Ralph Before '84 is a European compilation album released by Korova, collecting material by The Residents spanning their mid to late career.
Background[]
The album was released around April 1984[1] by Korova. It is the first Residents compilation album not released by Ralph Records. The album is intended to promote various Residents releases imported to the UK by Korava.
A second volume was released concurrently, focusing instead on Ralph Records acts as a whole, with only one Residents track.
Track listing[]
Side One
- It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Brown) (3:41)
- Diskomo (4:30)
- Hello Skinny (2:39)
- (I Left My Heart In) San Francisco (Cross/Corey) (2:02)
- Happy Home (4:38)
Side Two
- Smack Your Lips (3:44)
- You Yesyesyes (2:59)
- Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller) (3:04)
- Monkey And Bunny (4:55)
- Festival of Death (excerpt) (3:43)
Credits[]
- All songs written by The Residents except...
- It's A Man's Man's Man's World by J. Brown
- (I Left My Heart In) San Francisco by Cross/Corey
- Jailhouse Rock by Leiber/Stoller
- Monkey And Bunny by The Residents & Renaldo and the Loaf
- All tracks produced by The Residents
- Art By: Sumi Scantlin
- ↑ The Release date of It's A Man's World