2004

2004 was largely dedicated to The Commercial DVD, their mutli-album RMX project, and Animal Lover, which was still in it's earliest stages. The Residents only performed live once this year, at a Gamelan Sekar Jaya show.

Timeline

January

• 26th: The Disfigured Night DVD is released.

February

• 4th: The Demons Dance Alone DVD is re-released.
• 22nd: WB:RMX is released.
• 23rd: Art Bears' Art Box is released worldwide.

March

• 15th: The Commercial DVD is announced alongside a campaign for fans to submit reels for potential to have their shorts included in the film.
• 23rd: The King & Eye:RMX is released worldwide and WB:RMX is released in Europe.

April

• The Feast of Epiphany album project, now titled Feast of Manias, is developed further after Carla Fabrizio and Nolan Cook add their contributions to the material. The album would soon be retitled as Box of Rocks (allegedly the title used as basis for the album artwork) and later once more as Animal Lover.

May

• 10th: The Residents are signed to Mute Records, a label they would remain with for the next four years.

June

• 21st: The misprinted first pressing of 12 Days of Brumalia are sent out to pre-ordering customers.

August

• The Residents and their collaborators finish recording material for Animal Lover.
• 18th: I Murdered Mommy is announced.
• 29th: The King & Eye: RMX is released in Japan.

September

• 23rd: The Commercial Album DVD is released.
• Wahrschauer CD Zum Heft 48 is released.

October

• Leftover copies of the promotional CD, Viva Las Vegas RMX, are sold through Euro Ralph.
• 11th: England's Dreaming is released. Presales for I Murdered Mommy begin.
• 18th: I Murdered Mommy is premiered on KRVS radio.
• 25th: The Commercial Album is re-released on CD by Mute Records.

November

• 1st: I Murdered Mommy is released.
• 24th: The Way We Were tour is announced.
• The Glimmers ® is released.

December

• 6th: Animal Lover is announced, with a February 14th 2005 release date.

Releases

• WB:RMX (CD / LP, Euro Ralph / Cryptic Corporation / Bomba Records, CD 033 / LP 033 / 1048831-02 / BOM 24001)
• The 12 Days Of Brumalia (CD, Ralph America, RA 017)
• I Murdered Mommy! (CD, Ralph America, RA 018)
• The King & Eye: RMX (CD / LP, Euro Ralph / Bomba Records, CD 031 / LP 031 / BOM 24014)
• Viva Las Vegas RMX (CD, Euro Ralph, ER 031, Promo)

Re-releases

• Not Available (LP, Euro Ralph, LP 034)
  • Part of "The Residents Classic Vinyl Series".
  • Gatefold sleeve packaging.
  • Available both in black and clear vinyl.
• Commercial Album (CD, Mute, CDSTUMM243)
  • Released in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the album.
  • Packaged with a 32-page booklet.

Compilation appearances

Various Artist Comps

• The Glimmers ® (CD, Eskimo Recordings, 541416501288)
  • Includes "Diskomo".
• Colette N°6 Limited Edition For Comme des Garçons (CD/DVD, Colétte, CO6)
  • Includes music videos for "Red Rider" and "The Nameless Souls".
• Vice CD/DVD #11 Presented By Original Penguin (CD/DVD, Vice Records, VICE #11)
  • Includes music videos for "Medicine Man" and "The Simple Song".
• England's Dreaming (CD, Trikont, US-0325)
  • Includes "Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life".
• Wahrschauer CD Zum Heft 48 (CD, Wahrschauer Magazine, Promo)
  • Includes "Devil In Disguise".

Filmography

Home Video Releases

• Commercial DVD (DVD, Mute Film, RZDVD1)

Re-releases

• Disfigured Night (DVD, Ralph America, RA 016, 1,350 copies made)
  • Special edition, packaged in a 8" hardback digibook, with a 20-page booklet.
  • Includes a new remix of the performance, both in stereo and 5.1 surround audio.
• Demons Dance Alone (DVD, Music Video Distributors, DR 4391)
  • North American release for the standard version of the DVD.

Television appearances

• Live performance for Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
  • Half an hour of previously unrleased footage of a Demons Dance Alone performance done in Oslo the previous year was shown during an episode of Lydverket.