Doc at the Radar Station is the eleventh and penultimate album by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. It was released in 1980 to generally favorable reviews. The striking album cover is painted by Don Van Vliet.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Hot Head" - 3:23
2. "Ashtray Heart" - 3:25
3. "A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" - 1:38
4. "Run Paint Run Run" - 3:40
5. "Sue Egypt" - 2:57
6. "Brickbats" - 2:40

Side two

1. "Dirty Blue Gene" - 3:51
2. "Best Batch Yet" - 5:02
3. "Telephone" - 1:31
4. "Flavor Bud Living" - 1:00
5. "Sheriff of Hong Kong" - 6:34
6. "Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee" - 3:11

Personnel

• Captain Beefheart - vocals, Chinese gongs, harmonica, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
• Jeff Moris Tepper - slide guitar, guitar, nerve guitar
• Eric Drew Feldman - synthesizer, bass, mellotron, grand piano, electric piano
• Robert Arthur Williams - drums
• Bruce Lambourne Fowler - trombone
• John French - slide guitar, guitar, marimba, bass, drums
• Gary Lucas - guitar, French horn

External links

• Lyrics, reviews and details at the Captain Beefheart Radar Station

Captain Beefheart albums | 1980 albums