'' is a ,
Free Jazz , and other apparently disparate bits of American music, it is regarded as an important work of
Experimental Music and appears at number 58 on the
List Of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time .
was largely responsible for its peak at number 21 on the UK charts.
It should be noted that, in its double LP issue, one record contains sides 1 & 4, while the other record contains 2 & 3. All songs written by Van Vliet.
#"Frownland" – 1:41
#"The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back" – 1:53
#"
Dachau Blues " – 2:21
#"Ella Guru" – 2:26
#"Hair Pie: Bake 1" – 4:58
#"Moonlight on Vermont" – 3:59
#"Pachuco Cadaver" – 4:40
#"Bills Corpse" – 1:48
#"Sweet Sweet Bulbs" – 2:21
#"Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish" – 2:25
#"China Pig" – 4:02
#"My Human Gets Me Blues" – 2:46
#"Dali's Car" – 1:26
#"Hair Pie: Bake 2" – 2:23
#"Pena" – 2:33
#"Well" – 2:07
#"When Big Joan Sets Up" – 5:18
#"Fallin' Ditch" – 2:08
#"Sugar 'n Spikes" – 2:30
#"Ant Man Bee" – 3:57
#"Orange Claw Hammer" – 3:34
#"Wild Life" – 3:09
#"She's Too Much for My Mirror" – 1:40
#"Hobo Chang Ba" – 2:02
#"The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)" – 2:04
#"Steal Softly thru Snow" – 2:18
#"Old Fart at Play" – 1:51
#"Veteran's Day Poppy" – 4:31
- Robert Rankin paid homage to this album by naming a novel he wrote in 1997, ''Sprout Mask Replica''.
- The vocals for "The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)" were recorded over the phone.
