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Music : We're Only in It for the Money
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We're Only in It for the Money by: The Mothers of Invention List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £12.69 You Save: £1.30 ( 9%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431050329 Label: Rykodisc Manufacturer: Rykodisc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rykodisc Release Date: April 17, 1995 Studio: Rykodisc Sales Rank: 68092 MPN: 310503 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: : The Mothers of Invention answer the sentiments of the suits, the suburb dwellers and flower children of the 1960s with a big fat raspberry. Considered by many to be the Mothers' (and some would say Zappa's) best album, We're Only In It For The Money deals with harsh subject matter in a seemingly glib and light-hearted fashion (eventually a Zappa trademark), sparing no targets with catchy melodies and high-pitched vocals. Zappa applies the same aggressive studio techniques he did on Lumpy Gravy, creating a jarring collage of noise that still sounds avant-garde today. Highlights from this flawless album are numerous and include the hippy bashing "Who Needs the Peace Corps", the bedroom science of "Let's Make the Water Turn Black", the anthemic "Mother People", and the perfect payoff of "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" Quite simply one of the best rock albums of all time. --Andrew Boscardin Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The best rock concept album everI am a huge Zappa fan and this has to be the best album i have ever heard due to the witty tone of Zappa's voice and perhaps the best song has to be "The idiot bastard son". Anybody wanting a fantastic album go and add this to your shopping basket NOW!!!!!. Rating:  - Mostly short tracks, strong conceptThis album is a devastating satire of the 1960s hippie scene and offers mostly short songs interspersed with even briefer linking snippets. One of the most memorable tracks, Who Needs The Peace Corps? is all about San Francisco with acerbic observations on an aspiring hippie daydreaming about the big time in Height Street. Concentration Moon and Mom & Dad are more serious social commentary but Harry You're A Beast and What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? bring out the laughs again. Absolutely Free is a tuneful ditty and Flower Punk with its nervous rhythm takes the listener into the head of an ambitious, highly materialistic flower child. The instrumental Nasal Retentive Calliope Music is pure found sound a la Edgar Varese, ... Read More: Rating: - Snippets & SubstanceThis classic album, a devastating satire of the 1960s hippie scene, is comprised of mostly short songs interspersed with even briefer linking snippets. One of the most memorable songs, Who Needs The Peace Corps? is all about San Francisco with acerbic observations on an aspiring hippie daydreaming about the big time in Height Street. Concentration Moon and Mom & Dad are more serious social commentary but Harry You're A Beast and What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? bring out the laughs again. Absolutely Free is a tuneful ditty and Flower Punk with its nervous rhythm takes the listener into the head of an ambitious, highly materialistic flower child. The instrumental Nasal Retentive Calliope Music is pure found sound a la Edgar ... Read More: Rating: - Perfection, but requires repeated listenings.This one is a classic. It is certainly one of the weirder Zappa albums, but it grows on you with each time you hear it. It all fits so nicely together, I rarely listen to one or two tracks from this album, but rather hear the whole thing from start to finish. I know a lot of people will find this a bit weird, and perhaps too challenging, but give it a chance, and you'd be surprised at how some of the crazy sounds and collages become your dearest favourites. The album is also packed with humour and satire, if you wish you can focus on the lyrics until the album gets through to you. But please; don't dismiss this album as "some weird zappa-stuff". You will be rewarded. Rating: - I hate titlesFrank Zappa is the master of crazy hilarious music and this, his third album, is in my opinion his most accomplished and musically developed. It is a parody of the `hippy' music of the sixties done in the exact style of the music it is parodying. This is something that Zappa manages to do effortlessly and with obviously successful results. Just look at my rating for it. If you are new to Frank Zappa I would definitely recommend you start with this album. This was the first Zappa I ever heard and it got me totally hooked. Within two minutes of this album starting I was in hysterics. It really is that funny. It is also a good place to start because of the variety of music presented here. There are short and catchy pop tunes, intense and ... Read More: |
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