- experimental
- 9 tracks
- Torso
Freak Show is a studio album by American art rock band the Residents, released in 1990. It marked the beginning of the Residents' obsession with emerging computer technology in the 1990s, and much of the music was made with various MIDI devices.
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Character
Prestige, character-led, open-ended and contemporary.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2.5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10
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Tracks
- A1Everyone Comes to the Freak Show
- A2Harry the Head
- A3Herman the Human Mole
- A4Wanda the Worm Woman
- A5Jack the Boneless Boy
- B1Benny the Bouncing Bump
- B2Mickey the Mumbling Midget
- B3Lillie?
- B4Nobody Laughs When They Leave
About the album
- Artist
- The Residents
- Label
- Torso
- Released
- 1990
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- NL
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