- experimental, avant-garde, electronic, ambient
- 39 min
- 6 tracks
- Ralph Records
Eskimo is the sixth studio album by the American experimental rock band the Residents, released in 1979 through Ralph Records. The album was originally supposed to follow 1977's Fingerprince, but due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979.
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Character-led, prestige, contemplative and formally daring.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1The Walrus Hunt4:02
- A2Birth4:34
- A3Arctic Hysteria5:59
- A4The Angry Angakok5:21
- B1A Spirit Steals a Child8:43
- B2The Festival of Death10:30
6 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Residents
- Label
- Ralph Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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