LUMPY GRAVY

Frank Zappa

RIO/Avant-Prog

3.23 | 456 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Dobermensch
Prog Reviewer

A major disappointment after the superb 'We're Only in it for the Money'.

The first one minute 40 seconds are good, then it rapidly goes downhill and pretty much stays there. I don't find this weird or experimental - it's just a bunch of cut up meaningless collages carelessly stuck together. The lack of a singer further deteriorates this thankfully short album to nothing more than a failed and sloppily executed experimental album.

The spoken word snippets interspersed with musical interludes simply isn't good enough. It's an unimaginative, directionless mess and all that talk of Stockhausen comparison is just laughable. Particularly grating is the ear screechingly awful laughter 3 minutes into side two which occurs twice in a matter of minutes and has my hand hovering over the OFF button. Give me Beefheart any day.

Oh, and anoher thing Zappa could open his mail with that nose!

At least he didn't sully the band's reputation by retaining 'And the Mothers of Invention' tag.

Dobermensch | 1/5 | 2010-9-27

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).

Share this FRANK ZAPPA review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to Dobermensch
Report this review (#300694)
Buy FRANK ZAPPA music online with PA partners
Show all FRANK ZAPPA MP3/Stream
Go to FRANK ZAPPA page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to Lumpy Gravy page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for FRANK ZAPPA related discussions