r/CaptainBeefheart

What do you think is the best album of Don's masterpiece '78-82 trilogy: Shiny Beat [Bat Chain Puller], Doc at the Radar Station, or Ice Cream for Crow?

For my money it's objectively Doc at the Radar Station. Band was its tightest and Don was on fire. And in interviews Don praised that album and Lick My Decals as his best.

But my personal favourite is Shiny Beast because it puts me in a happy, nostalgic mood. And my favourite album overall is Clear Spot.

I'm not counting the original Bat Chain Puller album, but think it's worth acknowledging each album in the trilogy has elements from that original album that Zappa held hostage.