The Residents "Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?/The Census Taker" 1984

Review by Jason Ankeny

Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats is the eerie soundtrack to the first volume in the Residents' film and video series, a short film begun in 1972 but not completed until a dozen years later; the atmospheric Census Taker, also on this two-fer, is another soundtrack, this one to a rather unspectacular Garrett Morris comedy.

Tracks

1 What Ever Happend to Vileness Fats? 4:09

2 Atomic Shopping Carts 2:05

3 Adventures of a Troubled Heart 3:12

4 Search for the Short Man 1:23

5 The Importance of Evergreen 6:10

6 Broccoli and Saxophone 2:21

7 Eloise 1:16

8 Disguised as Meat 3:02

9 Thoughts Busily Betraying 1:49

10 Lord, It's Lonley 1:31

11 The Knife Fight 8:59

12 Creeping Dread 1:48

13 The Census Taker 2:12

14 Talk :38

15 Hellno 2:24

16 Where Is She? 1:01

17 Innocence Decayed 3:00

18 Romainian 1:10

19 Passing the Bottle 2:20

20 The Census Taker Returns :47

WMA 192 kBpS

The Residents ""Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?/The Census Taker" 1984