Album Info
| Artist: | Frank Zappa |
| Album: | Sheik Yerbouti |
| Released: | USA, 2015 |
Tracklist:
| A1 | I Have Been In You | 3:33 |
| A2 | Flakes | 6:41 |
| A3 | Broken Hearts Are For Assholes | 3:46 |
| A4 | I'm So Cute | 4:20 |
| B1 | Jones Crusher | 2:49 |
| B2 | What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World | 0:33 |
| B3 | Rat Tomago | 5:15 |
| B4 | Wait A Minute | 0:32 |
| B5 | Bobby Brown Goes Down | 2:43 |
| B6 | Rubber Shirt | 2:58 |
| B7 | The Sheik Yerbouti Tango | 3:55 |
| C1 | Baby Snakes | 1:50 |
| C2 | Tryin' To Grow A Chin | 3:32 |
| C3 | City Of Tiny Lites | 5:30 |
| C4 | Dancin' Fool | 3:43 |
| C5 | Jewish Princess | 3:18 |
| D1 | Wild Love | 4:09 |
| D2 | Yo' Mama | 12:39 |
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- Happy Listening!
Description
You can hear Adrian Belew take a tiny breath before his Dylan send-up in Flakes, and it never stops being funny. Sheik Yerbouti finds Frank Zappa stitching late-’77/’78 live recordings into sharp studio satire with the Bozzio/O’Hearn band plus Belew. Singles like Dancin’ Fool grab the headlines, but the closer Yo’ Mama is the real jaw-dropper, a long solo that blooms from a deadpan groove. On this 2LP, the stage opens out; imaging snaps into focus and the low end sits deeper, so percussion, crowd mics and those stacked vocals separate cleanly. It’s the late-70s Zappa sweet spot: ferocious band, rude jokes, serious chops. File it next to Captain Beefheart for the crooked humour and guitar bite, though this one hits with more disco-era snap.
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It plays well at a small party or a late tidy; the satire lands, the grooves are locked, and the guitar tones stay sharp rather than harsh. We spin it often in the shop and still catch new little asides between the gags.
Add it to your collection today, available online or in our Melbourne record store.
