Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography
Frank Zappa - The Mothers Of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich CD (album) cover

THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: BURNT WEENY SANDWICH

Frank Zappa

 

RIO/Avant-Prog

3.92 | 514 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Uruk_hai
5 stars Review #143

(Considering this an album by THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION and not a FRANK ZAPPA album)

This is like a purified version of "Uncle Meat". In February 1970, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION released their sixth studio album "Burnt weeny sandwich", this album took the Avant-Garde sound of "Uncle Meat" but took away all the filler stuff and focused on the well-played, rehearsed, and mature music. While the first song of the album is a cover/parody version of THE FOUR DEUCES' song "WPLJ" and it brought back the weird comedy that THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION was talented for (the song ends with Roy ESTRADA's pachuco-Spanish talking that is absolutely hilarious), the rest of the album is absolutely Avant-Garde instrumental music with the exception of the ballad "Vallery" at the end.

As I said before: this is a purified version of "Uncle Meat", since it has the same kind of music but it doesn't get lost with a lot of filler songs and that makes this record a much more accessible one. This album proves that THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION were capable of being a serious band and they were filled with a talent to give to the world.

SONG RATING: WPLJ, 4 Igor's Boogie, phase one, 4 Overture to a holiday in Berlin, 5 Theme from Burnt weeny sandwich, 5 Igor's Boogie, phase two, 4 Holiday in Berlin, full-blown, 5 Aybe sea, 5 The little house I used to live in, 5 Valerie, 4

AVERAGE: 4.56

PERCENTAGE: 91.11

ALBUM RATING: 5 stars

Uruk_hai | 5/5 |

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Share this FRANK ZAPPA review

Social review comments () BETA







Review related links

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.