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Tracklisting[]
- Everyone Comes To The Freak Show
- Harry The Head
- Herman, The Human Mole
- Wanda, The Worm Woman
- Jack, The Boneless Boy
- Benny, The Bouncing Bump
- Mickey, The Mumbling Midget
- Lillie
- Nobody Laughs When They Leave
FREAK SHOW 13TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION Freak Show (CD1)
- Everyone Comes To The Freak Show
- Harry's Introduction
- Harry The Head
- Herman Watches TV (Mexican Porn)
- Herman, The Human Mole
- Wanda Does Her Act
- Wanda, The Worm Woman
- Jack Amuses The Crowd
- Jack, The Boneless Boy
- Benny Bounces
- Benny, The Bouncing Bump
- Mickey, The Mumbling Midget
- Lillie
- Nobody Laughs When They Leave
Prague and Beyond (CD2) (with Uz Jzme Doma)
- Everyone Comes To The Freak Show
- Wanda, The Worm Woman
- Mickey, The Mumbling Midget
- Bridge
- Herman, The Human Mole
- Harry The Head
- Jack The Boneless Boy
- Benny, The Bouncing Bump
- Wanda's Letters (Part 17)
- Nobody Laughs When They Leave
- Freak Show Remix
- Benny, The Bouncing Bump Live - Icky Flix Tour
Review[]
Another really essential album; this one takes place in a freak show (oddly enough) and all the songs are about the various Freaks; there's "Harry The Head", a head in formaldehyde, "Benny, The Bouncing Bump", a man with a large growth in the middle of his chest; "Herman, The Human Mole", an albino with poor eyesight who lives in a trailer covered in dirt, and "Lillie", the freak who freaks the freaks out—and is in the audience. This spawned an award winning CD-Rom game and a really awesome graphic novel omnibus. This is one of my favorite Residents albums as well; the songs are well developed and some of the lyrics are just beautiful. This album contains my favorite Residents lyric of all time:
"We are only equal in the grave and in the dark," Said a man whose head was halfway eaten by a shark. "Now if you ask me why I would continue on like this, I doubt that I would know so I could only make a guess: Half a mouth may not be much but it's still half a kiss."