Worst Zappa Album
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Topic: Worst Zappa Album
Posted By: Man With Hat
Subject: Worst Zappa Album
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 18:56
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I know there are alot of polls simlar to this, but please respond. I tried to chose (for the most part) albums that had low ratings. This obviously stopped towards the end. So please voice your opinion. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 18:58
Also, i apologize for spelling errors.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 19:24
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His "Joe's Garage" trilogy never convinced me.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 19:30
| Nor me. |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 19:57
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Hmmm... None...
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:39
| No-one can say Joe's Garage is the worst. I mean NO-ONE!! You haven't heard any of his 80's albums have you??? |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:27
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studio tan was one of his best imo ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:32
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Joe's Garage is one of his best albums. Surely it depends on whether you like his humour ... The Central Scrutinizer Gay Bob ... Blow Job Why does it hurt when I pee Plooking Dong Work For Yoda
It's incredibly funny! And approximately 40% of the album is crazy freaked out improvising solos ... Anyway ... I voted for (against) Francesco Zappa. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:33
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 10:41
| Got to be 'Francesco Zappa'. I like at least one track on 'Thing Fish', but Francesco is nearly unlistenable to me. I can't believe people have voted for 'Joe's Garage'. It is nowhere near Zappa's worst album. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 11:00
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Mike Enregalia said Joe's Garage is one of his best albums. Surely it depends on whether you like his humour ... The Central Scrutinizer Gay Bob ... Blow Job Why does it hurt when I pee Plooking Dong Work For Yoda
It's incredibly funny! And approximately 40% of the album is crazy freaked out improvising solos ... Anyway ... I voted for (against) Francesco Zappa
Well its certainly one of my favourites, along with Sheik Yerbouti! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 12:46
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SURE!
and his worst one is weasels ripped my flesh! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
And So is the first track from "Just another ...". Billy The Mountain is also one of the comedian highlights of Zappa.
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:00
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I agree about studio tan. The only reason i included it in this poll is that out of the four people i know that have listened to it (not including me), only one has liked it. And with JABFLA, that rating is not so good here, so i thought i should included that as well. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:55
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I've listened to about 6 of his albums and they have not grabbed me in the least bit. at all. i do not understand why people worship him. ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 03:08
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NetsNJfan: I suppose it would have to deal with the albums you tried. So what were they?? ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 03:30
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I've got these 14 albums and I think I used to own You Are What You Is ... only one of those is on your list ... Francesco Zappa ... but it also happens to my least favourite of this lot ... Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention — Freak Out Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention — Absolutely Free Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention — We’re Only In It For The Money Frank Zappa — Hot Rats Frank Zappa — Chunga’s Revenge Frank Zappa — Waka/Jawaka Frank Zappa — The Grand Wazoo Frank Zappa — Over-nite Sensation Frank Zappa — Apostrophe (‘) Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention — One Size Fits All Frank Zappa — Zoot Allures Frank Zappa — Orchestral Favourites Frank Zappa — Francesco Zappa Frank Zappa — Strictly Commercial: The Best Of ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 10:39
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Thing Fish, though to be fair I've only ever heard bits of Francesco Zappa and highly unimpressive it was too. Joe's Garage has some excellent material on it, particularly on disc 2, but the narration gets a bit tiresome after the first couple of spins. The second half of Studio Tan is excellent, but I generally skip Greggary Peccary although even that has some excellent arrangements. The sequence of albums that started with Tinsel Town Rebellion was his low point IMO, a series of slick but uninspired live/studio hybrids from about '79 to '84, although the Guitar album shows that even then he was capable of producing the goods when he wanted to.
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Posted By: SilverSurfer
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 22:25
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Francesco Zappa was indeed a highly unimpressive album and only an
album that someone would get if they need to complete a Zappa
collection..... otherwise don't waste your time or $......
-------------  "A mind once stretched by new thoughts can never regain its original shape."
Albert Einstein 
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 02:35
Joe's DomageEverything Is Healing NicelyPlayground PsychoticsFrancesco ZappaSleep DirtFillmore East, June 1971------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 08:50
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^ 'SLEEP DIRT' ????????????? I think it's one of Zappa's best albums, but to each his own I suppose. |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 10:07
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'Sleep Dirt' is great! 'Everything Is Healing Nicely' is highly enjoyable too. But I hope I never have to listen to 'Francesco Zappa' ever again in this life or the next. -------------  |
Posted By: wrax
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 04:02
| I can't believe Joe's Garage has had votes. It's one of his best, in my view. Thing Fish on the other hand is a total crock! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 22:10
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Hmmm...seems thing-fish is winning (or losing) at this moment. I guess ill supply an opinion. Francisco Zappa is by far the worst. Thing-fish is at least interesting and funny (at times). Now with my vote at least its tied. Keep voting people! ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:22
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Why is Francesco Zappa in the list? It wasn't written by Frank Zappa! ... and I would have put Ruben And The Jets in the list... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:30
But it was published by Rykodisc ... god knows why. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 12:55
It is listed in the Zappa discography, and it is bad, that's why i included it. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |