The Residents – Commercial Album

The Residents - Commercial Album album cover

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Label:

 MVD Audio – NRT009

Series:

 The Residents pREServed

Format:
2 x CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

 UK, Europe & US

Released:

Genre:

 Rock

Style:

 Experimental

Tracklist

Commercial Album
1-1 Easter Woman 1:03
1-2 Perfect Love 1:03
1-3 Picnic Boy 1:03
1-4 End Of Home 1:03
1-5 Amber 1:02
1-6 Japanese Watercolor 1:03
1-7 Secrets 1:03
1-8 Die In Terror 1:02
1-9 Red Rider 1:02
1-10 My Second Wife 1:02
1-11 Floyd 1:03
1-12 Suburban Bathers
Backing Vocals [Singing Backing] – David Byrne
1:03
1-13 Dimples And Toes 1:03
1-14 The Nameless Souls 1:04
1-15 Love Leaks Out 1:02
1-16 Act Of Being Polite 1:03
1-17 Medicine Man 1:03
1-18 Tragic Bells 1:03
1-19 Loss Of Innocence 1:02
1-20 The Simple Song 1:03
1-21 Ups And Downs 1:03
1-22 Possessions 1:03
1-23 Give It To Someone Else 1:03
1-24 Phantom 1:03
1-25 Less Not More 1:03
1-26 My Work Is So Behind 1:03
1-27 Birds In The Trees 1:03
1-28 Handful Of Desire 1:03
1-29 Moisture 1:03
1-30 Love Is… 1:03
1-31 Troubled Man 1:03
1-32 La La 1:03
1-33 Loneliness 1:03
1-34 Nice Old Man 1:03
1-35 The Talk Of Creatures 1:03
1-36 Fingertips 1:03
1-37 In Between Dreams 1:03
1-38 Margaret Freeman 1:03
1-39 The Coming Of The Crow
Keyboards – Brian Eno
1:03
1-40 When We Were Young 1:09
Commercial Ephemera
1-41 Shut Up, Shut Up 1:02
1-42 And I Was Alone 1:04
1-43 Electronic Elaborate Waste 1:02
1-44 Kraftwerk 1:03
1-45 Cosmetics For Reality 1:06
1-46 Rosco's Righteous Rodent 1:01
1-47 Pretty Baby 1:04
1-48 Tuxedos 1:08
1-49 No Longer Unused 1:03
1-50 Instant Hostility 3:04
1-51 Elevator Lady 2:37
1-52 We're A Happy Family 1:10
1-53 Commercial Commercials Concentrate 3:25
2-1 Shut Up, Shut Up (Residue Version) 1:12
2-2 And I Was Alone (Alternate) 1:03
2-3 Ups And Downs (Residue Version) 3:07
2-4 Boy In Love 2:55
2-5 Die In Terror (1982 Rehearsal) 1:28
2-6 Give It To Someone Else (1982 Rehearsal) 0:53
2-7 Love Leaks Out (1982 Rehearsal) 1:09
2-8 The Talk Of Creatures (1982 Rehearsal) 1:04
2-9 Easter Woman (Live 1986) 2:30
2-10 Amber (Live 1986) 1:45
2-11 Red Rider (Live 1986) 1:32
2-12 Die In Terror (Live 1986) 1:26
2-13 The Coming Of The Crow (Live 1986) 1:45
2-14 Moisture (Icky Flix) 1:05
2-15 Act Of Being Polite (Icky Flix) 1:03
2-16 Perfect Love (Icky Flix) 1:06
2-17 Simple Song (Icky Flix) 1:04
2-18 Red Rider (Commercial DVD)
Guitar – Nolan Cook
Vocals – Carla Fabrizio
1:09
2-19 Moisture (Commercial DVD)
Guitar – Nolan Cook
Vocals – Carla Fabrizio
1:10
2-20 Commercial Album Suite (Live 2005) 5:48
2-21 Give It To Someone Else (Live 2013) 3:04
2-22 Easter Woman (Live 2015) 2:34
2-23 My Second Wife (Live 2015) 2:28
2-24 Loss Of Innocence (Live 2015) 2:18

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cryptic Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cherry Red Records (2)
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MVD Entertainment Group
  • Copyright © – Cryptic Corporation
  • Copyright © – Cherry Red Records (2)
  • Copyright © – MVD Entertainment Group
  • Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing
  • Published By – WB Music Corp.
  • Published By – Warner/Chappell North America Ltd.
  • Published By – Taco Tunes
  • Made By – Key Production
  • Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC

Credits

  • Curated By, Edited By, Compiled By – The Residents
  • Design [Original Cover Design], Art Direction – Pore Know Graphics*
  • Design [Reissue Design], Layout – Paul Bevoir
  • Guest [Extra Hard Working Guest Musician] – Fred Frith
  • Guest [Special Appearances] – Snakefinger
  • Performer, Producer – The Residents
  • Product Manager, Sleeve Notes – Richard Anderson
  • Research [Cover Art And Archive Imagery Supplied By] – The Cryptic Corporation
  • Sleeve Notes – Jim Knipfel
  • Transferred By, Restoration, Mastered By – Scott Colburn
  • Written-By – The Residents (tracks: 1-1 to 1-51, 2-1 to 2-24)

Notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-40 from the original LP Commercial Album (Ralph Records, 1980).

All other material written, performed and produced 1978-2015. Tracks 1-43 to 1-51, 2-2, 2-5 to 2-8, 2-14 to 2-19, and 2-22 to 2-24 previously unreleased. The unlisted track 1-53 is a collage of radio adverts for Commercial Album. Bonus material notes courtesy of Cherry Red Records and The Cryptic Corporation.

All material remastered from the original tapes (with the exception of disc 2, tracks 9-13 and 20-24).

All titles published by Pale Pachyderm Publishing (BMI), except for "We're A Happy Family" published by WB Music Corp/Warner/Chappell North America Limited and Taco Tunes.

℗ & © 2019 The Cryptic Corporation, Cherry Red Records and MVD Entertainment

Packaging: six- cardboard sleeve with hype sticker applied over the wraparound cellophane. Including a 20-page booklet with extensive liner notes and additional images. The first 250 copies ordered directly from Cherry Red came with a limited postcard.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 5013929360938
  • Barcode (Text): 5 013929 360938
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1): KEYPRODUCTION.CO.UK NRT009A 28 A00
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2): KEYPRODUCTION.CO.UK NRT009B 18 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI L558
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI L558
  • Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 94U7
  • Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 944S

Other Versions (5 of 47)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Commercial Album (LP, Album, Repress) Ralph Records RZ-8052-L US 1980
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Commercial Album (LP, Album) Ralph Records PRE X 2, PREX 2 UK 1980
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Commercial Album (LP, Album) PRE (5) 6302 081 1980
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Commercial Album (LP, Album, Misprint) Ralph Records RZ-8052-L US 1980
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Commercial Album (LP, Album) Ralph Records RPH002 New Zealand 1980

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