{"product_id":"frank-zappa-zappatite-frank-zappa-s-tastiest-tracks","title":"Frank Zappa - ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks","description":"\u003cp\u003eZAPPAtite-Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks collects a healthy portion of Zappa’s best known and beloved compositions, from his early psychedelic rock beginnings to his avant-garde experimentation, jazz-rock explorations, symphonic suites and satirical send-ups, compiling them into one easily digestible collection and offering key entryways into the many musical worlds of the visionary musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is divided into four courses - Appetizers, Entrees, Second Course, and Desserts – and the food-centric theme oozes throughout the album art, which features Zappa in a diner on the cover, a track list that resembles a menu and some of Zappa’s favorite eats.\u003cbr\u003eThe 18 compositions that make up ZAPPAtite were compiled by Zappa’s son Ahmet Zappa and encyclopedic Zappa archivist, “Vaultmeister” Joe Travers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This isn’t a greatest hits album as Frank didn’t really have ‘hits,’ per se, nor is it a ‘best of’ since that would be an impossibility to fit so much awesome onto one disc,” says Ahmet Zappa.\u003cbr\u003e“It’s a veritable smorgasbord of musicality for the curious and a buffet of favorites for the fans, ZAPPAtite collects a cross section of my favorite songs composed by my dad, that lean more towards the rock side of his expansive repertoire. I hope you're hungry because this meal for your ears rocks!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKicking off with the one-two punch of “I’m The Slime” and “Dirty Love” from Zappa’s 1973 watershed Gold album, Over-Nite Sensation, the collection quickly introduces Zappa’s eclecticism and salacious tongue as the songs meld polyrhythmic psychedelic rock and heavy funk with his trademark innuendo-filled lyrics.\u003cbr\u003eFrom there, the album travels through Zappa’s sprawling musical universe, highlighting vital songs and important eras of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Appetizers portion also includes the GRAMMY® -nominated disco satire \"Dancin' Fool” and the controversial European smash “Bobby Brown Goes Down” from Zappa’s popular 1979 album, Sheik Yerbouti; and “Trouble Every Day” from Zappa’s embryonic rock band the Mothers of Invention’s groundbreaking 1966 debut, Freak Out!.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEntrees includes one of Zappa’s best known works, the universally loved instrumental “Peaches En Regalia from his classic 1969 solo sophomore record, Hot Rats; ubiquitous Top 40 hit “Valley Girl,” featuring his then 14-year-old daughter Moon Unit affecting a valley girl “gag-me-with-a-spoon” patois, from 1982’s Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch; to the possible autobiographical track from a parallel dimension “Joe’s Garage” of 1979’s LP of the same name; and the waggish blues rocker “Cosmik Debris” and the humorous “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow,” two standouts from one of Zappa’s most commercial and accessible albums, 1974’s Apostrophe (').\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesserts explores Zappa’s musical virtuosity and singular live performances and includes the comedic “Titties \u0026amp; Beer” from the 1978 live album, Zappa In New York; the frenetic Synclavier-fueled “G-Spot Tornado” from 1986’s Jazz From Hell; the anti-drug screed, “Cocaine Decisions” from 1983’s The Man From Utopia; and “Zoot Allures,” the heady instrumental featuring some of Zappa’s electrifying guitar playing, from 1976’s Zoot Allures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album culminates with a performance of “Strictly Genteel” with the London Symphony Orchestra. The epic, orchestral-rock piece originally served as the grand finale to Zappa’s surrealist 1971 film, “200 Motels.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst time on vinyl! 2LP black vinyl edition with gatefold jacket and “menu” insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMR","offers":[{"title":"2 Vinyl LP Black","offer_id":57665824784716,"sku":"BLX-14451","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57665832321356,"sku":"BLX-14452","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/0199957679060.jpg?v=1780065222","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/frank-zappa-zappatite-frank-zappa-s-tastiest-tracks","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}