Best Frank Zappa album!!!!
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Topic: Best Frank Zappa album!!!!
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Best Frank Zappa album!!!!
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 01:55
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Sorry I am a newbie to Zappa
I thought Id make a weird poll to match his weird sense of humour
i own 'Hot Rats' and love it
i have bits n pieces and a DVD called Zappa plays Zappa
I have a live one called 'Yellow Shark' and a weird live one from Mothers whose name escapes me.
But what should I purchase as a newbie to Zappa.?
i am serious here - which album should I get???? ------------- 
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 02:11
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The other live one, referring to Roxy & Elsewhere.
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 02:14
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Typical recs for newbies: Apostrophe/Over-nite Sensation (twofer) Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All My recs: Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Make a Jazz Noise Here |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 02:29
Funny choices for the poll I noticed already  -------------
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WalterDigsTunes wrote:Posted By: mdelval
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 08:37
| the one that fits them all |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 08:43
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Well Scott, I'm starting at the beginning and going chronological. It would seem that with an important artist like this, best to go in order to enjoy the progression as it happened. And besides, Freak Out is fabulous!  |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 09:45
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If you liked Hot Rats, the next logical step would be to go get Waka / Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. Also, you might want to take a look at this: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=67436&PN=1 ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 09:47
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Zappa in NY or Make a Jazz Noise Here.
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 09:49
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Studio Tan. ''The Adventures of Greggery Peccary'' is his finest work in my opinion. ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 09:55
Or, pay a little bit more and get Lather. I think there's something for everyone on that record, including "Greggery Peccary"! ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 09:55
lolololol Don't blow your cash on Studio Tan, Orchestral Favorites or Sleep Dirt: get the Lather triple album instead. Zappa in New York is for the most part found on the Lather set, but the consistency of that live set makes it worth owning on its own. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 10:11
| One Size Fits All is incredible and my favourite. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 10:15
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the weird one,followed by the one with the jazz bits and the one with no lyrics.
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Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 12:10
He has so many freakin' albums. 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 12:18
If you want one that has a good overview of this material and funny cover song, I always recommend The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life. Covers include Stairway To Heaven and Purple Haze, Gabby Hays, Willy Mays.... If you want to go DVD, it's gotta be Baby Snakes. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 12:32
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One Size Fits All
Over Nite Sensation
Sheik Yerbouti
Bongo Fury
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 2
All great accessible albums, ideal for Zappa newbies ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 14:14
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That one is the best and the one you should get. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 14:43
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I've been getting into Zappa lately myself, and my 3 favorites are Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For The Money, and Over-Nite Sensation. One Size Fits All is probably his "proggiest", but it's not one of my favorites.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 15:45
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ESSENTIALS:
From the Jazz Rock period: The Grand Wazoo and Sleep Dirt
From the early Mothers: Uncle Meat and Burnt Weeny Sandwich
From the mid-70's: Roxy & Elsewhere, Zappa in New York, One Size Fits All and Over-Nite Sensation.
Later stuff: Jazz From Hell, The Yellow Shark and Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar Some More
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Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 22:49
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Bongo Fury -- Sleep Dirt -- Zoot Allures -- Joe's Garage & Sheik Yarbouti /// ------------- Tracking Tracks of Rock |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 10:36
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wow there is some consistency here with One Size Fits All and Zappa in NY, Roxy and Elsewhere and Grand Wazoo
i must get those first i think
thx for al lsuggestions. -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 06:23
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OK I did get Apostrophe and I liked it but One Size Fits All is definitive prog and I loved that. Roxy and Elsewhere is difficult to get but I am hunting down Were only in it for the money and Freak Out. Great albums I believe. -------------
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 11:30
Did you try amazon or ebay? ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 11:55
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i think Make A Jazz Noise Here and Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life should be your next purchases if youre enjoying the 72-76 era (OSFA, ('), R&E, ZNY, TGW, Waka-Jawaka, etc...) Lather should also be purchased, all those 70s albums kinda lead up to Lather (which i think was originally supposed to be released in 77?) and is the exclamation point of his 72-76 era ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 11:55
This... http://www.amazon.com/Roxy-Elsewhere-Frank-Zappa-Mothers/dp/B0000009SK - http://www.amazon.com/Roxy-Elsewhere-Frank-Zappa-Mothers/dp/B0000009SK 8 bucks. -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 13:54
| I'd go with Joe's Garage. You get humor,a storyline and serious guitar work. Watermelon in easter hay is likely one of his best solo guitar pieces. |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 14:05
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^ While that a great one, I don't know if its the best place for a newbie to start. If they can handle the bawdy humour aspect, then it is definitely essential. |
Posted By: MHenry
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:37
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Buy every freakin' one of them. Most accessible for newbies: Overnight Sensation Joe's Garage Apostrophe Don't miss: We're only in it for the Money Waka Jawaka Lumpy Gravy Freak Out |
Posted By: Fred.H
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 18:16
| Generally I like all of them but especially his debut albums like the first 3. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 19:46
I like the option "the one that has all the jazzy bits", but I have to go with "the other live album", which for me would be The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life.  I'd have to guess you haven't heard that one yet. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 20:46
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1973 Over-Nite Sensation , love the music, dislike the woman singing.
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Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 20:49
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The jazzy one...Hot Rats. ------------- 
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Posted By: Majikthise
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 23:32
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Hot Rats isn't the jazzy one dude. I have to go for Apostrophe. It's the first one I heard and it's brilliant. I also love Over Nite Sensation, Hot Rats, Grand Wazoo and Sheik Yerbouti. I hate Uncle Meat and don't have much time for Burnt Weeny Sandwich. One Size Fits All has Po'Jama People, which is a tie for my favourite Zappa song (along with Uncle Remus), but the rest of the album isn't nearly as good. |
Posted By: meric
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 01:07
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Hot rats Zoot allures Freak Out |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 16:12
Agreed - Lather is a one size fits all compendium of Zappa's early to mid 70s phase, nearly all killer and precious little filler. The chopped up sections that came out as In NY, Studio Tan, Orchestral Favourites and Sleep Dirt are all well and good, but it all makes a lot more sense as Zappa originally intended for it to be released. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 16:21
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Overnite Sensations Hot Rats Grand Wazoo Apostrophe Zappa In NY |
Posted By: Capt Fongsby
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 18:59
My top three Zappa are pretty much set in stone:
Then it varies with time/mood, but the ones I like best of the rest are:
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 20:55
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One Size Fits All Hot Rats The Grand Wazoo Uncle Meat Roxy And Elsewhere Joe's Garage ------------- 
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: February 22 2012 at 21:03
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Everything but the compilation. ------------- 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 08:39
| Joe's Garage |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 09:18
The best of course of all the worst: Thingfish! ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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