SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR (THE BOX SET)

As a fairly casual Zappa fan with only 14 of his albums in my collection ( meagre compared to most fans collections I am sure) I particularly love his instrumentals like "Peaches En Regalia "but I have to be brutally honest honest here- I really do not rate his actual soloing . "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar" may be manna from heaven for Zappaphiles- imagine 3 albums with nothing but guitar solos pure muso bliss- what's not to like? you ask. Well plenty, unfortunately. While his soloing is fine when in support of his songs, taken out of context they are, how can I say this politely?- "Blah".Sorry- I wanted my critique to be a little more eloquent but I just can't this time.Flat out boring and seemingly endless noodling does not constitute music .

For absolute Zappa completists and guitar (especially Fusion) nerds only.

1 star