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Apostrophe (') by: Frank Zappa List Price: $16.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $3.99 (23%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431051920 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Zappa Records Manufacturer: Zappa Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Zappa Records Release Date: April 18, 1995 Studio: Zappa Records Sales Rank: 4120 MPN: 310519 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Imported from Japan by Rykodisc Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums by rock legend FRANK ZAPPA are now available as limited edition Japanese Imports! These packages re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form! Amazon.com essential recording: Thanks to the surprise radio airplay of "Don't Eat that Yellow Snow," Apostrophe introduced a whole new audience to the music of Frank Zappa in the early '70s. Like its companion set, Over-Nite Sensation, this album found Zappa producing highly polished jazz-rock, mixing tales of absurd characters with musical showmanship and snarling guitar work. The first half of the album is a sort of mini-concept album, relating the adventures of an Eskimo named Nanook, and the second half features such Zappa classics as "Cosmik Debris" and "Stink-Foot." --Andrew Boscardin Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Period (.)Some of Frank's best work ever. Very deep introspection of his subject matter, superb music composition, and of course the muse of the satire that makes Frank so intriguing to listen to! Rating:  - Frank Zappa - His Comercial PeakZappa had his first real commercial success with his previous album "Overnight Sensation" and "Apostrophe" would follow up with more novelty songs, especially "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" which would actually garner him a significant amount of radio airplay. This is another album that gets mixed reviews from the Zappa faithful. Some loath it and yet it was Zappa's highest charting studio album and from a sales standpoint was probably the high water mark of his career. I like most of the tracks here especially the instrumental stuff which features Zappa at his best on guitar. I don't claim to be an expert on Zappa so I don't know how this compares to a lot of his material, but suffice to say it is a strong release and would probably be a good ... Read More: Rating: - Another perfect gem from the man himself!!Geez where do you start? I was already a longtime Zappa fan when this came around. Frank took another twisted turn and I took it with him. For the purists this may be a little too funny and a little too popular, but I think that was as much FZ as the deep love of do wop, Edgar Varese and other bizarre musical forms. Yeah, I know it is very approachable and some hate it for that but there it is. You should get the heavier FZ stuff as well, but this is always fun treat sort of like desert at the end of a great meal. The reviewer "childhood distorted..." did make me realize that all of Zappa's music is like a Zen koan, shocking the mind into awareness. FZ I am sure would find that last sentence very funny. Great album!!!! As an ... Read More: Rating: - Must Have FZIf you're a Zappaphile you already have this. If not, you need it. This is probably the finest collection of musicians FZ ever assembled. And coupled with Over-nite SensationFrank Zappa: Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation it represents some of his best work. The Gold discs offer incredible sound reproduction. Rating: - Good fun, though not for the whole familyFrank's first gold, and if you ask me it deserved that distinction. The first side is a mock concept album about an Eskimo and his adventures concerning huskies with overactive bladders; fur trappers bludgeoning baby seals with snowshoes; St. Alphonzo; and gay priests having sex with leprechauns. Needless to say, it's not one of Frank's more mature efforts, but some of it can be funny (the infamous doo-wap send-up "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"; "Nanook Rubs It"), and even when humor fails him ("Father O'Blivion"), the band is so solid, and the melodies are so catchy, you won't notice or care. That, and it's amusing to play "spot-the-references-to-previous-Zappa-albums!". The second side is considerably more artistic, featuring a heavy fusion instrumental ... Read More: |
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