| 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 | |||
| The Residents chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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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.
- ^ "Freak Show - The Residents | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Volume 6. MUZE. p. 859.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 938.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 333–334.
- ^ "The Residents | Biography & History". AllMusic.
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