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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: UNCLE MEATFrank ZappaRIO/Avant-Prog4.07 | 479 ratings |
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![]() While most of the pieces are short and to the point, they also provide many of the songs
that would become favorites of Frank and the band for the next two decades. Dog
Breath, The album isn't perfect. There are some pieces that just sound like filler, like playing
Louie Louie on the Royal Albert Hall pipe organ, or getting the crowd to sing God
Bless America. But that hardly diminishes the album. 4.5 stars, rounded up for the original album. The CD is extended with over 40 minutes of dialogue from movie that was supposed to be
released from the album, but was never completed at the time. This portion is detracts
from the album, and is unfortunately inserted before King Kong. It is made up of
Zappa feeding the cast words and phrases that they were to integrate into their parts. The
only bright spot is Phyllis Altenhaus, who Zappa hired away from Tom Wilson, who adeptly
uses Zappas odd phrases, without sounding overwhelmed by him. One of the phrases that keeps popping up is "Tengo na minchia tanta" (I don't know if Frank
provided it, or it just occured), but Zappa much later (in the 80's, it sounds like) took the
phrase, and recorded a song around it, with vocals by Italian journalist Massimo Bassoli.
This song, while it goes with the dialogue, is out of place on this album. Only 4 stars for the CD. But I'll use the LP rating here.
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