Not Available

This article is about the album. For the term, see N/A.
Not Available
Studio album by
the Residents
ReleasedOctober 1978
Recorded1974
GenreRock opera[1]
Length35:21 (original LP)
42:26 (2011 reissue)
LabelRalph
The Residents chronology
Fingerprince
(1977) 		Not Available
(1978) 		Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
(1978)

Not Available is the fourth studio album by the American band the Residents, released in 1978.[2][3] The album was allegedly meant to only be released once its creators completely forgot about its existence (adhering to their "Theory of Obscurity," in which an artist's purest work is created without an audience) - however, due to ongoing delays in the release of Eskimo, Not Available was released to supply the demand for new Residents material, given their unexpected critical and commercial success following the release of the Duck Stab EP.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kelp, Larry (27 Nov 1979). "Residents: They're unknown—but not unloved". Oakland Tribune. p. C1.