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thief 
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 Topic: Top Five Zappa AlbumsPosted: March 23 2021 at 09:26 |
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Off the top of my head and cheating a bit
5. One Size Fits All 4. Over-Nite Sensation 3. Hot Rats 2. Joe's Garage 1. Waka/Jawaka Shut Up and Wazoo just missed the cut today |
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Posted: March 21 2021 at 07:26 |
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1 We're Only in It for the Money
2 Freak Out 3 Sheik Yerbouti 4 Absolutely Free 5 Lumpy Gravy
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Posted: March 21 2021 at 06:45 |
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One Size Fits All, Apostrophe, Over-Nite Sensation, Joes Garage, You Are What You Is
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 22:51 |
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The premise of the thread is quite simple. You pick a few of your favorites, and you move on. You don't drunkenly rabbit on for several paragraphs about nonsense that has nothing to do with the thread. In this instance, take your own advice: "all or nothing". And I would suggest that "nothing" from you would be appreciated.
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Hi, I have too many of his albums to think that one is better than the other. I happen to be one of the few that thinks that "200 Motels" is a fantastic thing, and the live presentation of it at UCLA showed how great it was many years later before Gail passed away. As much as I like ONS and AP ... I really think that they were albums done almost exclusively for the HOT ... VERY HOT ... FM Radio of the days, specially in Southern California ... and all of a sudden, when KMET and KLOS could play some of those things, it meant ... FZ is big and now accepted, and sadly, this leaves behind the great legacy that he had already built ... which for me is far better than these two albums almost setup for radio, and sometimes I like to think of them as not exactly representative of FZ's catalogue ... it's just that more rock songs, are more appreciated for the rock music fans, than some silly words about toothpaste and Donovan, which many rock folks think is really stupid and do not get the satirical side of it, and how well thought out it was in the first place. All in all ... I can't say I have a favorite album since I have around 20 different titles by FZ starting from the early days ... and choosing one over the other ... is heck on my thinking ... too many battles! So for me ... all or nothing! Specially when I don't go around asking which of Beethoven's 9 Symphonies is my favorite ... I can't even decide on those!
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 16:11 |
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One Size Fits All
Apostrophe Over-Nite Sensation Studio Tan 200 Motels
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 11:39 |
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Hot Rats
Apostrophe
Overnite Sensation We're Only In It For The Money Freak Out |
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 11:32 |
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Won't include live albums - that should be a separate category:
Grand Wazoo Waka/Jawaka Uncle Meat One Size Fits All Sleep Dirt Apostrophe, Hot Rats, Overnight Sensation, Chunga's and You Are What You Is would slide right into any of those positions on any given day of the week. I guess you'd call it my Top 5 on the morning of March, 20, 2021.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 01:29 |
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1. One Size Fits All
2. The Grand Wazoo 3. Waka/Jawaka 4. Hot Rats 5. Joe's Garage
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 00:51 |
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One Size Fits All
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life The Grand Wazoo Uncle Meat Weasels Ripped My Flesh
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Posted: March 20 2021 at 00:49 |
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Hot rats
The Grand Wazoo Absolutely Free Freak Out We're only in it for the money
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 18:26 |
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man that is hard..
Hot Rats Apostrophe Joe's Garage Freak Out Absolutely Free
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 18:25 |
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BTW, ‘Them Or Us’ is an overlooked gem in his oeuvre!
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 18:23 |
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I don’t know if I can really make a top 5... feels like choosing a favourite child! Before I overthink it, here are what come to mind.
Them Or Us Hot Rats Zoot Allures One Size Fits All Apostrophe (‘) I want to include more!
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 15:28 |
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Grand Wazoo Hot Rats Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Over-Nite Sensation Uncle Meat
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 15:27 |
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1. Weasels Ripped My Flesh 2. We're Only in It for the Money 3. Freak Out 4. Absolutely Free 5. Hot Rats
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 15:18 |
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1. 200 Motels
2. Lumpy Gravy 3. We’re Only in it for the Money 4. Absolutely Free 5. Uncle Meat 6. Civilization Phaze 3 Edited by HolyMoly - March 19 2021 at 15:19 |
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 14:23 |
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No. Too hard. I suppose they'd all be live albums (or partly live with the overdubs). Even more if you include ZFT releases.
Ok maybe I'll try. Only releases while he was alive, no You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore comps. 5. Tinseltown Rebellion 4. The Best Band You've Never Heard in Your Life 3. Live in NY (including Deluxe if you include ZFT) 2. Make a Jazz Noise Here 1. Roxy (tied with ZFT releases like Roxy by Proxy and the full Roxy Performances box set)
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 14:00 |
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Hot Rats
One Size Overnight Grand Wazoo Apostrophe
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 12:18 |
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My five Zappa albums are:
1. Hot Rats 2. Changa's Revenge 3. Weasels Ripped My Flesh 4. Freak Out! 5. Joe' s Garage |
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