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Music : You Are What You Is
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You Are What You Is by: Frank Zappa List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £11.69 You Save: £2.30 (16%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431053627 Label: Rykodisc Manufacturer: Rykodisc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rykodisc Release Date: May 01, 1995 Studio: Rykodisc Sales Rank: 54000 MPN: 310536 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Dumb All OverGreat album, but... most of the guitar solo from Dumb All Over has been cut out in a rather brutal and obvious way (I have it on vinyl too) which leaves me feeling slightly ripped off... so much so that I've bothered to rip the track from vinyl and insert it into a copy of the CD. Rating:  - Terrific double album of satirical pop/rock/jazz/soul..you name it ...its hereSometime in the early eighties my burgeoning interest in musical history and lineage had lead me to investigate many bands and artists who were no longer considered cutting edge-if indeed they had ever been - bands who to put it succinctly were considered by most contemporary commentators as dinosaurs. At that time a mate of mine recommended Frank Zappa and so i purchased the vinyl double LP released in 1981 You Are What You Is. Now Zappa aficionado,s will no doubt sneer and point out that Zappa was far more vital when he was with the Mothers Of Invention or when he released albums under his own name in the 70,s and they may well be right but taken on it,s own terms You Are What You Is is a terrific album -full of bile, wit , ludicrous humour ... Read More: Rating: - You are what you isProbably my favourite album of all time. Having first listened to this (two weeks after its release) whilst completely blasted, I got so totally into it that I drove everyone else at the party demented by hitting replay everytime it got to the end! As another comment on the thread states, it IS one of FZ's most accesible albums. Buy it, play it to death, and then buy some more Zappa, Apostrophe is a great next choice for an intro into earlier FZ and the Mothers. The expression "tour de force" is overused in the music business, but this is the real McCoy. Enjoy it, and grow a little hair under your bottom lip as a mark of respect to the man. Rating: - His most accessible recordIf you don't own anything by Frank Zappa, I would suggest that this album, due to its immediate accessibility as well as the great guitar playing, is an ideal place to start. Abandoning the usual diverse range of musical styles and lengthy compositions, it sustains a mainstream rock sound in straight forward song structures, but executed by Zappa's crew of virtuoso musicians, and impeccably produced too. It's one of those albums where you almost regret each song ending until you realise that the next song is just as good as/better than the last, but from the start you know you're in for a treat as the songs segue into each other, and it's a double too. Lyrically the album's replete with the usual sarcasm, wit and satire, but ... Read More: Rating: - DazzlingA fantastic album. Takes a while to get into so needs playing probably ten times before it really starts to bite. This is very much a vocal song-based album, with only one instrumental track, "Sinister Footwear", which feels a little out of place as it interrupts the vocal flow just as things are really pumping up. The first time you play this CD you couldn't fail to enjoy "Teenage Wind", "Goblin Girl", "If only She Woulda" and the riotous "Drafted Again" but most of the stuff will go straight over your head - you may even feel a little disappointed. So put it straight back on again! What a shame that guy took his copy back - he doesn't know what he's missing! I must confess, I'm not too keen on the C & W "Harder than your Husband" ... Read More: |
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