Anvil Forest

Residue of The Residents artwork

**"Anvil Forest"** is a song by The Residents, first released on their 1983 compilation album *Residue of The Residents*.

An unfinished outtake from *The Tunes of Two Cities*, "Anvil Forest" is one of four recently recorded tracks featured on the *Residue* compilation.

Within the context of The Mole Trilogy, the song is representative of the culture of the Moles.

## History

"Anvil Forest" was recorded using the sampling capabilities of The Residents' newly acquired E-mu emulators. It represents a previously unexplored aspect of Mole culture, leaving what exactly an "Anvil Forest" is, up to the reader's interpretation. The song is a particularly harsh sounding example of Mole cultural music.

It was recorded for The Tunes of Two Cities album, but were left off because "there was no room to put them on" the LP, but the song was not shelved for long, as it was, one year later, featured on the Residue of The Residents rarities album.

In 1988, the first CD re-issues of The Tunes of Two Cities re-instated the song, as well as "Open Up," into the middle of the album, placing it and "Open Up" between the end of side 1 and the start of side 2. Later CD issues however retained the original unaltered track listing.

Anvil Forest was next featured on the *Residue Deux* album, in the same place it was on the original Residue. It was then featured on the Mole Box in 2019, as a bonus track on the Tunes of Two Cities disc.

## List of Releases

* Residue Of The Residents (1983)
* The Tunes Of Two Cities (1988)
* Residue Deux (1998)
* Mole Box (2019)

**Side A**
"The Sleeper" · "Whoopy Snorp" · "Kamakazi Lady" · "Boy in Love" · "Shut Up! Shut Up!" · "**Anvil Forest**" · "Diskomo"
**Side B**
"Jailhouse Rock" · "Ups & Downs" · "Walter Westinghouse" · "Saint Nix" · "Open Up"
***Residue Deux* (1998)**
"Scent of Mint" · "From The Plains To Mexico" · "In San Francisco" · "Dumbo The Clown" · "Is He Really Bringing Roses?" · "Time's Up" · "Daydream Believer" · "Safety Is A Cootie Wootie" · "Daydream in Space"
**Superior Viaduct edition (2014)**
"Loser ≅ Weed" · "Death In Barstow" · "Melon Collie Lassie"
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**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
**Related works**
"Open Up" · "**Anvil Forest**" · The 10th Anniversary Show (*Assorted Secrets*) · *PAL TV LP* · The 13th Anniversary Show · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")
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