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After a two-year break from recording, Captain Beefheart signed with Mercury Records and released UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED in 1974. After the gradual shine that was brought to his music, culminating with the superbly produced CLEAR SPOT,this follow-up came as a bit of a surprise to the Captain'sfollowing. The album eschewed a good deal of the jagged andgritty qualities that had been a musical cornerstone of hiswork. Though the Magic Band (most of whom had been with Beefheart since TROUT MASK REPLICA) lend their musicianship to this project, they disbanded shortly after completing these recordings.
While this work occupies a very different sonic world than some of its landmark predecessors, it's by no means a weak album. Still far from sounding like a Top Fortycontender, it is a fairly straightforward set of blues-tinged pop songs filtered through the good Captain's inimitable style.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Not the best, but not the worst either!, 26 Sep 2000 By  lee@eiug.demon.co.uk (London, England) - See all my reviews This album is often mentioned as one of the Captains's poorer efforts, but I'm not convinced. Sure, this album doesn't feature any of the patience-testing freak-outs of "Trout Mask Replica", nor any of the jazz-groove noodlings of later albums, but it does contain some good examples of where their 60's pop and blues sentiments can work together well. Only complaints are that it's a bit too short, and the Captain seems to be running short of lyrics in places, but apart from that, this is one of the more enjoyable Beefheart albums that you can actually play to other people as well!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Don van Vliet, 2 April 2003 By  P. Loebig "paul42327" (UK) - See all my reviews    Ground level access to the Beefheart phenomena. He must have given in to the record company, for here you find him singing marketable melody, yet still managing to inject his personal idiosyncrasies. If folklore is true, every note and every silence comes from his capacious mind, and if that is not enough, he probably cut one of the best romances with This Is The Day, an elusively simple but powerful piece. Upon The My-o-my is often shown on BBC's O.G.W.T. reruns. Get your head around this album and Trout Mask Replica will begin to make better sense. The greatest guy in rock history? Very possibly. Enjoy.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Something different from the captain, 5 Mar 2001 By  Mr. S. Reynolds (London) - See all my reviews    Id heard terrible things about this album and the next bluejeans and moonbeams, and nearly gave them a miss. But I desperatly needed another fix of the captain, so plucked for this album, it certainly lacks the charging twistedness of some earlier albums, trout mask replica and lick my decalls off baby. It is a much more main stream approch for the captain, that being said it is still probably a cut above your average rock/blues album. My favourite tracks are the first "upon the my oh my", which is bold and funky also the last tune "lazy music", which is a great kick back relax tune. So if your after the usual captain stuff somthing to pick at and wonder this is not the album for you, but if you want a good rock album, try it...  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 6 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Join me in my discovery of the records of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band... This is the second Beefheart album I've heard. It was actually the first I bought, but I bought Safe As Milk right after it and decided to listen to that first since it was the... Read more Published 10 months ago by Neil A terrible Beefheart album but not a bad album. If you are a Beefheart nut who loves a bit of Trout Mask, Doc at the radar station, lick my decals off baby or any of the other hardcore beef stuff then you should seriously avoid... Read more Published 12 months ago by Mr. J. S. A. Hughes The one Beefheart fans hate to love Let no one say Beefheart fans are snobs, but the thought of the man recording accessible music sticks in our collective craw. Read more Published on 1 Feb 2003 by P. Neylan-Francis Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 6 customer reviews...