Best 70's Zappa Album? |
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Fischman
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Posted: July 22 2018 at 10:48 |
I'm surprised to see so few votes for Apostrophe. Great album, and rather consistent throughout as well. Although there are no shortage of other worthy contenders there. Amazing considering how prolific and experimental he was.
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I have to mentiona pet peeve of mine! The fact that The Mothers of Invention seem to be consider Zappa albums these days! They were a band!!! True, Zappa was the leader but they were a band!!!!
By all rights, they should have their own page and Zappa's solo career should be separate but no one seems to do that any longer :( This is the Mother's canon: Out of The Mothers Of Invention years, i like just about everything but One Size Fits All was a peak. Out of solo Zappa, i've always been fond of Ship Arriving To Save A Drowning Witch. Solo Zappa was more hit and miss than The Mothers of Invention :)
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YESESIS
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Oh man haha, great post.
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ReactioninG
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Only two votes for Joe's Garage? It's a masterpiece! And so many votes for One Size Fits All, which is totally mediocre. Over-Nite Sensation is the logical second choice, I thought people would be voting for that one and Apostrophe. But somehow its One Size Fits All. Prog Archives people, people. They sure do make you sleepy with the way that they vote- voteeee! nah nah nah nah nah! Prog Archives People... Mother mary and joseph I'd wish they'd all go away, yay.
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YESESIS
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Good grief this is a hard poll. Voted for Joe's Garage because it's just too classic to not a vote yet. Apostrophe already had a vote. Wanted to vote for Waka/Jawaka because it's so good. But then a lot of them are.. ahhhhh
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Man With Hat
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Most of there are excellent. OSFA is my favorite Zappa album, so clerly that's where the vote goes.
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Over-Nite Sensation is the one 70's era Zappa record I return to frequently.
But damn, there are some fine albums on the list!!!
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Mortte
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^You can go vote here:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107652&KW=Zappa You know this is 70`s Zappa-albums-thread (I don´t think there is not much difference it is Zappa or Mothers album, Zappa was always absolutely leader of his bands too), Uncle Meat and those earlier great Mothers albums were made in the sixties.
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Boojieboy
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Many of those are actually Mothers of Invention and Mothers albums, not technically solo (Frank Zappa) releases. I know Frank changed the labeling in later years, with the CD re-releases, giving him band credit (oddly), but many originally were Mother's albums. Us old timers and long-time fans still keep straight which one are MOI, Mothers, and Frank Zappa releases. There are other good (and crazy) earlier Mothers of Invention albums too, like We're Only In It For the Money, Absolutely Free, and Freak Out! If it was included, I'd vote for the best of all, the double-album Mothers of Invention classic: Uncle Meat (now credited as by Frank Zappa).
Edited by Boojieboy - July 16 2018 at 13:14 |
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The.Crimson.King
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Studio Tan for me. It was my 1st FZ album ever and I still recall the first time I dropped the needle on Greggary Peccary and thought, WTF! This is amazing!
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I'm really in to Over-Nite Sensation right now but ask me next week & I may pick something else.
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Somehow I love Just Another Band from L.A., Billy was a Mountain, indeed.
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Love early 70s-era Zappa. Many great offerings. But, OSFA is my personal favorite.
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Zappa In New York
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Yet again, I cast my vote for Sheik Yerbouti.
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I prefer the Overnite Sensation/Apostrophe period.
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Really tough to say. Not sure I have a clear favorite . OSFA is certainly up there, but so is Grand Wazoo, Sleep Dirt, Zappa in New York, and Sheik Yerbouti.
But lately, the one that has earned a whole new lease on life for me is 200 Motels, which I’ve been listening to several times a week. It’s certainly flawed (poor sound quality mostly), but the mix of orchestral and rock tunes is quite fascinating (the lo-fi actually enhances the mysterious sound). And I think the album sides are very well organized and sequenced- each one acting almost as a suite. What the hey - I’ll vote for 200 Motels. Get rid of some of that inner tension. Rip off a few more ashtrays. |
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There are a lot of these albums that I love, but I pick Sheik Yerbouti as my personal favorite because it was my entry point for Zappa and for other sentimental reasons. Many years ago, I was with some friends in the second row awaiting the main act for a concert for some mostly-unheard-of, up-and-coming-band called Van Halen. During the intermission, they were playing Sheik Yerbouti over the speaker system, and I was going crazy trying to figure out who the artist was, it was love at first listen. The next day, I took myself down to the local record store, and asked the clerk who that was, thinking it was a long shot that he would know, but he smiled as if he knew I was on the doorstep to discovering a lot of great music, and pointed me to the very ugly Sheik Yerbouti album and I bought it without hesitation. As far as the concert, it was great as David Lee Roth almost jumped on our heads 259 times, and VH would go on to major popularity of course, but the thing I remember most about the entire experience was that Frank Zappa recording. I still love that album, nostalgia or not.
Edited by TCat - July 15 2018 at 09:40 |
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich. I haven´t heard those all, but enough I think I can vote. Really love the first Mothers!
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