Studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Released August 1980 Recorded Sound Castle Recording Studios, LA June 1980 Genre Experimental rock, blues rock, alternative rock Length 38:52 Label Virgin Producer Don Van Vliet Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978) Doc at the Radar Station (1980) Ice Cream for Crow (1982) Track listing All tracks written by Don Van Vliet
Side One No. Title Length 1. "Hot Head" 3:23 2. "Ashtray Heart" 3:25 3. "A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" 1:38 4. "Run Paint Run Run" 3:40 5. "Sue Egypt" 2:57 6. "Brickbats" 2:40 Side Two No. Title Length 1. "Dirty Blue Gene" 3:51 2. "Best Batch Yet" 5:02 3. "Telephone" 1:31 4. "Flavor Bud Living" 1:00 5. "Sheriff of Hong Kong" 6:34 6. "Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee" 3:11 Personnel Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, Chinese gongs, harmonica, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet John French – slide guitar, guitar, marimba, bass, drums (on "Ashtray Heart" and "Sheriff of Hong Kong") Bruce Lambourne Fowler – trombone Jeff Moris Tepper – slide guitar, guitar, nerve guitar Eric Drew Feldman – synthesizer, bass, mellotron, grand piano, electric piano Robert Arthur Williams – drums Additional personnel Gary Lucas – guitar, French horn