CHUNGA'S REVENGE

This was the first Frank ZAPPA album featuring the ex-TURTLES members' Mark VOLMAN and Howard KAYLAN (aka FLO & EDDIE) who would keep playing with ZAPPA (and THE MOTHERS) in a couple of following albums; Ian UNDERWOOD still was the regular member that kept playing in both ZAPPA and MOTHERS albums while the rest of the musicians were rotative, ZAPPA hadn't achieved a solid line-up yet (George DUKE and Aynsley DUNBAR were the following musicians to become permanent).

"Transylvania Boogie" is a very cool instrumental piece with a very catchy guitar riff, "Road ladies" is a very sensual blues-rock; "Twenty small cigars" is a jazzy tune in the same mood of the "Hot rats" catalog and "The Nancy & Mary Music" is a live improvisation that includes an excellent organ solo by George DUKE. "Tell me you love me" is the most recognizable track on the record and became a favorite in the early seventies live performances of the ZAPPA band. "Would you go all the way?" brings back the ZAPPA interest in 50's boogie music but also features excellent wind instruments arrangements.

"Chunga's revenge" is an instrumental piece that includes Ian UNDERWOOD's electric sax and his wah-wah pedal that if you don't pay enough attention you could think is actually an electric guitar. "The clap" is a very short but interesting percussion section and the next song is "Rudy wants to buy yez a drink" which is a very joyful piece with excellent wind instruments in the background and reminds a lot of the first albums of ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS. The closing track of the album is "Sharleena", which sounds almost like a slow funk song.

This is definitely one of the most eclectic and varied albums by Frank ZAPPA.

SONG RATING: Transylvania boogie, 4 Road ladies, 5 Twenty small cigars, 4 The Nancy & Mary music, 5 Tell me you love me, 4 Would you go all the way? 3 Chunga's revenge, 5 The clap, 3 Rudy wants to buy yez a drink, 4 Sharleena, 4

AVERAGE: 4.1

PERCENTAGE: 82

ALBUM RATING: 4 stars

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