effort into it, enough to keep it on th shelf. True art farts and techno queers, the Rezzies only go downhill from there, which is about 1984 on down. This is a tolerable map of a tolerable art act. You could so worse and you could have an even moe interesting life without ever hearing the Residents, unless the skillfully marketed plastic fruits of arty farrty rock are what purples your passion. p.s. like the mothers, the original stuff includes other people who make the records walk and talk ; once the main guys run them off its gets crummy fast, ala the mothers of invention w/out the real mothers

5 out of 5 stars If you only buy one release from this band, buy this one.......2002-11-09

The band has had numerous compilations over the years, but this one definitely had the most effort put into it. The songs are more or less in reverse chronological order, letting you hear how their diverse sounds have changed over the years. The first CD ("Unum") covers 1981-96, while the second CD ("Pluribus") covers the "Classic" album years of 1980-1972. One thing that makes this particlar compilations special are the several "concentrates" -- medlies created from several or all songs from a particular album. They concentrates aren't just space fillers though; they flow really well for the albums they were selected for.

Even if you do have most of the major releases from The Residents, this compilation includes a good number of rarities and general non-album songs. You don't have to get them just for the sake of completion though: in all honesty, they're really good songs! The booklet was also very well done, including an informative biography, tons of great photos, and track-by-track descriptions of the songs and their sources. The booklet has two cover photos, so you can display either one on the front by flippling the booklet over.

There was also a 4-CD version of this release, but I don't think it's still in print. It included everything from the 2-CD version, plus tons of more rarities, and more concentrates for albums not covered at all in the 2-CD release (Meet The Residents, Not Available, the albums for the Cube E and Mark of the Mole tours, the Hunters soundtrack, etc.) So for those of you wondering "why didn't they include material from album so-and-so", that's the reason why.

This is the very first release I ever bought from The Residents. Music has always been one of my passions, but just when I thought I had heard every style and genre, The Residents came into my life and turned my perceptions upside-down. They're incredibly weird and dissonant at a first listen, but once you aquire the taste...wow, you can't get enough.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Western Culture ~ Henry Cow
  2. Argent
  3. Live at Lake Charles 1978 ~ Fever Tree
  4. The Definitive Collection ~ Rockets
  5. Piano Man ~ Billy Joel
  6. Great Commandment ~ Camouflage
  7. Do You ~ Sheena Easton
  8. Music Is a Part of Me ~ David McCallum
  9. Mother Earth ~ Avalanch
  10. Early Recordings ~ Joan Osborne

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Enigmatic Ocean ~ Jean-Luc Ponty

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 ~ Art Blakey Quintet

Commonwealth Blues ~ Tubby Hayes Quartet

Tropical Deco

Autumn Leaves ~ Great Jazz Trio

Love Notes ~ Gospellers

Taking it back

Irish Folk Songs ~ The Clancy Brothers, David Hammond & Families

Dreams ~ C. Lanzbom

Stand ~ Natchin