An Ashtray Heart Explained

An Ashtray Heart is a bootleg album by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Recorded live in Toronto in 1981, it was released in 2011 after Beefheart's death in late 2010.

Track listing

1. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man"
2. "Abba Zaba"
3. "Hot Head"
4. "Ashtray Heart"
5. "Dirty Blue Gene"
6. "Best Batch Yet"
7. "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond"
8. "Doctor Dark"
9. "Bat Chain Puller"
10. "Sheriff Of Hong Kong"
11. "Kandy Korn"
12. "Big Eyed Beans From Venus"

Bonus tracks

1. "When Big Joan Steps Up"
2. "Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop"
3. "Bellerin' Plain"
4. "Orange Claw Hammer" (radio broadcast with Frank Zappa, 1975)
5. "Hot Head" (Saturday Night Live)
6. "Ashtray Heart" (Saturday Night Live)