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Zoot Allures

by: Frank Zappa

Release Date May 02, 1995
Originally tiled "Night Of The Iron Sausage," this 1976 release was a bit of a departure for Zappa. Even though it includes many of the earlier musicians from The Mothers (Roy Estrada, Don Vliet, Ruth Underwood, and Terry Bozzio), it was pretty much a two-man effort, Bozzio on drums and Zappa on guitars, bass, and keyboards (via overdubs), with a stripped-down sound. The sound is also very compressed sounding, for better or worse. It is its own item, not sounding like any of his records before or since.

It starts off with the usual commentary on our underachieving species, "Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station," featuring the trademarked falsetto vocal of Davey Moire. High-energy and very complex in texture, it is based on a top-heavy ... Read More: