The final studio album of Captain Beefheart's recording career, "Ice Cream for Crow" arrived as a swan song of challenging, idiosyncratic rock. It saw Vliet returning to a more raw, unvarnished sound after the more polished "Doc at the Radar Station."
- The album was recorded and mixed in only 10 days at the Van Nuys studio of engineer and Beefheart regular Jeff Boyer.
- The track "Cardboard Cutout Sundown" was accompanied by a music video that Beefheart directed himself, featuring the artist in various guises.
- "Ice Cream for Crow" charted at number 190 on the Billboard 200 in the US and reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart.
Captain Beefheart, born Don Van Vliet, was a highly idiosyncratic American musician, painter, and poet known for his experimental rock music that blended blues, jazz, and psychedelia. He retired from music in 1982 to focus on painting.
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