Another good late 70s

Review Score: (6/10)
Kind of commercial, even had a "HIT", like Frank ever cared... imagine those parents who bought this for little Johnny never realizing they were getting "I Have Been in You", "Bobby Brown" or "Rat Tomago"... ha ha, good one Frank!

Anyway, coming after the stripped down Zoot Allures (and skipping the Lather fiasco: just get that 3 CD set and skip the individual albums) this was also a fairly clean and straightforward of guitar, drums, bass and keyboards... the first cycle of four songs that used to be "sdie 1" is worth the price itself, but there's Belew's vocal on "Jone's Crusher", the beautiful "Rubber Shirt" (a bass and drum "duet" that never happened: read the liner notes), and, of course, "Jewish Princess".

It's not a GREAT Zappa, but one you will return to every so often and scratch your head wondering why you don't listen to it more often.

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