Studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Released October 1972 Recorded Autumn 1972 Genre Blues rock Length 37:11 Label Reprise Producer Ted Templeman Don Van Vliet Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology The Spotlight Kid (1972) Clear Spot (1972) Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)
Track listing All lyrics and music by Don Van Vliet.
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Low Yo Yo Stuff" 3:41 2. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" 3:46 3. "Too Much Time" 2:50 4. "Circumstances" 3:14 5. "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" 2:55 6. "Sun Zoom Spark" 2:13 Side two No. Title Length 7. "Clear Spot" 3:40 8. "Crazy Little Thing" 2:38 9. "Long Neck Bottles" 3:18 10. "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" 2:57 11. "Big Eyed Beans from Venus" 4:23 12. "Golden Birdies" 1:36 Personnel[edit] Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, harmonica, "wings on Singabus" (apparently referring to the flapping noise you can hear when he says the word Singabus, in "Golden Birdies") Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad) – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) – guitar, bass Ed Marimba (Art Tripp) – drums, percussion Roy Estrada – bass Additional personnel Milt Holland – percussion Russ Titelman – guitar The Blackberries – backing vocals