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Thing Fish by: Frank Zappa List Price: £17.99 CD-Charts Price: £14.69 You Save: £3.30 (18%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431054426 Label: Rykodisc Manufacturer: Rykodisc Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Rykodisc Release Date: May 01, 1995 Studio: Rykodisc Sales Rank: 52422 MPN: 310544 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Work at it.You cannot merely sit and listen to this one, it requires work and extensive research. There is so much bubbling under the surface in both the music and lyrics - consider the use of the blue light in conjuntion with the story of the galoot update - it repays servitude. Rating:  - Five stars? Are you kidding?Frank's weakest album by a country mile in my view. Poorly rehashed and remixed older tunes, mostly ruined by a cod-Uncle Tom voice from Ike Willis. This album broke my student wallet, and then my heart on first listen. I tried a few more times, but it was years before I summoned up the courage to buy other, so-called 'challenging' Zappa. Thingfish takes the form of a mock Broadway play, and traduces old songs to make ham fisted comments about black stereotypes, Broadway, middle class America etc. All at the expense of listener enjoyment. The comedy is feeble, the satire lacks any insight, the mix is dreadful and Ike Willis's vocal mannerisms intensely grating. As Ike would have it, 'de Torchum Never Stop'. There's ... Read More: Rating: - Pure unadulterated insanity!I don't know what Frank was up to when he thought up this project. I think he had had one too many cocktails on a Friday night and went a little squiffy. That said, it's a great album. If you are prepared for the fact that there are virtually no guitar solos, only about 5 new songs and much narration. Most of the storyline doesn't really make much sense but there's much fun to be had listening to the whole thing unfold anyway. If you are new to Zappa don't start here. I had already bought & heard virtually all his records before I bought this so I was in pretty deep by that point! If you want to have a hour and a half of pretty odd escapism with (I think) a few serious points raised then you'll enjoy it. Rating: - Pure genius from those who have 'outgrown the ordinary'This album is one of the strangest you will ever hear. A sort of 'musical comedy' filled with narration and spoken word that is crammed with inventiveness that is completely absent from today's freeze-dried culture. It is funny, obsene, bizarre, infantile and extraordinary! Beware of the temptation to listen only to the words; the music is exceptional. Zappa's immense genius is on full display. To many, his music is 'peculiar', but once you can begin to hear it for what it is, his music is a genuine joy. I have been listening to his music for over 15 years, and have never tired of it. While other musicians and composers tend to become "things I was into when I was younger...", Zappa endures. 'Thing Fish' is possibly his most obscure work, but ... Read More: Rating: - You'll never hear another album like this everMore a play than a musical. Extremely shocking but in parts funny. Great performances from Ike Willis, Terry and Dale Bozzio and Bob Harris. Fantastic use of wordplay and despite the obvious short comings, Thing-Fish should be staged. How about the Edinburgh Fringe? |
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