Big Eyed Beans from Venus
A guitar piece from Clear Spot that turns up on lists of the best guitar tracks.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, from Clear Spot (1972)
- Released
- 1972
- Length
- 4:23
- Album
- Clear Spot
Big Eyed Beans from Venus is the eleventh track on Clear Spot, running 4:23. Critic Ned Raggett called it a fantastically strange piece of aggression. Q placed it at number 53 in its March 2005 list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
Clear Spot was produced by Ted Templeman and engineered by Donn Landee, and was Beefheart's attempt at a more commercial record after Trout Mask Replica sold poorly.
More songs by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Electricity, Abba Zaba, Dropout Boogie, Moonlight on Vermont, Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Sources
- Clear Spot, Wikipedia
- Captain Beefheart, Wikipedia