"Diskomo" was a 12-inch single

12-inch single

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 of elements from the 1979 album Eskimo

Eskimo (album)

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 by the Residents

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 put to a disco

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 beat, released on March 26, 1980. The b-side was a special suite of nursery rhymes put together as "Goosebump".

Although the album was originally a traditional 12-inch single, the CD release on the Dutch

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 label Torso Records in 1990 deleted 'Goosebump' entirely and replaced it with the songs "Whoopy Snorp", "Saint Nix" and a live version of "Diskomo". The original versions of "Diskomo" and "Goosebump", along with a number of remixes, remakes and live versions, were compiled on Diskomo 2000 in 2000.

Track list

1. Diskomo
   1. Theme from the Walrus Hunt
   2. Bladder Music
   3. Crossing the Tundra
   4. Spirit Battle
   5. Sunrise
   6. Reprise Theme from the Walrus Hunt
2. Goosebump
   1. Disaster
   2. Plants
   3. Farmers
   4. Twinkle