Absolutely Free, is Frank Zappa's second release with the Mothers of Invention and it certainly shows what is to come and really portrays Frank's adaptability and penchant for weirdness, mortalised with insane vocals.
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Advantages: Crazy, humourous, artistic Disadvantages: The artwork has been printed poorly.
Absolutely Free, is Frank Zappa's second release with the Mothers of Invention and it certainly shows what is to come and really portrays Frank's adaptability and penchant for weirdness, mortalised with insane vocals. The album is constructed in a clever way, so that each song blows the previous one away with a different and crazy style yet still as an album still works as one big powerful block still. A mixture of psychedelic rock, jazz from satan's ... ...confronts conformity, sexual repression and pop music with humour. We can get carried away with the craziness of it all without giving time to praise the musicians who never put a foot wrong in this bombardment of tunes. Throughout the album, there is a mention of fruit and veg. Call any Vegetable is my personal fave but Brown Shoes Don't Make it is a musical and lyrical masterpiece, detailing Old City hall Fred and his fondness for bedding a 13 ...
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Guest Artist(s): Zappa, Frank & The Mothers Of Invention
Producer: Tom Wilson
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 14431050220
SPAR code: AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes: Full performer name: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention.
Album Reviews: Q (8/95, pp.150-151) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "A pair of side-long 'underground oratorios' crystallising Zappa's life themes--the corruptions of materialism, the vacuity of modern culture, the value of vegetables--and his technique, montaging ham-fisted mock opera with puerile bubblegum and a jazz-rock that writhes with exhilaration..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Plastic People
2.: Duke Of Prunes
3.: Amnesia Vivace
4.: Duke Regains His Chops
5.: Call Any Vegetable
6.: Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
7.: Soft Sell Conclusion
8.: Big Leg Emma (bonus track)
9.: Why Don'tcha Do Me Right (bonus track)
10.: America Drinks
11.: Status Back Baby
12.: Uncle Bernie's Farm
13.: Son Of Suzy Creamcheese
14.: Brown Shoes Don't Make It
15.: America Drinks And Goes Home
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