THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY

Now this is a weird album. Zappa does some kind of parody here, mostly dealing with hippies and stuff. But the point is, the first time I heard this record, I was shocked, and I thought "THIS is a masterpiece???", but after some time it grew on me. This thing is amazing, the melodies are strong, there are lots of sped-up vocals (or at least they sound like that) that are SO catchy that it's unbelievable. I'd honestly prefer to listen to this kind of funny-styled social critique than the serious approach many artists take when doing "important" lyrics, which many times ruin the message AND the music. Anyway, the second song's the best, but most of them are nice pop and doo wop songs that are surprisingly catchy. The album sounds ridiculous and it's meant to be that way. There are, however, some problems, like some of this sound "collages" which aren't very good, and a couple of weak moments here and there (especially the conversations and such things). But "Concentration Moon", "Mother People", "Bow Tie Daddy", "Who Needs The Peace Corps?", "What's The Ugliest...", "Take Your Clothes Off...", "Let's Make The Water..." are all good, especially if you are looking for something weird but catchy at the same time.