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This is probably the most rejected Frank ZAPPA album in his whole discography. A triple LP filled with an unstoppable narration by Ike WILLIS (kind of what ZAPPA did in "The adventures of Greggery Peccary" but extended six times longer), re-recorded songs from previous albums, and a lot of very uncomfortable subjects in the lyrics is something that even the most devoted ZAPPA fans find difficult to appreciate.

This is a very weird album that I usually play while I'm cleaning my house or when I'm studying and I'm not paying enough attention to the musical content and that is mainly because this album could get extremely tedious and boring if it listened carefully as a whole piece. I agree this is not one of the best albums ZAPPA ever made but I don't think it is the worst either (I reserved that title for "Cruisin' with Reuben & the Jets").

If the album was instrumental it would be amazing: the instrumentation is great in some moments. If you want to get the entire story you have to really focus on the lyrics which is hard being this very tedious triple LP, once again, I'm facing an album that would be extremely better if it wasn't so damn long. If you haven't heard this album my suggestion would be to listen to it by parts, not to play it all at once because it could get you tired very quickly.

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