Editing Meet the Residents (section)

== Artwork ==
The design of ''Meet the Residents'', as well as its title, is a direct parody of [[the Beatles]]' 1964 Capitol Records debut, ''[[Meet the Beatles!|Meet the Beatles.]]'' The front cover features all four Beatles cartoonishly defaced, while the back cover is formatted identically to the original, substituting the sleeve notes, track listing, album and publishing credits, and crawfish heads and claws are drawn over the original Beatles band photo (except for Ringo Starr, whose head is replaced by a starfish). The band members are subsequently credited as "John Crawfish," "George Crawfish," "Paul McCrawfish," and "Ringo Starfish."

The cover allegedly drew the attention of Capitol Records, who threatened legal action if the cover were not changed. In response, the Residents pressed a stereo edit of the album with new artwork, presenting the original "crawfish" photo on the front (although the original defaced cover is still printed in the back, although in smaller size). It is unknown if the threat of legal action from Capitol was actually real, given that all subsequent re-releases of the album have again featured the original 1974 artwork.