In 2017, announced remastered reissues of his entire . catalog as well as several recordings on and . Among the latter are the three individually titled offerings packaged in a 2006 box entitled . When originally issued, the whopping 56-track collection proved the most unwieldy of his career. There were 30 new tunes -- a mere 14 could be found on other records -- and the rest were new and uncollected. Even the previously issued titles were newly recorded so the set would have a sonic cohesion despite its musical elasticity. What's more, brought in a diverse and able studio cast to assist him in this endeavor, including the late ( ), , , and . is the third and edgiest volume in the set. Think 's wilder moments combined with ' loopy on-stage standup comedy in the form of the six spoken word pieces included here and the chaotic aesthetics of the rest of this 16-track lineup. The eerie, cabaret-inside-a-carnival music that is 's "What Keeps Mankind Alive" enlists banjos, accordion, tuba, and big bass drum as the means to let these twisted words out of the box. A righteous, swamp & roll cover of "Books of Moses," by 's , is beautifully performed here, as is an insane reading of 's "King Kong." Neither cut resembles its original version as exposes the dark underbelly in each. "Bedtime Story" is the first of ' monologues here. It is the repressed wish of every parent (with a sense of humor) to have the temerity to tell this kind of tale to their children when they retire. Others include a reading of 's "Nirvana," the hilarious monologue "The Pontiac," and the live routine "Dog Door." The words of also appear in the dirty-assed roadhouse blues "On the Road." Also included is a redone version of "Heigh Ho," the Seven Dwarves song that originally contributed to producer and conceptualist tribute project . Perhaps the most endearing cut here is the piano-and-horn ballad "Altar Boy," a postmodern saloon song that would make turn red with envy -- then rage. This disc is truly a mixed bag of in terms of its stylistic diversity: It's unruly, uneven, and full of feints and free-for-alls. drags everything from his past to into the light be presented as something utterly new and succeeds in spades. ~ Thom Jurek