Freak Show | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Length | 52:53 (Special Edition) | |||
Label | The Voyager Company (CD-ROM) Mute/EMI | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10[4] |
Freak Show is a studio album by American art rock band The Residents, released in 1990.[5] 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.
The interactive Freak Show CD-ROM was released in 1994.[6] A Freak Show stage performance by a theater company at the Archa Theater in Prague premiered on November 1, 1995. Kyle Baker worked on a graphic novel, The Residents: Freak Show, which was released in 1992 by Dark Horse.[7]
Several of the songs were also performed live during the 1997 25th anniversary concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco. After the CD-ROM's success, the album was re-released as The Freak Show Soundtrack with a different cover. A limited edition, The Freak Show Special Edition, was released in 2002 to mark the band's 30th anniversary.
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