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| Studio album by The Residents & Renaldo & The Loaf | |||||
| Released | November, 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | March 1981 | ||||
| Genre(s) | Experimental rock | ||||
| Length | 34:46 | ||||
| Label(s) | Ralph | ||||
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Title in Limbo is the eleventh studio album by The Residents, also marked the first and only album in collaboration with Renaldo & The Loaf, released on November 1983 by Ralph Records. Guest performers include Snakefinger (guitar and violin), and vocalist Nessie Lessons.
The album was originally recorded during four days in 1981, when Renaldo and The Loaf were on vacation in San Francisco, but they were unable to finish the album before the duo went home. In 1983, during a time of financial crisis in the Residents' quarters, the half-finished album, with its gentle, tuneful sound, seemed like a financial lifeline, so the Residents decided to put vocals on the tracks and ready the album for release. Dave "The Loaf" Janssen was unable to get time off from work and just sent some tapeloops. Brian Poole ("Renaldo M.") came to San Francisco to sing, and also participated in the instrumental overdubs.
"Monkey and Bunny" from the album was performed live during The Residents' 13th Anniversary Tour; additionally, "The Shoe Salesman" was included in the setlist of the group's 2002 Demons Dance Alone tour.
The original release was on vinyl. During the late 1980s some of the songs were released on compilation CDs or as CD bonus tracks on the first CD issue of Not Available, and the full album was reissued as a limited-edition CD in 1998.
Track listing[]
| Title in Limbo track listing | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Intro: Version" | 1:22 | ||||||||
| 2. | "The Shoe Salesman" | 4:09 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Crashing" | 1:40 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Monkey and Bunny" | 4:59 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Mahogany Wood" | 4:13 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Sitting on the Sand" | 1:29 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Africa Tree" | 2:59 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Woman's Weapon" | 3:22 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Horizontal Logic" | 1:58 | ||||||||
| 10. | "The Sailor Song" | 6:05 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Extra: Version" | 2:25 | ||||||||
Total length: |
34:46 | |||||||||
Review[]
In 1983, the Residents collaborated with Renaldo & The Loaf (also artists on Ralph) on this album, which ended up sounding not much like either (though more Residential than like R&TLian). This one is hard to find, now, unfortunately—half of it was released as bonus tracks on the first (now very out-of-print) ESD CD of Not Available; later, Ralph America released the entire album in a run of 1000, but those have been sold out now for a long while. It's worth checking out, though, if you stumble across a copy. The Residents have been known to put some of the songs in later projects and live shows—especially "Mahogany Wood" and "Monkey And Bunny".
- Rev. Syung Myung Me