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Mar 7, 2024 · Safe as Milk is always close to being a masterpiece, but it misses a knowable identity, a facet needed to give a record the emotive edge that makes it beloved. It’s impressive at every turn, but there are a few too many turns to get comfortable with, yet it’s not quite a wild rollercoaster either.
In 1999, Jon Savage reflected in Mojo: "Safe as Milk remains a towering achievement: an avant-garde pop masterpiece from the time when they had only just started to make them.
Jul 3, 2017 · Is it really 50 years since I first heard the Safe As Milk album? Well, yes it is and I still play it regularly. It still sounds fresh and exciting although probably not quite as ‘weird’ as it originally sounded to me all that time ago. Hey, Beefheart soon got much weirder but Safe As Milk is still one hell of a debut album.
Safe As Milk is evidence of the Captain embracing the influence of LSD and avant-garde artistry which would eventually culminate in the “masterpiece” Trout Mask Replica. The material was far too dangerous for the relatively tame A&M Records and eventually found a home on the Kama Sutra label.
Nov 20, 2017 · The lyrics, written by Herb Bermann, are poems placed in Beefheart’s improbable marble mouth and spit out like THC-enriched tobacco juice (which is probably an accurate description of Van Vliet’s saliva at the time). Once heard, Safe As Milk isn’t soon forgotten.
SAFE AS MILK is much safer to soak up than TMR, and probably why I rank SAFE AS MILK slightly higher. TMR gave us a truly unique approach to music, but the Captain's debut gave us the stepping stones needed in a more concise presentation.
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Jul 2, 2021 · The history and symbolism of Safe As Milk alone is unusual in itself, for the simple reason that this first album is probably the least experimental of Captain Beefheart's repertoire, yet it is the one that is generally preferred (and still the most listened to to this day).
