LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VOL. I & II

Let's start with the obvious: this is not a Progressive Rock album, this is anything of a rock album, this is absolutely a Classical Music masterpiece. Frank ZAPPA had already experimented with Classical Music in a lot of his earlier recordings but he hadn't left his rocky style out of them; even the "Orchestral favorites" album has some scarce and very discrete rock patterns.

We all know that Frank ZAPPA was a very chameleonic musician and his works always are as homogeneous as a green salad: the Classical Music mixed with Jazz, the Blues, Funk, Hard Rock, Reggae, Comedy Rock, and the most diverse collection of genres and rhythms are always present in his records but he really showed that he could create a solid kind of record without even thinking if the audience was going to like it or not, he could be as serious and fancy as comic and disgusting writing songs about blow-jobs.

This record, along with "The perfect stranger", "Francesco Zappa", "The yellow shark" or "Orchestral favorites" is the best example of how an amazing composer he could be in the most elegant way.

Do not expect any Rock from this album.

SONG RATING: Bob in Dracon, 5 Sad Jane, 4 Mo 'n Herb's vacation, 5 Envelopes, 4 Pedro's dowry, 5 Bogus pomp, 5 Strictly genteel, 5

AVERAGE: 4.71

PERCENTAGE: 94.29

ALBUM RATING: 5 stars

NOTE: I did not include this record on my TOP 100 favorite Progressive Rock albums of all time because, once again: this is not a Progressive Rock album; however, if I ever make a TOP 100 of my favorite Classical Music plays, this will be one of the highest places.

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