Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures VS Sheik Yerbouti

WalterDigsTunes wrote: The Quiet One wrote: WalterDigsTunes wrote: These albums are kind of at the bottom of my FZ list. Zoot Allures has about two essential instrumentals, a decent instrumental and a fun dumb rock song (Wind Up Working at a Gas Station). The rest is a throwaway effort. Sheik Yerbouti is consistent, but its rarely amazing. It does have Bobby Brown Goes Down, though. And it was the first FZ I ever bought. Sheik Yerbouti it is. The reason I chose both And I agree about Zoot Allures, Black Napkins and the title track are killer instrumental stuff, Friendly Little Finger and The Torture Never Stops are really good, but the rest are mediocre throwaways. However I do not find Sheik Yerbouti to be enjoyable in the least, with the exception of City of Tiny Lites and the outstanding Yo' Mama, the rest is forgettable and even annoying. Zoot Allures it is. How I hate that interminable song!

It was the first song by Zappa that totally grabbed me, that was 2 years ago I presume. 

LiquidEternity wrote: I'm going to have to go with Zoot Allures, but neither is that high up there. Make a Jazz Noise Here and Zappa in New York have way better versions of Black Napkins and The Torture Never Stops (respectively), and those are the two best off Zoot. Sheik Yerbouti has some good ones, but it also has way too much crap to really keep me entertained the whole way through. Both are three star albums, in my opinion. I think. I might be confused.

I agree that Make A Jazz Noise Here has a great version of Black Napkins, but from The Torture Never Stops I prefer the simpler but more solid studio version to Zappa in New York's version.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: These albums are kind of at the bottom of my FZ list. Zoot Allures has about two essential instrumentals, a decent instrumental and a fun dumb rock song (Wind Up Working at a Gas Station). The rest is a throwaway effort. Sheik Yerbouti is consistent, but its rarely amazing. It does have Bobby Brown Goes Down, though. And it was the first FZ I ever bought. Sheik Yerbouti it is.

The reason I chose both

And I agree about Zoot Allures, Black Napkins and the title track are killer instrumental stuff, Friendly Little Finger and The Torture Never Stops are really good, but the rest are mediocre throwaways. However I do not find Sheik Yerbouti to be enjoyable in the least, with the exception of City of Tiny Lites and the outstanding Yo' Mama, the rest is forgettable and even annoying.

Zoot Allures it is.