Meet the Residents

Meet the Residents
Studio album by
the Residents
ReleasedApril 1, 1974 (1974-04-01)
RecordedFebruary–October 1973[1]
GenreExperimental, no wave[2]
Length44:25
LabelRalph
ProducerThe Residents
The Residents chronology
Santa Dog
(1972) 		Meet the Residents
(1974) 		The Third Reich 'n Roll
(1976)
1977 reprint cover

Meet the Residents is the debut studio album by the American art rock group the Residents, released on April 1, 1974, through Ralph Records.[3] Most of the album was recorded throughout 1973 during breaks from production on Vileness Fats, the group's film project and main focus at the time.[4] The album is said to adhere to N. Senada's "Theory of Phonetic Organization," in which music composition should be based on individual sounds rather than traditional musical notes.[5]

  1. ^ Residents, The – Meet The Residents (CD, Album, Reissue, pREServed edition) 2018 (Cherry Red/New Ralph Too) - accompanying booklet
  2. ^ Meet the Residents at AllMusic
  3. ^ Residents, The – Meet The Residents (CD, Album, Reissue, pREServed edition) 2018 (Cherry Red/New Ralph Too) - Liner Notes
  4. ^ Liner notes, Meet the Residents 2018 pREServed edition (Ian Shirley)
  5. ^ Meet the Residents 1974 sleeve notes