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Topic: Zappa 10 X 10

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Subject: Zappa 10 X 10
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 11:28

Pick your top ten favorite Zappa/Mothers albums and then list your favorite song from each album. Live albums are okay.

One Size Fits All - Inca Roads
The Grand Wazoo - The Grand Wazoo
Roxy & Elsewhere - Pygmy Twilight
Over-Nite Sensation - Zomby Woof
Joe's Garage - Wet T-Shirt Night
Bongo Fury - Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life - Heavy Duty Judy
Sheik Yerbouti - City of Tiny Lights
Zoot Allures - Black Napkins
Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention - Alien Orifice

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Posted By: Stressed Cheese
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 14:15

See, this is an artist where it actually makes sense to do 10 albums.

Anyway,

1. One Size Fits All - Inca Roads

2. Studio Tan - The Adventures of Greggery Peccary

3. Orchestral Favorites - Pedro's Dowry

4. You Are What You Is - Beauty Knows No Pain

5. Joe's Garage Acts II & III - He Used To Cut The Grass (yes it's better than Watermelon)

6. Zappa In New York - I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth/Läther

7. Waka/Jawaka - Big Swifty

8. Roxy & Elsewhere - Echidna's Arf (Of You)

9. Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - Drowning Witch

10. Apostrophe (') - Yellow Snow Suite

I guess, I mean, it changes from week to week honestly. Kinda interesting how neither of us so far have a 60's Zappa album in there.

Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 23:47

^I like the compositions on the 60s albums, but not the production or pitched up horns so much. It certainly has grown on me though. Overall, I prefer later takes with different line-ups of the older material.

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 02:25

I prefer Mothers-era + instrumental jazzrock-Zappa. Not so much the (mostly) unfunny jokes-Zappa. Although he probably wouldn't approve of my preferences, I like him the best when he created something (achingly) beautiful.

1 Waka/Jawaka - Big Swifty

2 The Grand Wazoo - Blessed Relief*

3 Hot Rats - Peaches En Regalia

4 Burnt Weeny Sandwich - The Little House I Used to Live In

5 We're Only In It For The Money - Absolutely Free

6 Absolutely Free - Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin

7 One Size Fits All - Inca Roads

8 Uncle Meat - Mr. Green Genes

9 Apostrophe (') - Cosmik Debris

10 Freak Out! - Who Are The Brain Police

*but it didn't feel right leaving out Eat That Question

Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 07:10

Willie the Pimp (HR)

Big Swifty (Jaka)

The Grand Wazoo

Inca Roads(OSFA)

Greggery Peccary (ST)

Filthy Habits (SD)

Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (WRMF)

Little House I Used to Live In (BWS)

King Kong (UM)

Chunga's Revenge (CR)

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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 10:25

Limited to FZ /FZ & MoI < 1993 (original stuff)

Hot rats : Peaches en regalia
Burnt Weeny sandwich : Little house I used to live in
Chunga's revenge : Chunga's revenge
The grand Wazoo : Same
Over nite sensation : Montana
Apostrophe : Same
Roxy and Elsewhere : Be bop range
One size fits all : Inca roads
Zoot Allures : Black napkins (live)
Zappa in NY : The Illinois enema bandit

Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 11:44

1. Uncle Meat: The Dog Breath Variations

2. We're Only In It For The Money: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

3. Weasels Ripped My Flesh: The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue

4. Lumpy Gravy (it's all just one song to me...)

5. Roxy & Elsewhere: Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

6. Studio Tan: The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary

7. Jazz From Hell: G-Spot Tornado

8. Civilization Phaze III: Put A Motor In Yourself

9. Burnt Weeny Sandwich: The Little House I Used To Live In

10. One Size Fits All: Inca Roads

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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 07:06

I don't know (much less like) ten Frank Zappa albums. Don't even think I could come up with ten songs:

1. "The Torture Never Stops"

2. "Lumpy Gravy"

3. "Blessed Relief"

4. "Black Napkins"

5. "Peaches in Regalia"

6. "Inca Roads"

7. "Montana"

8. "Joe's Garage"

Nope.

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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 13:35

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