Editing Meet the Residents (section)

==Critical reception and legacy==
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name = allmusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r47812|pure_url=no}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[eMusic]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name = emusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/album/the-residents/meet-the-residents/12567183/ |title=Features + Reviews - The Residents, Meet The Residents |last=Bernstein |first=Nils |publisher=eMusic |date=April 5, 2011 |accessdate=2012-12-14}}</ref>
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Although ''Meet the Residents'' was largely ignored at the time of its release, it has since garnered critical acclaim after a favourable review in a 1977 issue of ''Sounds,'' which described initially listening to the album as incomprehensible and alien, but said it becomes enjoyable after multiple listens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/residents-imeet-the-residents--third-reich-n-roll--finger-prince-i|title=Residents: Meet the Residents *****; Third Reich 'N' Roll *****; Finger Prince *****. By Jon Savage : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages.|website=www.rocksbackpages.com|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> David Cleary of [[AllMusic]] called the band "true avant-garde crazies...[their] work of this time really sounds like nothing else that exists."<ref name = allmusic/> Nils Bernstein of [[eMusic]] gave the album 4 stars, saying its "brilliance lies in collaging less avant-garde elements like vaudeville, early rock ‘n’ roll, world music and snippets of pop culture in "songs" that were as disorienting as the barrage of media and consumerism they subtly critiqued – the medium is the message, indeed."<ref name = emusic/> In a positive review, [[Julian Cope]] said of the album "just as DJ's would play the best minute and a half or so the latest garage, soul or pop hits before fading it out into another great single before the listener gets bored, the Residents weld together a collage of the most annoyingly catchy riffs and tunes leaving the listener initially confused and later hooked."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/105/|title=Unsung Reviews: THE RESIDENTS - MEET THE RESIDENTS|last=Cope|first=Julian|year=2000|accessdate=2012-12-14}}</ref>