Too many to count. They released over 70 albums! Just start at the beginning with Meet The Residents and then work your way through Third Reich n Roll up to Eskimo and Commercial Album. If you still can't get enough just keep going :)

You're welcome. I still haven't heard all their albums but they aren't all good. TCat has written some great reviews for this band here on PA.

An album that I like is "Not Available". It's a different type of album to "Duck Stab" in that it is more like a prog album rather than the weird little tunes of "Duck Stab" (or "Commercial Album"). It's the album that first got me into The Residents.

Edited by I prophesy disaster - March 08 2020 at 10:22

Recently I bought some late albums : Animal lover, Freak show and Demons dance alone. Still strange but very melodic. Really like them.

I don't have it (too expensive nowadays), but their 2007 album (2 CD) : Night of the hunters sounds promising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djrgRw_DXUY&list=PLDE809619D5FFFBFE&index=4

I like the "Mole Trilogy". but their most brilliant work is "Eskimo"

I think the first albums I heard of The Residents was The Third Reich 'n Roll, and my first exposure was mu. I soon got Eskimo, and that made me a fan. I really loved Eskimo when I was still not really into any other The Residents albums.

The one I have returned to the most is Not Available. I also like Fingerprince, Duck Stab / Buster & Glen, Mark of the Mole and The Tunes of Two Cities a lot (rather surprised to see at PA that Mark of the Mole isn't higher rated). So mostly I have been into the 1977 through 1982 period.

An early exposure of mine to The Residents was via music videos:





As for some post 80s The Residents music, I haven't heard that much of the discography, but I liked Demons Dance Alone and Animal Lover considerably.

I haven't really listened to Residents for a couple years. Yesterday I've listened to Duck Stab / Buster & Glen again. Some really strong moments, but sometimes I get the feeling of them just trying to be as silly as possible. Maybe it needs some more getting used to. And I just finished listening to Not Available for the first time in 12 years according to Last.fm. I forgot how in its own deranged way this album is actually beautiful at moments.