Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 30, 1978
RecordedOctober 1977 – August 1978
GenreExperimental rock
Length33:30
Label
ProducerThe Residents
The Residents chronology
Not Available
(1978)
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
(1978)
Eskimo
(1979)
Buster & Glen cover

Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen, later renamed Duck Stab, is the fifth studio album by American art rock group the Residents, released in November 1978.

It is named after the first side of the album, Duck Stab!, a seven-song EP released earlier in 1978; Buster & Glen, the B-side of the album, was intended to follow Duck Stab!. After the first pressing of Duck Stab! quickly sold out, which was an oddity for the band, they decided to re-release it as one side of an album, with the unreleased Buster and Glen as side two. This was also in part due to the poor audio quality of the original Duck Stab! EP.

The shorter length of the songs made the album more accessible for fans who had recently heard the band's cover of "Satisfaction", and songs like "Constantinople" and "Hello Skinny" helped cement the band's cult following. Some noted that the Residents were approaching commercial elements with this EP, but they were purposefully avoiding others, such as a traditional chorus/verse structure. This album features guitar by Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman.