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SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR (THE BOX SET)Frank ZappaRIO/Avant-Prog3.93 | 131 ratings |
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Well, it´s the best place to listen to the Shut Up... Zappa solos. A great collection of songs
from these albums with nice sound quality and performances. I simply cannot understand
why people try to argue that albums like this one are only like a "Zappa masturbation",
what is not true. Zappa normally released two or three very heterogeneous albums in
sequence and them released a more oriented album, or an experimental one. We can
easily check it o his discography. In the beggining of the eighties, altough famous as a
guitar hero and as a magnific composer. he decided to put some astonishing guitar solos in
an album. It worked. Many musicians used the first Shut Up... album as a reference for
guitar technic or for guitar sounding in the beggining of the decade. The band may sound
too much 80´s sometimes, especially the drums, altough still very complex and not too
common in the tracks. The rest of the musicians, altough only making a "support" troughout
the album, are very skilled and make this box set an essential recording for fans of Zappa
or for guitar affictionates. Off course the album is not recommended for Zappa begginers,
because the two discs are lenghty and quite repetitive, and the money you may use to get
it can be used to get other Zappa albums that may show another (and more complete) side
of this genious. Like the box set Läther, some guys say it´s another way to get money.
This time it can be true, because Läther is a "never-released" release, and Shut Up... box
set is a compilation. The real thing is that the two box sets get Zappa in a unique peak of
creativity in two different decades, what is often rare for many rock artists. Well,
anyway, Shut Up... is a good effort to teach how to play a real guitar, to show Zappa´s
rhythm complexity and band envolvement, and to reveal some inspiring instrumental
interludes from a rock´n roll genius in the plastic 80´s. Get it.
rguabiraba |
5/5 |
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