LUMPY GRAVY

Zappa's first solo offering is a weird one and was purely based around sound collages with pieces of music and odd conversations inbetween, whose several quotes from them was used on further Mothers of Invention albums. The two parts are similar in structure but features a myriad of different odd little musical tunes ranging from classical, surf music (a nod to the Beach Boys' popularity at the time?) to strange experimental segments, but the whole thing doesn't really connect with each other making for some confusing listening (which might have been the point). This is a like it or not type of album. I do like it but it's far from FZ's best stuff, yet it showcases his sound collage techniques which he would master only a short period of time later, resulting in masterworks such as "We're Only in it For The Money" and "Uncle Meat".