Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Studio album by
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
ReleasedDecember 1970
RecordedMay 1970
StudioRecord Plant (West Hollywood, California)
Genre avant-pop[3]
Length39:38
Label
ProducerDon Van Vliet
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology
Trout Mask Replica
(1969) 		Lick My Decals Off, Baby
(1970) 		Mirror Man
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Lick My Decals Off, Baby is the fourth studio album by American musician Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band, released in December 1970 by Straight and Reprise Records. The follow-up to Trout Mask Replica (1969), it is regarded by some critics and listeners as superior, and was Van Vliet's own favorite of his albums. In his words, the title credo of the album was an encouragement to "get rid of the labels", and to evaluate things according to their merits.

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  2. ^ Horowitz, Hal (10 November 2014). "Captain Beefheart: Sun Zoom Spark". American Songwriter. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ Grimstad, Paul (September 2007). "What Is Avant-Pop?". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Huey, S. (2011). "Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Decurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (1992). "Captain Beefheart". The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.