{"product_id":"the-residents-commercial-album-389756","title":"The Residents – Commercial Album","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Residents' \u003cem\u003eCommercial Album\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e arrived in 1980 with one of the group's sharpest ideas: 40 songs trimmed to roughly a minute each, built on the notion that the essence of a three-minute pop song could be compressed into a commercial-sized burst. That concept makes this one of the clearest statements of the Residents' long-running satire of American mass culture, but it is also unusually melodic by their standards, full of clipped hooks, oddball refrains and deadpan pop detours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat keeps the record compelling is how much variety the group packs into that strict format. Even in miniature, these pieces jump between synthetic pop, skewed balladry and nervy experimental collage, with tracks like \u003cem\u003eEaster Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePerfect Love\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmber\u003c\/em\u003e showing just how catchy the Residents could be without ever sounding straightforward. The source material also points to guest appearances from Fred Frith, Chris Cutler and XTC's Andy Partridge, which helps explain the album's wiry, unpredictable detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2023 pREServed Edition matters because it returns the album from the original tapes and frames it properly as more than a cult curio. The remaster was produced with the Residents and the Cryptic Corporation, and this expanded edition adds the \u003cem\u003eCOMS 1-3 RDX Suite\u003c\/em\u003e drawn from the album's multi-track tapes. With rare imagery and substantial new annotation, it captures an album that turned pop form into a private, wonderfully strange logic of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered from the original tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced with the Residents and the Cryptic Corporation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited pREServed Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes COMS 1-3 RDX Suite from the album's multi-track tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes rare and unseen imagery, an essay by Jim Knipfel, and sleevenotes by the Residents' mysterious archivist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e The Residents\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: 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